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In this episode of Taking Back Birth, I talk about the importance of taking care of YOURSELF and why it can be such a challenge.

How to Take Care of Yourself So You Can Take Care of Others

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I am teaching our Writing Class for the first quarter of the Indie Birth Midwifery School! While most of the 10 weeks is being spent on strengthening their more academic writing, we started the quarter off with more creative writing assignments. Here are a few of the poems that students submitted as assignments. I asked […]

Creative writing from Indie Birth students

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Answering Your Questions – On Being Rhesus Negative + Anti-D/Rhogam

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This birth story was written and shared by Hannah Juul-Borre. “I’m coming Momma I’ll see you soon; I know just how, I’ll follow the moon, and the stars will be my guide tonight, as I find my way to you.” During the last few weeks I was pregnant, I thought you would be coming with […]

The HBAC of Daniel

Birth Stories

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In this episode of Taking Back Birth, I talk about how to keep hospital rituals out of your homebirth. Download this podcast transcript  

A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: How to Keep Hospital Ritual Out of Your Homebirth

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In this episode of Taking Back Birth, Maryn talks about how your uterus “practices” for birth! Download this podcasts PDF transcript In this podcast Maryn discusses how and when the uterus warms up for birth, the fear around these practice contractions, the variation in women’s experiences, what you can do for comfort and prevention if […]

How Your Uterus Practices For Birth

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In this episode of Taking Back Birth, I talk what’s in a midwife’s birth bag and why Download this podcasts PDF transcript

Unpacking the Midwife’s Birth Bag: Ending Women’s Dependence on Tools and Technology

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In this episode of Well, Actually… Margo interviews Jena la Flamme about instinctual eating in pregnancy, getting in tune with your “female animal” and other sexy stuff! Jena has devoted her life to showing women around the world how to be in tune with the innate wisdom of their bodies and how they too can […]

Listening to Your Female Animal in Pregnancy : An Interview with Jena la Flamme

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Fear is the most powerful torture of all. -Lisa Lister, Witch This blog post is in support and solidarity of Lisa Barrett; a mentor and friend who is being persecuted in Australia for supporting women in birth. Lisa is/was one of the most genuine, humble and brilliant women I have ever met. I want her […]

The Time Has Come For WOMEN to STAND UP and SPEAK

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