Sophia Bush Anderson

"If we hope to create a non-violent world where respect and kindness replace fear and hatred...... we must begin with how we treat each other at the beginning of life for that is where our deepest patterns are set from these roots grow fear and alienation or love and trust -- How are we defining safety and who gets to decide what safety is?" AMAZING talk by Saraswathi Vedam

Mothers who give spontaneous birth know that feeling of wrestling Death for the soul of our unborn - mothers who are delivered cesarean know something of the soul’s shadow which once made conscious, will help to midwife the light for all mothers giving birth. When a woman gives conscious birth, she often declares, "Now I know I can do anything!" In her moment of glory, a woman claims her own birthright member of the new species evolving - Homo Divinitus- the human who is sou...rce of ones own experience. When the female half of humanity remembers this, I can only imagine what the world would look like. If mothers weren’t victimized in our essential expression of creativity, and even when a cesarean was indicated the mother experienced the surgery as soul-making, the face of this would come into balance. No victims, no oppressors. No oppressors, no victims. In Inanna’s story it is clear that she chose to go into the Underworld, the way a mother surrenders to her destiny in birth - no victimizing the Goddess in this millennium. Jeannine Parvati Baker http://www.susunweed.com/herba/December06/childbearing.htm

"The researchers found that during the lockdown, the rate of babies born before 28 weeks had dropped by a startling 90 percent. Anecdotes from doctors at other hospitals around the world suggest the phenomenon may have been widespread, though not universal. [...] If lockdowns prevented early births in certain places but not others, that information could help reveal causes of premature birth. The researchers speculated about potential factors.... One could be rest. By staying home, some pregnant women may have experienced less stress from work and commuting, gotten more sleep and received more support from their families, the researchers said."

I wish someone had told me this after I had my son. The innate wisdom that so many traditional cultures have is to truly honor the first 6 weeks postpartum as... a sensitive time for the recovery of the mother and the bonding of mother and baby. The mother sacrifices so much during pregnancy, it’s important to have a pause to rebalance her vital energy and nutrients along with healing and recovering from birth. Especially before making the biggest sacrifice of all, the lifelong role called Mother.