Symbolically, the postpartum time is the return, after a mother has descended into the underworld to bring her child to this plane. Now she must return to this reality and be recognized by her community as her new self and that's the function of this ceremony, or "cerrada", meaning sealing or closing.

We don't talk enough about the PAUSES in birth. Just like moments of silence in communication are super important to get a message...

If you've known me for some time, you probably know how much I love to eat and how appreciative of Mother Nature, our Planet Earth, I am,...

What is the baby's experience right after birth? What do they need to initiate pulmonary breathing? As you read this article, I invite...

My understanding is that radical (as in "root") traditional midwifery is part of the scope of practice of wise women healers who have been a

In modern western society, choosing to give birth at home is an act of counter-culture. In general, for more than a century, birth has...

Every menstrual cycle is an opportunity for us to slow down and heal whatever needs tending in our lives.

...it is still relevant to clarify the differences between these two forms of "getting a baby out" of a vagina...

Much like birth, I had no control of what was to unfold. My intentions were clear and through surrendering, things started falling on my lap

It is just the other side of the spectrum, not really separated from it, but merely the other side of the coin.

I believe there was an extreme need to bring a term such as "undisturbed" to the realm of birth.

If you are an unlicensed midwife ..., then maybe calling yourself a birthkeeper ... seems safer. But it brings about a lot of confusion...

There I heard my calling into walking with women.