humansofnewyork:“I’ve worked as a doula for over twenty years. I’ve attend
humansofnewyork: “I’ve worked as a doula for over twenty years. I’ve attended over 400 births. My job is primarily to support the mother. And I try to bring a spiritual element into what can seem like a clinical experience. I never speak the language of the clinician. Because if you can change the language, you can change the energy. Birth is a mystery initiation. It’s the transition between spiritual consciousness and earthly consciousness. I tell the mother to ignore the machines. Ignore the beeping and the charts. Technology can seem sexy but it’s really a bullshit representation of what’s going on. Nothing is broken and nothing needs fixing, because birth is not pathology. It’s a beautiful design that’s worked since the beginning of time. So just tune into your baby who is a sentient, conscious being, and do this thing together.” -- source link