#ina may

[ndfanatik]

[thedoulagroup]

Anything from Ina May is going to be worth listening to.  She’s a real hoot.  Grab a cup of tea and sit for a bit.

[eastbaydoula]

When there is no home birth in a society, or when home birth is driven completely underground, essential knowledge of women’s capacities in birth is lost to the people of that society— to professi

Ina May discusses why homebirth is necessary for Pathways to Family Wellness Magazine.

[thejadeddoula]

A thread on Ina May’s Facebook page under a photo that featured a baby with a VERY shallow latch.

Yes, by all means, “baby knows best.” Just let them nom off the tips of your nips and make absolutely 0 milk transfer. That’s going to go well for you.

[completeandrandomshit]

SHUT UP! 

National Midwifery Week is October 5 - 11, 2014

[completeandrandomshit]

[earthmama14]

Reducing fear of birth in U.S. culture: Ina May G…:

[earthenempress]

Getting teary eyed

and emotional after reading all these beautiful, positive birth stories in Ina May’s book. They give me so much confidence in my own womanly strength and fill me with such a joy in knowing the experience of birth is something I was made to be capable of. Without hospitals or doctors, just the coaching and support of my midwife and a reliance on my own inner strength. What an incredibly blessed thing. My heart is bursting with joy for the little life growing inside me, and for the peace I feel in knowing I will be ready bring it into this world when the time comes.