Sacred Saskatoon

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This is a transformational time in the birth culture, because birth stops for nobody + no thing. And we do the best with what we’ve got in birth like the times that I’ve had my sweater on the car seat as a woman gets pushy feels in the back seat + her eyes are searching for a fixed point so she can steady herself. Birth stops for nobody and no thing. Birth happens when a mother is comatose. Birth happens in transit. Birth happens when death has occurred in the womb. Birth happens on anniversaries, sibling birthdays and last days of work. Birth happens whether there are 30 people in the room or just yourself. Birth happened for me when the midwife had stepped in the door a moment before: lucky, it was the calmest experience out of all of them for me. Because birth in that case asked me to take responsibility for my own self + I’ve never felt less panicked than when I had nobody else to rely on but me. The world, in this pandemic, may now leave birth to be. Non-emergent surgery is ebbing as hospital staff rightfully support immediate needs. Will this cut the number of unnecessary cesareans that were borne out of impatience? The entire earth is slowing down. We can afford to be present with the body and baby. To close our eyes + settle into the fact that the womb is programmed to eject a child with or without our attention + the baby is hard wired to make its way out through the path of least resistance. It’s always been this way but everything has supported ‘now, managed, faster, faster, controlled, out-sourced, let me fix you, you poor thing, I see you suffering, get into bed’ and now we might get back to ‘this is my birth, my body is taking over, I’m doing it, it’s happening, my baby is coming, no matter what’s out there I am moving through this, the baby is moving through me, stand back, I see me, I feel me, here i squat, off my back, back up everyone, I’m birthing.’ . This is a transformational time in the birth culture. Outside hands may not be as available. But your hands are. I’m hosting a free conscious birth online workshop with @fae.bird in the next week for everyone who is feeling fear when there’s space for presence. ❤️

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