27/07/2025
I didn’t plan to prepare for birth.
When I was pregnant with my daughter, my approach was simple:
go with the flow.
I didn’t want to think about birth—
not really.
I assumed I’d walk into the hospital,
the doctors would deliver my baby,
and I’d go home, changed but untouched.
I didn’t know yet that birth had the power to reach into my bones and awaken something ancient.
Then, at 34 weeks pregnant, I attended a birth preparation class at the hospital.
The midwife stood at the front of the room—
all wise woman presence and steady grace—
and said something I’ve never forgotten.
I can’t recall the exact words,
but the essence of it was this:
There are rare moments in a woman’s life when she has the opportunity to touch the full magnitude of her power. And once you’ve touched it, it can’t be taken away. You can’t unknow your strength.
That moment cracked something open in me.
I realised I wanted that.
Not just for my baby—
but for me.
I wanted to meet birth awake.
To meet myself with courage and compassion.
To be initiated into motherhood through the fire of something real and raw and transformative.
My daughter’s birth wasn’t easy.
I had the ideas.
I had the vision.
I had the support of my incredible husband,
but I didn’t yet have the tools.
I didn’t know how afraid I was—
not until labour asked me to open.
So when I became pregnant with my son,
I knew this was my moment.
I did the work.
I looked beneath the surface.
I explored my unconscious fears and began building something solid within me—
a sanctuary I could return to, no matter what birth asked of me.
Through breath, movement, affirmation,
I wove safety into my nervous system.
I taught my body how to soften.
I practiced surrender over and over
until it became familiar.
And when the time came—
when birth opened before me like a great, wild portal—
my body remembered.
My breath stayed low and deep.
My voice knew how to moan.
My muscles knew how to melt.
And I met my son in complete presence.
It was magic.
Not perfect.
But real.
And I emerged from that space between worlds
changed forever.
This is what I want for all birthing women.
Not a perfect birth.
But a powerful one.
A birth where you meet yourself—
fully, fiercely, tenderly—
and never forget who you are.
FEARLESS BIRTH is for you.
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