Sacred Birth Keeper

07/09/2025

Today I want to honour my husband, Shayne — the most incredible father to our five children, and the most unwavering support to me through both birth and birth work. 💛

When I first shared my dream of birthing at home, he was hesitant. But then he read Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth and everything changed. He began reading birth stories to me at night, getting excited about homebirth and believing in me wholeheartedly. He has been by my side through every birth, holding space and steadying me in those powerful moments.

Shayne’s support extends far beyond our own family’s births — he has always supported my path as a birth keeper. He’s excited when I leave for a birth, loves hearing the stories when I come home, and cancels work without hesitation if a client might be in labour.

Behind every birth keeper is a village, and I am endlessly grateful that he is such a strong and loving part of mine.

Happy Father’s Day to all the incredible dads who not only love their children fiercely, but also honour and support the women who bring them earthside.

💭 I’d love to hear — how did your partner support you through pregnancy, birth, or postpartum?

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06/09/2025

✨ Bearing witness to life’s greatest miracle ✨

One of the most beautiful gifts I’ve ever known is having my children witness each other being born. To see their awe, their gentleness, their reverence for the sacredness of birth is something I will treasure forever.

My daughter, especially, amazes me. She held space for me through the birth of her third brother with such love and wisdom well beyond her years. Watching her support me, and then hearing her speak of her own calling into birth work, fills me with pride and joy.

She wants to walk this path too — to serve women, to protect birth, to honour the sacred. And so I will apprentice her, weaving her into this work that has been my own soul’s calling.

Here’s to the next generation of birth keepers, who are already rising ✨

31/08/2025

A woman shaman, like a spider spinning, must learn to lead from the womb. To move our attention from the head to the belly, from the mind to the body, a woman must learn to read the signals and to trust them. Otherwise she’ll never be sure about the difference between her intuition and those fearful little voices in her head that tell her to be cautious, stop, don’t and so on.

~ Vicki Noble


Art by Alice Maxinedesign

29/08/2025

Reposted

FACT!

And do you know those who say it isn’t?
- The self serving, lazy, raclst, genocide supporters and all the neutral fence sitters!

There is no place for neutrality when it comes to GENOCIDE!

There is no space for ZIONISM in the birth world or any world that supports equal rights for all.

“Peace on earth begins with birth” and that includes safety, food, medical aid, education and freedom for ALL!!!

Any organisation or Doula training provider that tells you different is one to avoid!

Each and every single one of us who chooses to train as a Doula or become a Doula has the privilege of making an informed decision who you give your money to and who you connect yourself to.

Now we can see who is who, you choose who you stand with!

Birth IS political!

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11/08/2025

10/08/2025

07/08/2025

“The smell of your skin
Cuddling you into my chest
Let the Life Milk flow”

~ Melynda Petersen
https://kellymom.com/blog-post/breastfeeding-haiku/

Art: Dagmara Pior, “Mokosz - Mother Earth”
https://www.artstation.com/dagadeck/profile

In honor of World Breastfeeding Week!
(Aug 1 — Aug 7)

06/08/2025

14/04/2025

Repost from ‼️ BIRTHWORKER CALL IN ‼️

It is our role to support and protect the human rights of all birthing people. It’s not birthwork unless it is the rights, safety and liberation of all mothers and parents globally. It is NOT ok to remain silent about genocide in your birthworker role 🙏🏼

I validate the vulnerability of and her sisters for sharing their stories of trauma, loss and grief with us and for all to see. Please witness them. I am beyond honoured to know and be of support to them. They have suffered immeasurable trauma and loss as women, sisters and as mothers 😭

Today, I ask you to share their story in your birthworker circles and vitally DONATE. These mothers are parenting through unfathomable conditions and circumstances. They need funds for food, clothing, medical treatment, psychological treatment, medication and all basic essentials for themselves and their children. They continue to be repeatedly displaced. The depth of their suffering is immeasurable 💔

Links to donate in my stories and also by scanning the QR code or visiting bio 🙏🏼

08/04/2025

Eleven Things Baby do in Womb

Babies are not born as the “blank slates” we once thought they were. New findings challenge the blank slate myth common in modern medicine and psychology, as confusing, incomplete and inaccurate.

Babies enter life with a “full slate” of consciousness. Their adult-like abilities make theories of developmental psychology obsolete—i.e., all complex behaviors must start as simple behaviors and develop gradually. Many behaviors, in fact, start out complex.

What do you think a baby is up to in there? Turns out babies are busy in the womb!

Key points include:

1. Babies are clairvoyant and see inside, and outside, of the womb. They are interactive with their world, watching, listening, and learning.

2. Unborn babies like to exercise. All parts of the body are seen via ultrasound in smooth and spontaneous motion: rolling, turning the head on the neck, waving arms, kicking legs, flexing back, neck, and feet, etc. By 26 weeks, the baby can do acrobatic moves such as an elegant longitudinal spinal roll.

3. Unborn babies see light. Vision develops before birth. Although the eyelids remain fused until the 26th week, the baby is aware of light and will react to lights flashed on the mother’s tummy.

4. Twins in the womb socialize indicating that they are aware of each other even if they cannot see. They display consistent behaviors towards each other before and after birth.

5. Unborn babies enjoy nursery rhymes. In one study, pregnant women in their third trimester read classic verses to their unborn babies twice a day for several weeks. In response, the heart rate of the baby in utero slowed when Mom read the rhyme. After a few weeks, the heart rate continued to be low even when read by strangers.

6. They also recognize songs. In a university study, researchers played "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" over during the mom’s third trimester. After birth, they played the song again. EEG readings showed greater brain activity for infants who’d heard the song in utero than for those who hadn’t.

7. Unborn babies feel pain and do not cry without a reason. Third-trimester babies being startled by a low-decibel noise played through mother’s uterine wall exhibited all the characteristics of traditional crying behavior: opening mouths, depressing tongues, increasing head tilts, gasping irregularly, mouthing and swallowing, and even the telltale quivering lower lip.
Researchers compare their findings to vagitus uterinus (squalling in the womb), a term used to describe the audible cry of baby in utero, associated with obstetrical manipulations before birth. The fact that 20% of the 140 squalling babies died testifies to the depth of pain and danger these babies were trying to express. Crying has also been recorded at 21 weeks g.a. in cases of therapeutic abortion.

8. Unborn babies develop tastes for certain foods. The nutrients in mother’s food seep into the amniotic fluid, which the baby gulps down and can "taste" by 20 weeks. Mothers who regularly ate carrots gave birth to babies who love carrots more than babies whose moms didn’t eat this vegetable much.

9. Unborn babies react to stress. The more anxiety moms reported, the more often their babies used their left hands to touch their face. This suggests that a mom’s emotions impact their movements in subtle ways. It also suggests that moms should relax and meditate as much as is comfortable.

10. Unborn babies practice facial expressions. By 24 weeks, unborn babies could achieve "two dimensional" facial expressions such as curling their mouth in a smile. By 36 weeks, unborn babies could achieve more complex facial expressions including "pain" though lowered eyebrows, wrinkled nose, and stretched mouth.

11. Unborn babies anticipate touch. By the 9th-month mark, babies started opening their mouths in relation to directed movements. This suggests they had put two and two together -- i.e., "Hey, hand headed toward mouth for some thumb sucking! Open up!
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For more information, read our book Babies Are Cosmic, Signs of Their Secret Intelligence by Elizabeth and Neil Carman, PhD.

• Children’s memories of birth, womb, conception, preconception, and past-life
• Parents who meet their unborn child. Through dreams and visions, they “see” and hear their child’s voice before conception and throughout pregnancy.
• Experimental results and clinical observations of 100 researchers from birth psychology, developmental psychology, and medicine
445 endnotes, 270 bibliographical references, 12 illustrations

Available on Amazon in Paperback and Kindle
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https://www.amazon.com/Babies-Are-Cosmic-Secret-Intelligence/dp/096007130X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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