Naomi's Empowering Birth and Breastfeeding and Mothering

14/04/2026

Local in-person support for today (Tuesday 14th April):

Birthworks Independent Midwife, at Church Cottage in Marlbrough, from 10am until 11:30am

14/04/2026

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Sadly this is the truth. I have seen examples of this.

11/04/2026

So this ❤️

Birth isn’t just about the baby.
It’s about the woman who is reborn alongside her child.
Yet so often we are told, “you should just be happy to have a healthy baby.”
But what about us, the mothers? What about the woman who carried, laboured and brought life into the world?
Because here’s what we know, a mother who feels whole after birth is better able to nurture, connect and raise a child who is healthier and happier.
Her wellbeing isn’t separate from her baby’s. It’s the foundation of it.
She deserves to feel whole. Physically. Emotionally. Mentally. Spiritually.
Because when a woman feels safe, supported and truly seen in birth, everything changes.

🎬 Born at Home is streaming now — watch from the comfort of your own home. Link in bio.

11/04/2026

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Education changes outcomes. PLEASE educate yourself when you are pregnant...even BEFORE you get pregnant. Don't walk into your prenatal visits expecting your provider to educate you. Consider taking childbirth education classes.....in person! Read all the books. Do not get your info from tiktoc! Do not get your info from traumatized mamas! AND....hire a doula.

09/04/2026

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08/04/2026

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🚨🚨 BIRTH NEWS - Women were never meant to give birth on their backs - is of NO surprise to birth workers 😉

Janet Balaskas, a world renowned birth expert and founder of the Active Birth Centre in the UK, recently spoke with about birth positioning.

It's more dangerous to birth on your back, so why is it the most common position for modern birth? Because once upon a time, a Frenchman decided it was more convenient for the men, wrote BBC author Lucy Sherriff.

For thousands of years in human history, birth was commonly done upright, squatting, on all 4s. Birthing chairs and stools were designed, not birthing beds.

A 2022 study reaffirmed that squatting can increase the pelvic diameter by a full inch!

And yet, despite evidence showing more pelvic space and the use of gravity, many continue to be encouraged by providers to birth on their backs.

"Throughout the world, and for thousands of years, women have spontaneously laboured and given birth in some form of upright or crouching positions," Balaskas's Active Birth Manifesto reads.

It is only within the last 300-400 years that birth became a medical event rather than an expected physiological process.

Thanks to a French man named François Mauriceau who claimed that the reclining position would be both more comfortable for the pregnant woman and more convenient for the male physician attending to her, supine became common.

Yet experts agree and evidence proves, supine to be a less effective and safe position to birth in.

"No other species adopts such a disadvantageous position at such a crucial time," says Balaskas.

Hannah Dahlen, professor of midwifery at Australia's Western Sydney University, wrote in a 2013 op-ed that the supine position is a "relatively modern phenomenon."

So, with all the evidence and historical context, how does supine continue to be encouraged?

Full article below. Be sure to read!

03/04/2026

People see a mom sitting down, feeding her baby…
and assume she’s resting.
But what they don’t see is what’s actually happening.
Her body is actively producing milk in real time
from her own blood supply.
Hormones like oxytocin are being released
to help her baby feel safe, calm, and regulated.
Her baby’s heartbeat, breathing, and temperature
are stabilizing in her arms.
Immune factors are transferring
helping protect her baby from illness.
And her baby isn’t just eating…
they’re being comforted, reassured, and connected.
All while she’s running on little sleep
and giving from a body that’s still healing.
So no… she’s not “just sitting.”
She’s feeding
regulating
protecting
soothing
and sustaining another human life
at the same time.
That is not laziness.
That is biology, science, and motherhood working together.
You are not lazy.
You are lactating.

01/04/2026

01/04/2026

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30/03/2026

😂😂😂

POV:
You said you were gonna “just breastfeed” 🤡

Now you’ve got: • 47 pump parts you swear you washed
• a freezer stash that feels like a personality trait
• 19 nursing bras but only 2 you actually like
• random milk bags in every corner of your life

and somehow…
you’re STILL googling
“how to increase milk supply at 2:17am”

Because nothing says ✨confidence✨
like making food with your body
and still wondering if it’s enough

Motherhood really said: minimalist?
no ❤️
we’re collecting supplies like it’s a survival game.