Birth Spirituality and Healing

Birth Spirituality and Healing Gena McCarthy RN MFT is a perinatal psychotherapist and healer, trained in shamanic, buddhist and cr

The Birth Spirituality and Healing Network is a circle of Perinatal Professionals offering and developing spiritual/emotional support, community and skills to Perinatal Professional and Parents. Through the Birth Spirituality and Healing Coach certification programs or through experiential history of learning the same skill sets, Perinatal Professionals support each other in peer and mentored cons

ultation circles offering Parent Ceremonies, Healing Birth Mother Renewal Workshops, Sister Circles for Perinatal Professionals and 1-1 Healing Birth Sessions. Gena McCarthy MFT is a perinatal psychotherapist, emdr certifed ex public health nurse, community organizer, founder and developer of the BSH Network and it's services, has had the privilege and honor of studying and practicing perinatal healing, shamanism, buddhism and cherokee teachings. Over the last 30 years she has cultivated a non judgmental process for reclaiming jewels and healing one's birth stories, original and the ensuing birth experiences in one's lifetime. To learn more go to: www.birthspiritualityandhealing.com

BSH Coaches and Partners currently offering BSH services are:
Natashia Fuksman MFT, : Sister Circles for Perinatal Professionals
Czarina Bowers, Doula, BSH Coach, Silicon Valley Doulas, Healing Birth Mother Renewal Workshops Intern
Meadow Evans, Doula, CMT, BSH Coach, Bay Area
Sheila VanDerveer, CPM, LM, Comadres midwivery, Brigid's Well, BSH Coach, Healing Birth Mother Renewal Workshops Intern, Sebastopol
Katie Sutherland, CMT, BSH Coach, Parent Ceremonies Intern
Morgan West CPM, LM, Hummingbird midwifery, Parent Ceremonies Intern
Lisa Blades, RN, L&D nurse, BSH Coach
Lindsey Stern Beallo, Doula, BSH Coach
Joanne Magdaleno, Doula, BSH Coach
Jane Hansen, PsyD, BSH Coach
Susan Schmidt, CPM, LM, BSH Coach
Regine Marton, CNM, RN, LM, BSH Coach

04/09/2025

This video provides details on a large U.S. study showing that with proper precautions, low-risk home births are as safe as births in accredited birth centers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hnM98PVD8
The key takeaway for me is that the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists disapproves of home births on grounds they aren’t as safe as hospital births. They don’t object, though, to births in accredited birth centers. (See ""Obstetric Care Consensus #9: Levels of Maternal Care"" https://bit.ly/4l97izj ) But if ACOG accepts that birth center births are safe, and home births are shown to be equally safe, it logically follows that ACOG’s position on home births isn’t supported.

For more on the home birth controversy, check out: https://hencigoer.com/out-of-hospital-birth/

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