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20/08/2025

What if we told women the truth about birth?

We’d have to tell them that contractions will probably be more than “surges” or “sensations.”

That they’ll probably rock your world and leave you begging for salvation as you clutch the edge of the tub or the hospital linens.

That your gentle breathing exercises and your Spotify soundtrack will be left in the dust as you sweat and pant and sway and swear your way through it

That you’ll trip harder than any mushroom you ever did in college and vomit with the same ferocity and travel to places deep within yourself that you didn’t know existed.

That you’ll float above your body and simultaneously be trapped in it with an intensity you’ve never tasted.

And in that intensity,
in the sweating and the swearing
and the swaying and the vomiting
and the endless hours of contractions crashing down upon you ...

You’ll find your strength.
You’ll find a resilience you’ve never known.
You’ll find the power you need for the journey of Motherhood ahead.

In the messy humanity of it all,
you’ll find that you are holy.
A portal to the divine.
Capable of indescribable miracles.
A vessel of sacred life.

What if we told women the truth about birth?
We’d have to tell them they are capable of anything.

Worthy of being treated like goddesses.
Made to walk through the flames,
surf the tidal waves,
dive into the underworld
And come out alive.

Not unscathed.
Not unchanged.
But whole
and healed
and ready to take on the world.

If we told women the truth about birth,
we’d have to admit that we’ve lied about everything else,
and that they are more powerful,
more fierce,
more capable,
more beautiful,
than we’ve ever let on.

If we told the truth about birth?
We’d shatter the world.

Words and Art: Catie Atkinson

19/08/2025

What exactly do we “trust” when we “trust birth?”

How do we know to trust it?

How can we bring more balance to the habit ways we may reflexively proclaim our trust?

If we trust our bodies fully, we must also trust that our body will let us know when things aren’t ok, and that we may need help.

If we trust birth, we must also trust death. Sometimes there is an actual physical death, but always there is a death of the self, a death of our way of being in the world.

If we trust our doctor or midwife, we must also trust when our body tells us yes or no to something they suggest.

If we trust in the unknown and that which is utterly out of our control, we must also trust in the creative solutions of coping and determination.

If we trust in ourself and our incredible power, we must also trust that we are part of a community, both human and non-human.

What do you “trust” in birth?

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24/03/2025

By Heather Hurt

Yes, I want to hear your birth story.

No, I don’t mind if you nurse in front of me. You don’t have to explain a thing.

Yes, you can text me when it’s 3 a.m. and you feel like the world is asleep but you’re not.

Nope. Nothing is too much. Say the hard things out loud.

Yes, let’s walk and talk about how this is the hardest and holiest thing we’ve ever done.

No, your big kids aren’t too loud, too messy, too emotional. They’re just being real. Let them.

Yes, I’ll make the coffee or bring it over. Extra warm, just how you like it.

Yes, I’ll hold your baby while you shower or cry or sit still for a second.

No, I’m not keeping score. I just want to show up for you.

Yes, I see how much you’re holding. And I’m here. For all of it.