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[misschey2u]

What I wish Medical Providers Understood when meeting a Doula

“Chey, OMG! I know we spoke about this but why are providers so rude?! It was awful” ; I was driving home from seeing a client , my car is truly my office , I can’t tell you how much business I have conducted in there as a Doula. Taking time to reflect on a birth isn’t just a thing parents should be encouraged to do but Doulas and Birthworkers as well. I always make time and space to discuss a…

[sweetwatersweetwater]

recommended bb books

feed the baby, shruti nagaraj MD, MPH (forward), victoria facelli, IBCLC (author)

queer nursing, gorilla milk

baby making for everybody: fertility and family building for lgbtq+ and solo parents

[voodoo-tofu]

Absolutely terrified to think I'm actually considering enrolling into medical assistant school.

[sunnshineyelllo]

In the 3rd week of my 6 month course with BRM, really excited to learn more and start applying my knowledge with clients 🙌

[sydscompostbucket]

ice chips was wonderfully shot, but the way that birth was portrayed probably set us back about 60 years. almost everything that happened to nat had me in tears as a birth worker.

seeing obstetric violence normalized in a show like the bear really really sucks ass when you’re educated on the extremely violent, racist, misogynistic history and current practice of obstetrics.

there’s not a field more riddled with pseudoscience and evidence-less practice like obstetrics is.

and don’t even get me started on donna’s ass. if you’ve been in a modern, well researched, midwifery based birth class, you’ll know that the way that donna coached nat to breath has actually been debunked a long time ago as a method to make for a more easeful birth. it’s the exact OPPOSITE way that one should breath if trying to keep an open, relaxed pelvic floor for birth.

watching nat labor felt like watching a train wreck in slow motion and knowing that most people watching aren’t even aware of how violent of a scene we all witnessed in that episode suckssss.

ice chips was BY FAR more stressful and bone chilling to me than fishes.

[sacredliminalspaces]

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[realstrap]

‼️grocery ask‼️

09/18/2023

We're a disabled lesbian couple with no income, I'm a full time IT Student and my wife is undergoing a birthwork mentorship.

We need to restock on shelf stable groceries and get items that were missed last time

$0/250

CA: $grumblybear

VM: XochiRose

Dm for P@ypal

[macbxth-pdf]

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[voxceleste]

I know that this is like The Antinatalist Website but every time I see that post about how people should be told about how awful pregnancy is and how it fucks up your body so they can decide for themselves if they want to put themselves through that etc the way it's written rubs me the wrong way, not because any of the information in it is factually wrong it just seems like... Idk. Sometimes on here it feels like there's a real lack of empathy for people who do have interest in childbearing including people for whom accessing perinatal care is difficult and fraught for whatever reasons... I know that what people are responding to explicitly in that post is active efforts to occlude the risks and dangers associated with pregnancy so this might all sound like hairsplitting on my part but I don't think the answer to that issue is "freak people out by presenting an intentionally selected horror show clip reel of all the things that can go wrong." That's not good care... Like. Many people are going to continue to want to have babies even though it's dangerous, this is just a fact, so perhaps a wraparound informed consent approach focusing on supplying people with as much information and options as they need to make the decisions that are right for them while working to minimize harm to the greatest degree is better... Idk... I think what is actually bothering me is that I think putting energy into antioppressive birthwork/midwifery is going to have a much more tangible effect on the quality of life of people who give birth than "make sure they know all of the gruesome ways they might die in labour" ??? Who does this help

[butchniqabi]

if anyone's interested i have a small folder of doula/birthwork related pdfs including "supporting survivors". theres only 9 books and i havent made my way through all of them, but if you are interested lmk

[piscaprio]

I’m not going to lie, I feel so hurt, by so much and so many people. This healing journey has been tough, on my spirit. I’m processing so much in such a small time frame. I’m really not okay.

Speaking of time, it appears that everything is so time sensitive. From things within motherhood, birthwork, how quickly I’m tending to my wounds, the ones that inflicted the wounds, feel/behave like since they’re over it, i should be too. idk so much

Im just feeling my feels. Journaling these past 48 hours has been helpful.

[snarkilicious]

I'm sad I can't do this poll cuz birthwork and bodywork have been around as long as people have existed.

i was thinking about this today so how long has YOUR JOB existed- not how long your industry has existed, but how long someone has been doing the work you do as a trade notwithstanding changes in terminology and technology. no unemployed option cuz i cant add more answers sorry... tell me about it in the tags

[medicalsociology2025]

Midwifery: Not Just For Hippies Anymore

There has been a recent upsurge in the popularity of midwifery and alternative options in childbirth. Pregnant and childbearing women are increasingly seeking to customize their birthing experiences by incorporating elements of both the mainstream medical model and the midwifery model of care.  In this paper, I use data obtained through in-depth interviews to examine the ways in which a collective of birthworkers; midwives, doulas, childbirth educators, and lactation consultants construct their identity in an attempt to appeal to the consumption patterns of this potential clientele.  Refuting stereotypical notions of midwives and other birthworkers as being a part of a radical fringe, this group seeks to attract a larger, more mainstream client base by providing services that can be consumed by women choosing a more medical birth. Instead of insisting upon non-medicated, midwife-directed home birthing, this collective defines themselves as different from traditional midwifery in a number of important ways. Specifically, these birthworkers incorporate elements of the medical model into their practice and employ the rhetoric of professionalism, individualized care, non-biased information, neutrality and non-judgment, and informed choice.

[reproductivesociologyfall2024]

Midwifery: Not Just For Hippies Anymore

There has been a recent upsurge in the popularity of midwifery and alternative options in childbirth. Pregnant and childbearing women are increasingly seeking to customize their birthing experiences by incorporating elements of both the mainstream medical model and the midwifery model of care.  In this paper, I use data obtained through in-depth interviews to examine the ways in which a collective of birthworkers; midwives, doulas, childbirth educators, and lactation consultants construct their identity in an attempt to appeal to the consumption patterns of this potential clientele.  Refuting stereotypical notions of midwives and other birthworkers as being a part of a radical fringe, this group seeks to attract a larger, more mainstream client base by providing services that can be consumed by women choosing a more medical birth. Instead of insisting upon non-medicated, midwife-directed home birthing, this collective defines themselves as different from traditional midwifery in a number of important ways. Specifically, these birthworkers incorporate elements of the medical model into their practice and employ the rhetoric of professionalism, individualized care, non-biased information, neutrality and non-judgment, and informed choice.

[medicalsociology2024]

Midwifery: Not Just For Hippies Anymore

There has been a recent upsurge in the popularity of midwifery and alternative options in childbirth. Pregnant and childbearing women are increasingly seeking to customize their birthing experiences by incorporating elements of both the mainstream medical model and the midwifery model of care.  In this paper, I use data obtained through in-depth interviews to examine the ways in which a collective of birthworkers; midwives, doulas, childbirth educators, and lactation consultants construct their identity in an attempt to appeal to the consumption patterns of this potential clientele.  Refuting stereotypical notions of midwives and other birthworkers as being a part of a radical fringe, this group seeks to attract a larger, more mainstream client base by providing services that can be consumed by women choosing a more medical birth. Instead of insisting upon non-medicated, midwife-directed home birthing, this collective defines themselves as different from traditional midwifery in a number of important ways. Specifically, these birthworkers incorporate elements of the medical model into their practice and employ the rhetoric of professionalism, individualized care, non-biased information, neutrality and non-judgment, and informed choice.