Welcome
We divide this into
What it mean to be pregnant – biologically, socially and new category – tribal ‘allowed’.
My focus is BABY – what it means to be the one being made.
In an oven, not a fridge . .
This was the heading of a 4 hour presentation I did for Pro D seminars (in 2010?) For Lorne – and it was the third most popular of his stable – until he began the wholesale medicalisation that is part of the profession’s downfall.
Dr John F Shen said – “always, always, always follow nature.” We will.
This the BIOLOGY component is the key – when we have the food and the gut and the sleep and thus the sanity on board – all could be well.
If we lived in a life supportive environment. Where making babies was a revered and sacred task.
As women got more pregnant, my message became – be like a Jersey cow – go into production mode – nothing else matters.
Thus – gut working well, Blood is being made in abundance, the Jing is unfolding and life is perfect.
What gets in the way?
Mum being groomed.
I was lucky enough to be pregnant when mums were left alone to do their thing (1976).
I did know I needed help at teh end and wouel hav ehime birthed, but we had no water access, no sanitation, and live din teh nbush – maybe 10 km frm town with a laundromat.
The book Childbirth Without Violence came out, and I was there – baby centred,.
See all of Dr Frederick le Boyer’s work here. Be aware of the humanity of the man – we can aspire to follow his lead. He did start off in India, and thus teh baby massage and the connection mum and her loved one is apparently in all he did.
Dr Michel Odent did a different model – via his hospital in Pitheries France. The image is of pregnant women all standing around a piano singing – community. We are to be surrounded by living mirrors who see the emergence of a new mum. The mysterious opening into maiden departing mother arriving.
When nature is observed, teh mo=um to be goe sinside, She is in wnder, especially afte rthe b-first small kick felt, Someone is inhabting her!
In times porior tio teh inten=ernet, whisoerings from oteh rmotehrs h=guided her.
Along cam ethose who had not birther=d and they w=rewrite teh script.
Now we have teh ones who say ‘we don;t know’ – but orde rteh new baby about.
Ias anew mum to be – ignored evefyone.
Did not need to tell anyone and did not.”
My moteh rwas rung, teh dad to be was totally on o-board, and life continued, – no visist to those who woudl now expect scans, blood test and tell worriesome takes.
Instead – nature won – adn baby grew as desigend.
no difference in lofe – be-reast were tebde r- to teh exta=ent I had to hodk them to get up inteh morning – iodine needed – see mor ehere.
The up at nigt opee was new – Kidney QI/Yang bot as d=-strjng as beeded.
as a vegan macriocibiotic, teh diet was missing – and occassionally withiut ehj dad n-knowing, I woudl be in town, eating amea tpie and a pintof cold milk.
Mostly vegies, and brown rice, fed this pregancy.