10 Things I Know With My Entire Being (After 15 Years as a Midwife)
Birth is not a medical event. It is Holy ground. I can feel in my own body the veil thin place where life and death hold hands.
The cervix is not a stop watch. Time bends. Progress is not linear. Slow is sacred too. Patience is vital.
You can’t coach a woman into power. You witness it. You get out of the way and honor her knowing. Trust she will find it.
There is no such thing as “just” a homebirth. The walls have seen prayers, primal screams, orgasms, and resurrections.
The body remembers how to open. Even when the mind is afraid. Even when the culture forgets.
Softness is strength. The bravest thing I will ever see is a woman who softens into the wild rhythm of birth moving through her.
We need less management and more reverence. Less control. More awe. Less protocol. More presence. Less ego. More kneeling as students at the feet of the forces.
Not all emergencies come with sirens. Trust your skills. Read body and energy of womb and room. Listen with your bones.
Birth is erotic. It’s messy and raw and it’s also sensual, sovereign, and fiercely alive.
We don’t deliver babies. We serve women We protect the portal. We remember what the world tries to forget. From the knowing in our bodies, we offer healing and wisdom to the heart of our community.
