Genesis Birth Co.

9/3/06-2/24/24 Rest in Paradise my sweet boy.

There will be a candle light vigil for Ezekiel Gordon on Friday, for those who would like to come and show your support to Dee Gordon and her family:

Candlelight Vigel for Ezekiel Logan Gordon 🕯🙏

On February 24th, Dee's 17-year-old son Zeke, was involved in a catastrophic accident that led to him being urgently flown to Primary Children's Hospital. Despite the best efforts of the medical team, he tragically could not overcome his injuries and passed away. This has been a devastating tragedy for Dee and her family, turning their world upside down.

This loss is unfathomable. No parent should ever have to endure the heartbreak of losing a child twice in their lifetime. Dee is facing a level of devastation that is hard to comprehend. During this incredibly difficult time, her friends and community are coming together to offer support in any way we can.

We are initiating this GoFundMe to assist Dee and her family with the financial burdens that have suddenly fallen upon them. The funds raised will help cover medical expenses, funeral costs and any unforeseen expenses that arise as they navigate through this period of mourning and adjustment.

In moments like these, the power of community is more important than ever. Any contribution, no matter how small, can make a significant difference in alleviating the financial stress on Dee and her family during this period of immense grief. Together, we can help provide them with the support they need to focus on healing and remembering the life of their sweet and incredible Zeke.

Please consider donating to this cause and sharing this campaign with your network. Let's show Dee and her family that they are not alone and that, in times of sorrow, love and community can bring light to the darkest of places.

Thank you for your kindness, generosity, and support during this unimaginably difficult time.

Venmo:


GoFundMe link: https://gofund.me/aae59b55

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😯 🤩 Unbelievable! A foetus saves his mother and saves himself by filling a tear in the uterus ❤🍼

This is an incredible story that "The European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology" tells in an article dated June 3, 2017.

Recently admitted to the emergency room in Lille, an eight-month-old pregnant mother complains of abdominal pain. If the medical team doesn't find anything abnormal at first, a deeper examination will reveal that the young woman - who underwent a cesarean section in 2013 - suffered a rupture of nearly ten inches.

If the 31-year-old woman undergoes emergency surgery, doctors quickly notice that the baby has already practiced first aid by patting her back against the tear! "Then there is a suction effect: the baby's back is sucked in by the uterine cavity that it will completely fill up." "So it's all going like the baby's back is ventilating."

Surprisingly, this gesture allowed the baby to hold in the womb with the amniotic fluid while saving his mother from bleeding.

After a cesarean delivery without complication, the young mom was able to discover a little boy weighing 2,520 kg. And if the child was born with a large lump in the back related to suction, the edema quickly dissolved, leaving room for a healthy baby. ❤ https://www.facebook.com/grossesseetmaternite?mibextid=PlNXYD

“In most medicalized births, the delivery of the placenta is heavily managed by the provider. The placenta needs to be birthed quickly, and there is an urgency that often leads to gentle traction (and sometimes aggressive pulling).

But at many home births...I watch as the midwife often steps back and allows both time and space for the birth of the placenta.

This client had her husband hold her baby as she felt the cord. I love that she was able to come back down into her body, feel the actual pulsing connection, and then birth her placenta with no complications several minutes later.

It can be this calm, quiet, simple, and even slow.”

Image and words by BBY Co-Founder

Beautiful ❤️
📷: Jennifer Mason Photography

Make sure you follow Shafia Monroe Consulting to stay up to date on her book "Mothering the Mother" set to be released in 2025.

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“One of the darkest moments in US history was the systematic eradication of the African American midwife from her community, resulting in a legacy of birth injustices.”

-Shafia M. Monroe, DEM, CDT, MPH

To kick off Black History Month I would like to pay homage to . Monroe, who wears the title “Queen Mother of a Midwifery Movement”, has worked since the 1970s to reduce the Black infant and maternal mortality rates. Her dedication to this work has earned her almost a dozen awards, from the Harriet Tubman Award in 2012 to the Unsung Hero Award in 1989.

Today Monroe resides in Portland, Oregon as a renowned midwife, doula trainer, motivational speaker, and cultural competency trainer.

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✨3️⃣ The Vessels of the Umbilical Cord 3️⃣✨
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Go to my new Business Page - Genesis Birth Co.

Go to the 3 little dots on the side of page, Hit “Invite friends”

Select "Invite all" & done

You've SUCCESSFULLY supported my Small Business for $0.00 and less than 30 seconds of your time.

Thank YOU for supporting small and local buiness.

(Copied) but wanted to share as this is an amazing way to help us small business owners!

Thank you,

Dee Gordon

Lucy Webber Feeding Support - IBCLC

I actually remember this mama posting her story one of our birth groups! I love it so much!

❤️ A SURPRISE TWIN WATERBIRTH❤️

A completely missed twin pregnancy!

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Ultrasound did not pick up the other fetus, they only ever heard just one heartbeat and she measured right on track for carrying only 1 baby.

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She birthed her first baby in the water and shortly after felt another strong contraction and another ring of fire.

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As to which she yelled out “What the f*ck?!”

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The midwife said “Oh, it’s probably the placenta coming.”

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Another midwife said “It’s a water bag, I’ve never seen that before.”

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The whole room was in utter shock to see another baby come earthside and born encaul.

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The likelihood of another baby hidding in the womb is extremely minuscule, but it happened.

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Born at 38 weeks and 4 days, both babies weighed 6lbs 11oz, and both measured 20 inches.

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Mama: .i.am.is.who and her page is Who Sundae

Nurture comes easy for a mother.

I love feeding my baby.
I love giving them kisses.

I love rubbing my nose to their nose.

I love the primal instinct.

I nurture these little hearts not just for them; but for me.

(And my sanity.)

There is nothing better than being a mother, nursing my infant in my arms, nursing them, comforting their hunger cues and cries for mommy with my very own nourishment.

Everything I do, I do for them, because I want them to know how they are loved.

And I know that they know,
Because I show them.

Nothing is better than mommy’s love 🤍

Art by Mom is Drawing

"Manners can serve a wonderful purpose. They act as signposts in our social exchanges. They add predictability and reassurance that we can and should expect to be treated with respect.

But our blind obsession with the superficial, with what looks good and sounds right, dupes us into believing that manners are the goal.

Manners are not the goal.

Manners are the by-product.

Just as a healthy body is the byproduct of a healthy diet. Yet if we were to focus exclusively on the goal of weight loss we are more likely to choose short term strategies that may be detrimental to our health. The same applies for kids and manners.

There are no quick fixes here.

Instead, we need to focus on the journey rather than the destination and recognise that we are our children’s guides, not their puppet masters."

-Raised Good

How to Teach Kids Manners Without Asking for the 'Magic Word' - Raised Good Why prompting, prodding and "teaching" children manners doesn't work and eight respectful, positive parenting strategies that do.

“All the eggs a woman will ever carry form in her ovaries while she is a four-month-old fetus in the womb of her mother.

This means our cellular life as an egg begins in the womb of our grandmother.

Each of us spent five months in our grandmother's womb, and she in turn formed in the womb of her grandmother.

We vibrate to the rhythm of our mother's blood before she herself is born, and this pulse is the thread of blood that runs all the way back through the grandmothers to the first mother.”

~ Layne Redmond, from “When the Drummers Were Women”
www.layneredmond.com

Art by Tarn Ellis
www.linktr.ee/Tarnellisart

🔄 SHE On The Tip Of Her Tongue

Pop into the zoom if you are feeling like a quick chat! Midwife Dee and Doula Stacy are here now!

Lucy Webber Feeding Support - IBCLC ✨✨

See you tomorrow! ❤️

If you're considering joining our March Birth Doula Training with Genesis Birth Company come to our free Zoom Q&A Doula Training Session with Genesis Birth Company this Thursday!

See you there! ✨