The Fearless Birther

Art ❤

Stunning clay sculpture ❤️

Found on: Animals World, Nature & Quotes

Their person ❤

Birth is breathtaking.
Feeling your baby for the first time, magical 💫

A Mother's Love is Unconditional ❤

Super Woman 💪🏻💛


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Capturing motherhood.













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So. Much. This ♥️

“I like using the term “nursing” sometimes instead of “breastfeeding,” because sometimes it’s not about hunger.

Sometimes, it’s about baby wanting to cuddle with you, smell your sweet scent, and cozy up to your warmth.

Sometimes it’s about feeling lonely or scared, and mouth to breast provides connection.

Sometimes it’s about the pain of teething, or needing antibodies to get over a cold.

So remember, you are so much more than a food source - so. much. more."

Words:
Illustration:

Puppy, birth, love ♥️

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From small beginnings come great things.

Happy Monday. Be kind to each other.

These women are even more BEAUTIFUL now ❤

This. All of this ❤

“Human gestation is 18 months. 9 months on the inside. 9months on the outside. During this 9 months on the outside called exogestation, I like to think of the Mother and Baby still connected through an energetic umbilical cord.

Physiologically Mama and Baby need to remain close for at least the first 9 months of postpartum.

Breastfeeding, baby wearing, bed sharing this all physiologically necessary for a baby to truly flourish.

It is very similar to Kangaroos, where the baby is born but stays in the Mother’s pouch until around 8 months. Human gestation has evolved to be born at 9-10 months due to the size of the human head but a baby’s brain is really only 25% developed when born compared to other mammals who are fully functioning and able to walk and get themselves around. Human babies need their Mothers to get around, to be fed, to be protected and cared for.

So Mamas keep your babes close.
Hold them.
Love them.
Sing to them.
Eye gaze with them.
Breastfeed them.
Share a bed with them.
You are energetically still pregnant and nourishing them, just from the outside.” Found on:
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Because birth happens ANY way the baby chooses to be bornn! ♥️♥️♥️

“This incredible Mama knew that the energy she needed to step into for her birth was a masculine one...

And this is exactly what showed up.

Her birth journey was long and intense and she was strong. Throughout the many waves of her contractions she journeyed deep and far..
She stood and walked and swayed and moved and napped

She went through moments of "I can't do this" and moments of "I totally can do this"

She lent into the strong arms of her partner as she stood in her utter strength to birth her baby...

And she roared.... oh she roared...

She roared her baby down

Into the waiting arms of her beautiful midwife, who had the most incredible "catch" ....a literal catch in the air.

She speedily unwrapped of his very long cord, wrapped twice around his neck.... and gently put him onto the sweet birthing mattress below..

Birth is so darn powerful. So darn challenging and hard.

And they did it.
Baby boy is here.”
📸 and words credit to: .doula
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No matter what, you're a GREAT Mom ♥️

🤔 Hmm.. sharing because- what if it works??

Im definitely giving this a shot!
Let me know if it works for you too!

Postpartum depression is:

REAL.
COMMON.
NOT YOUR FAULT.
SOMETHING YOU CAN OVERCOME.

And because postpartum is FOREVER,
Its important to seek help when feelings are this strong.

Be easy on yourself.
You are are not alone.
You are loved.
♥️

THAT FIRST YEAR

The year that two became three
No. More. Hot. Tea.

The year of not leaving your side
For more than an hour
And feeling revived
From a two minute shower

The year of white noise
Cuddles and baby slings
As you slowly adjust
To the outside things

The year of sleep regressions
Monkey impressions
Panicked Google searches
Too many to mention

The year I realised that women
Really do hold all the powers
Rocking and pacing
For hours and hours

Being more selective of
The company I keep
And dreading that question
So how does he sleep?

The year of building
All the rods for my own back
Binning the baby books
And not looking back

Endless walks with the pram
To help you to nap
Pounding the pavements
Looking like crap

One whole year to realise
That there's no wrong or right
There's what works
What you need
In the middle of the night

The year of doubts and fears
And bending the ears
Of family and friends
He'll sleep eventually
But when?

But you're more than
Your sleep struggles
So much more

You're that look of wonder
At a knock on the door
Your giggles
Your protests
And that tiny roar

Beaming with pride
As you take in your stride
Learning to roll, crawl and stand
And wave your wee hand

A sudden respect for those
Who've done all this before
But with two, with three, with four
Or more

The year of grand plans and dreams
Of these homemade cuisines
But some days just called
For eggs, chips and beans

And yet somehow you thrived
And we just about survived
The hourly wake-ups
And some almost-breakups

You really did shake-up
These two kids

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Words: Karen McMillan (Mother Truths)
Image: Pascal Campion Art

Taken from: MOTHER TRUTHS Poems on Early Motherhood, Available to buy worldwide: https://linktr.ee/mother_truths

Loss is so common 💔
So many have been here and yet its rarely spoken about.. which makes it harder to cope with.

If you're in need of support, regardless of when it happened, please sign up below and join the group ♥️

https://www.cherishedmom.org/grieflossregistration/?fbclid=IwAR0ECnyoyusWMIJQthTxgnv2uLf0Vtqlc8xadf5UyPqff_ux0Z32-7HDSAY

I only have two but please.. those with more, please tell us- is this how it works??

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Yessss 🤣🤣🤣 I can’t imagine what #5 would be like…😆 Repost from @postpartumbelly who reposted this from @storyofthislife #firstbaby #secondbaby #thirdbaby #fourthbaby #hilarious #sotrue #mamagreendoula

I've been a little quiet these days but I promise there is a good reason!

I now introduce to you:

💜💜"BABY CIRCLE SUNDAYS" 💜💜💜

A few doulas and lactation consultants in my neighborhood put together a small meet up called "Baby Circle Sundays" for local moms & dads, adjustmenting to the new (& sometimes not so easy) ways of Parenhood.

Join us for a NEW parent/baby get together, just for Bay Ridge and Sunset Park Brooklyn fams!

We'll be meeting monthly in different parks!

Feel free to pm me with any questions and please tell your friends!

*Trigger warning*
(Article speak of miscarriage)

This.
ALL OF THIS.

A tragic loss that has happened to more than we know. A loss that is impossible to explain. So many whys. So many questions. So much hurt. So much pain. SO MUCH.

Let's all be this "friend".
The friend that will hold a safe space when you're unable to think, do, speak... The friend that doesn't say a word but shows up. The friend that does exactly what you need, even when you dont know what that is.

BE THAT FRIEND,
ALWAYS be that friend. ♥️

Im tired, like really tired.
No more like EXHAUSTED out of my mind.
Between homeschooling, non stop eating sick kids, a working hubby... being a mom and a student is NO JOKE.

But I dont care because I'm starting school AGAIN, for something I've been wanted to do since 2013.

I'm becoming a Certified Lactation Consultant!!
When things go wrong, you figure sh*t out and MAKE IT HAPPEN.

NOTHING is going to stop me ✊🏽

Let me be your support person on your new journey called PARENTING &
THANK YOU for following my journey on my business page, The Fearless Birther ♥️

We See you and we Thank you, Today and Everyday

I've always been obsessed with BIRTH.

But the MAIN reason, I started my Maternal Support Practitioner (or doula) training during Covid, was because I felt I was needed.

ALL DOULAS WERE NEEDED.

Being a new mother, with a newborn or a child of any age, is HARD enough. Now lets add a few more things to the mix:

Anxiety.
Isolation.
Loneliness.
Loss.
Guilt.
FEAR.

This article is for those who suffered the hardships of Covid, while trying REALLY hard to be there for your new baby, your older children and yourself.

Remember, if you're ever feeling like this, its okay to ask for help.

You aren't alone and you never were.
We see you, mama

For the Mamas Still Trying to Get By — Rad Mom Coach Well here we are- March again.  It’s hard to not look back and reflect as March rolls in on what this past year has forced upon us.  I find myself thinking back at the fear, the desperation, the anxiety of Spring 2020 and the impossible demands of parenting that were thrust upon us

This. All of this.

I care that you feel seen, heard and respected with the informed choices you make for your body, baby and birthing experience.

CIrca 2012- I was pregnant with my first son.

I'll never forget that moment when I saw those 2 pink lines on that pregnancy test. I instantly felt different.

My husband was asleep and I ran to him with this plastic stick, that I was just hovering over 3 minutes before. I woke him up hysterical crying. He thought something was wrong and jumped out of bed. I showed him the test and his face went from scared, to confused, to shocked in less than 30 seconds.

All I could do was laugh and cry because I was overwhelmingly flooded with several emotions at once.

•JOY because it finally happened.

•AMAZED because my body did a thing. A HUGE thing!

•Saddened because it was no longer going to be my husband and I.

•Happy because it was no longer going to be my husband and I.

•FEAR because of.. well, BIRTH and everything I heard about it...

Little did I know, my entire life was about to change and everything I was ever told about birth, was far from what I experienced.