Pregnancy was an incredible, awe-inspiring experience for me.
I loved that my body was gestating a new life. I loved that it knew what to do, that it was tapping into a primal template and that I had to do very little in conscious support.
Pregnancy was an incredible, awe-inspiring experience for me.
I loved that my body was gestating a new life. I loved that it knew what to do, that it was tapping into a primal template and that I had to do very little in conscious support.
I wanted to feel that same sense of super-humaness with my birth experience. To feel that primal force move through my body and guide it to birth. The problem was, short of taking a natural childbirth class, I didn’t know how to prepare for that.
I had no idea about optimal birthing conditions.
I underestimated the role of support.
I misunderstood the degree of surrender required.
I was in the dark about the landscape of hospital vs. homebirth.
I didn’t know how to connect to my body and its wisdom.
I had no clue pleasure even had a place at the table of birth.