Baby Magic, Granny Sense: talking about women's bodies: reproductive rights, running, birth attendan...

I had a fun chat with lively Cat Earth, Courtney Piper a while ago but I've been taking it easy on the media front recently, so I'm getting our chat out there now, during the full Perseid showers, a new moon, and the upcoming 65th Birth Day of yours truly.
I'm feeling the power, and the energy, and the magic that comes through in Courtney's words. There is joy there, hurt, love ... we're human, folks! I hope you enjoy our chat, and may there be many more!
You are invited to the circle! This episode is a great way to end Season 4 of Baby Magic...Season 5 will start up again on August 21, to celebrate the one year anniversary of the podcast - thank you to all of you!

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I like to introduce some of the mothers I meet over the months and years. Some of them like to share their birth stories; others only share their dreams and transformations, or their struggles and overcomings.
Pamela's birth journey went differently than she expected: meet her here!

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We like to present happy stories: powerful birth experiences, sovereign womanhood revealed, stories about finding truth and power in sometimes difficult unfoldings of events.
Our biggest fear, as mothers, is to lose a child. Even if that loss happens at the beginning of pregnancy, it is something we feel deep in our bones and our hearts.
My guest is a woman who wants to break the stigma of speaking about miscarriage and baby loss. She tells her story of losing her baby months before he was supposed to be born. His birth taught her many things, and her strength is a lesson to me.
Our stories are powerful, let's speak them!

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Samantha, founder of BeBaby and mother of three (3 and under!) talks to us about choices, options for childbirth in Canada... and about her new project BeBaby!

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Cesarean Awareness Month is April, and every month is a good month to learn about oppressive birth practices.
In the past fifty years in affluent parts of the world, the cesarean birth rates have skyrocketed without any significant improvement of maternal or infant mortality or morbidity. Except ... wait ... mothers are suffering physically, emotionally and spiritually from the damage that is done to them when they have unwanted and unnecessary cesarean sections.
Today, Emily joins us from a dark place where she was left after giving birth to her twin girls ... her strength, love, and intuition helped her to move forward and into a full awareness of birth and what it means to be intentional in a system that is made to oppress.
Cesarean surgery saves lives: mothers' lives, and babies' lives. But it is only life-giving when it is done to save a life. Because you don't know how to assist at a breech birth isn't a reason, neither is because labor is going slowly, nor because your shift is ending, or because of any number of false reasons. Bad science is not good medicine, and women are not sheep.

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I am honored to present four volunteers from Embrace Refugee Birth Support. Embrace serves families who find their new homes in Clarkston, Georgia, which is one of the most ethnically diverse towns in the US.
These women recount their stories as mothers, as volunteers, as women. Listen up!

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Combat Midwife speaks from her heart! In this episode, we explore how we hold experience - childbirth, going to a museum, attending trauma - we could have chatted for hours but we condensed it all into a full, rich hour....Listen up!
Visit her on Instagram @combatmidwife
Check out Combat Midwife's Midwife Monday ... every Monday on Instagram!

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What was birth like in the 1970's? How were we trying to change policy back then? Bringing partners in to the birth room, lowering episiotomy rates, fighting for natural childbirth ... Baby Magic speaks with Janet Torge who was in the forefront of the birth movement back in the olden days, and teaches prenatal classes to the new generation. How have things changed? For the better? Or ... for the worse?

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Want to find out what your birth options are here in Montreal, Quebec? Have a listen! YOU HAVE CHOICES!
Get in touch for more detailed info @mbcdoulaschool, or email me here

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