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

What does it mean to give birth in a sovereign state? What would it be like to be birthing without anyone telling you what you should or shouldn't be doing?
How can we accompany women on this journey, if that's what they choose to do? How can a woman find the circle of love that she seeks, that she can give birth within? What can we do to move away from fear-based, traumatic, aggressive birth practices.
Baby Magic spoke to Michelle, a Traditional Midwife from Calgary, about her work, her freebirth after cesarean, and about the power of birthing women.
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Robin Lim is a renowned midwife, founder and director of Yahasan Bumi Sehat in Bali.
I spoke to her on her birthday, about babies, birth, love, the pandemic, Bali during the shutdown (think small gardens, babies being born, no tourism), and about her yearly birthday campaign.
Giving Tuesday is December 1, 2020. If Ibu Robin's words touched you, donate today to support her work in Bali and around the world.
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Billie Harrigan is one of our elders. She is a mother, a grandmother, a traditional birth companion, and a mover and shaker of change in our birth world. She works gently, with kindness and love, for a truly woman-centred birth reality. She respects and empowers. She is humble, intelligent and skilled.
We spoke about birth, trauma-informed care, and the current maternity system.
You can reach her here: Billie Harrigan. I write about her, and the task ahead, here.

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How has life as a birth doula changed during the pandemic? Is it possible to support birthing families virtually? How do you work within the system to change it? Did your work as a science teacher and radical educator influence your doula voice?
Baby Magic speaks to Mika Rock, birth doula, about these topics and more.

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Tanya Zajdel: mother, trauma survivor, author, nurse, and creator of Rewire Therapy!
We chat about the repair after rupture, healing after abuse, transformation through birth, and the sovereign power that resides in us.
Thank you to Avraham for sound, Kahil ElZabar for music, and the women I have served for inspiration.
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Wombs with a View: Sylvia Otvos and Jenny Bee chat with me about the Birth Conspiracy, radical birth choices, safe birth, sacred birth. Check out more here!

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MBC was a radical, epic, unique organization. I write more about it here.
If you want to be part of Radical Change in birth, reach out!

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Maha Al Musa is a force of nature! We spoke about the innate power of women, changes in maternity care over the decades, what Free Birth really means, and more.
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An Interview with Doula Han of Chicago. We speak of rainbow babies, radical birth companions, the work of a doula, mothering and racial inequality in maternity care.

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I interviewed Debra Pascali-Bonaro of Orgasmic Birth! We talked about love, pleasure, support, change, struggle, honouring birth and so much more!

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