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Real stories by real women about about having babies (or not!), running, getting old, women‘s health, doulas, free birthing, home birth, midwifery care, radical healing, death, being an impostor, depression, joy, magic...and more! Views should not be taken as medical advice. Ask a midwife; seek answers. My chats are informal: ordinary women share their extraordinary stories about birth, ultra running, love, revolution, and gentleness. Among other topics. Listen up!
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I had a lovely time meeting with Hillary. Some midwives in Mexico led her to me (note to self: get to Mexico!). She gave birth on her own terms in her living room one summer morning and she describes mothering, birthing, loving, traveling, and working with words. Her special message is: rest! You don't have to worry about failing to progress!Normal…
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What do you do when you discover you're pregnant on the eve of a months-long sail through the southern seas? Get sailing! I had a fun chat with The Traveling Birthkeeper about her adventures, including birthing in a secret location in the southern pacific (listen up to find out where!)You can reach her hereIf you're interested in becoming a Traditi…
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This episode features Sally, who regularly runs very long distances, and works and plays in liminal spaces. Find out about her "Creating Circles" workshops, listen to her words of wisdom about running alone, ponder with us the nature of tenderness and holding space.Here's a link to explore Sally's circles:https://www.sallygolightly.co.uk/creating-c…
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This Mama lived in a place where it was impossible to find a legal midwife, so she hired an unregistered midwife to assist her for her first birth.Her subsequent transfer to the hospital and the "snakey" treatment she got there may be disturbing to some of you, but these stories need to be told. There is no reason why any laboring woman should be t…
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Is it legal to give birth on your own at home? Can you hire a midwife who works privately? What is the legal status of free birthing in Canada? Why should we care? What does it mean to work as a traditional birth attendant outside of the recognized medical system? Is there a community of women here in Canada, and elsewhere, who are birthing without…
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I had a chat with Maria, who pledged to run or walk 20 k per week throughout her pregnancy to support Free to Run, an organization that promotes women's and girls' empowerment through spots in conflict-torn areas of the world. We chatted about pregnancy and ultrarunning, empowerment, and play... then she went into labour and gave birth!! ps: if you…
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My sound man isn't available so tune in next week for another great episode... but for now, listen to my musings about midwifery, the risk culture, womanhood, and fear. Don't forget to reach out if you have ANY questions about the podcast, birth, or if you want YOUR voice heard!על ידי Rivka Cymbalist
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My guest Rosemary shares her stories about her two babies' births. One was "risked out" of midwifery care and ended in surgery. After that disheartening experience, Rosemary chose to birth without a midwife or doctor present, and she shares her stories here.Am I promoting this approach to birth? No, actually. I believe that a woman needs and deserv…
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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. …
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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!על ידי Rivka Cymbalist
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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 …
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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, emotion…
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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!על ידי Rivka Cymbalist
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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 @combatmidwifeCheck 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 hav…
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This International Women's Day, I have been thinking a lot about my goals for women during their reproductive lives. Here is my joyful manifesto: find out how YOU can join the cause!You can always reach out to me @montrealdoulaschool or here.Happy International Women's Day and every day! Let's celebrate: joy, power, love and peace!…
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Part three of the Placenta Miniseries presents business partners Emma Mogg and Shelby Duggan, from Toowoomba (Australia). Eating the placenta does have the Ew factor.... but if you get it dried and encapsulated, you have a ready-made product that can ease postpartum blues, increase milk production, and more. Have a listen!…
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What is Lotus Birth? Baby Magic chats with two women who decided to keep their baby's placenta attached to the umbilical cord until it falls off (3-9 days after birth). And here is an article written by a mother of two: Elizabeth Adams describes her home birth and Lotus Birth.Yes, it might not be for everyone. Is it dangerous? Scientists weigh in h…
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In the first of our Mini-Series on the placenta, we chat with Patricia Edmonds, a longtime midwife and placenta expert. She takes us on a journey to explore the placenta, its relationship to the mother, and how it keeps baby alive during the months of pregnancy.Want to know more about this magical organ? Listen up!…
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Racism in maternity care in the US is something we all may have heard of, but many families are living it. Baby Magic Podcast wants to help you learn more so you can act more, so that together we can make a change.Racism doesn't just mean someone acting in a racist way to a birthing woman. Institutionalized medical racism in the US goes back to the…
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Here in Montreal,Canada, and around the world, pregnant women and their families are facing new challenges. Do I have to wear a mask while I'm giving birth? Do I have to pick between my partner/mother/friend and my doula to be present with my in the hospital/birthing centre? Can I have a home birth? What does a virtual doula do?Life goes on, and pe…
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Lewis Mehl-Madrona is a healer. He is a medical doctor, specializing in obstetrics, geriatrics, family medicine, and in psychiatry. He is also a storyteller, drawing on his indigenous heritage to create a breed of narrative medicine that is true Coyote.I have personally witnessed his magic as he accompanied a mother working through a traumatic even…
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Sovereign birth? Sovereign music! Here is our chat from the livestream we made on Dec 22 ... we talk about autonomy, babies, homebirth, homeschooling, and artistic endeavour. Have a listen to this beautiful woman, a powerhouse of love and change!! Mother of seven, birth companion, home-birther, wife, artist and sister: you'll be inspired!!…
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I spoke to Alison about her experiences as a new mother. Her baby was born in October, 2020, and she shares with us her plans, expectations, challenges and joys of her childbearing year.Are you expecting a baby and wondering about your choices? Drop me a line!על ידי Rivka Cymbalist
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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…
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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, dona…
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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, an…
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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. For any comments, suggestions,…
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