From: Vancouver Doula ...and Slow Birth
It's interesting what the body does to us in the last weeks of
pregnancy. Even the most active woman feels the slow pull in her
mind and body, urging her to wind things down. Slow Pregnancy has
struck!Sure, you still feel motivated to go for long walks (more
slowly) and swim (more leisurely paced) or even join a group on a
Thursday evening (and do yoga), but your mind and body are slowly,
slowly pulling inward, demanding attention.In the past week, women
have called to ask if they're losing their minds, asking what
just...
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Slowly...While Waiting for Baby...
My daughter just asked me why I haven't been posting to my blog for
some time. Well, like my mum, who just can't seem to read an entire
book since dad died, I seem to be having trouble writing. Oh, I
could write and write about all the amazing encounters that I've
had with my father's spirit, especially in France (that time in
Shakespeare and Company in Paris was extraordinary!)... But, write
about birth? There's been a block...So, I thought that I'd best
just sit down and start writing while I'm waiting for another baby
to come - a bab...
Slowly...While Waiting for Baby...
My daughter just asked me why I haven't been posting to my blog for
some time. Well, like my mum, who just can't seem to read an entire
book since dad died, I seem to be having trouble writing. Oh, I
could write and write about all the amazing encounters that I've
had with my father's spirit, especially in France (that time in
Shakespeare and Company in Paris was extraordinary!)... But, write
about birth? There's been a block...So, I thought that I'd best
just sit down and start writing while I'm waiting for another baby
to come - a bab...
Slowly...While Waiting for Baby...
My daughter just asked me why I haven't been posting to my blog for
some time. Well, like my mum, who just can't seem to read an entire
book since dad died, I seem to be having trouble writing. Oh, I
could write and write about all the amazing encounters that I've
had with my father's spirit, especially in France (that time in
Shakespeare and Company in Paris was extraordinary!)... But, write
about birth? There's been a block...So, I thought that I'd best
just sit down and start writing while I'm waiting for another baby
to come - a bab...
"The light is round like a ring and we move within its movement."
Inside the lightyour soul circleswinding down until it dies
out,growing like the ringing of a bell.And between dying and being
born againthere is so little room, nor is the frontierso harsh.The
light is round like a ringand we move within its movement.from Not
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realities of pregnancy? How do I write about the "opposite of
birth"? How do I write about that unknown space between life and
death?In this blog I focus on the joy of working with pregnant
women, at...
