Mother Rising - Birth Services & Beyond

THIS IS PEAK PERFORMANCE //

The dancer, athlete, aerial performer, swimmer, runner, mountain climber, yoga practitioner...

All push beyond their comfort zones, experiencing their bodies in the intensity of personal-best, peak-performance activities.

We are inspired and awed by this power and potency - episodes of ‘super functioning’.

We celebrate all that has gone into the achievement: the determination, the commitment, the skill, the work, the hours, the pain.

While we accept this pain in other situations, and are generally in awe of people who push through it for achievement, the acceptance to functional, physiological pain often gets lost when it comes to birthing.

This. Is. Peak. Performance.

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Brilliant explanations 🥰
Posted • Let’s talk about hormones in labour and birth.
Did you know that there is a complex mix of hormones that occur and that the place you birth, the environment, your support, your care provider, medications (induction) and so many other factors can affect this orchestration of hormones.
Birth classes can help you understand how they work and how to nurture and promote these amazing, glorious hormones.

Women have been fighting for decades for equality and have achived some amazing change.
Yet during this time of change many women have handed over their rights and strength in the birthing rooms.
This is one of the most powerful transitions a woman goes through in her life. Many women are left feeling violated and denied of this magical and empowering experience.
When it came to giving birth to my daughter's there was no way anyone was going to tell me how to do it.
No one was going to get in the way of what I wanted for my baby.
If there's any right worth standing up for it's your right to have an empowered birth experience. Surround yourself with people who believe in you.
We owe it to our daughters 💕

To scan or not to scan?
This is what Germany has just passed:

Germany has passed a new law, for the protection of babies in utero, FORBIDDING pregnancy scans unless there is a REAL medical need for it.

Here is their reasoning for this law (translated):

"The high intensity of ultrasound necessary for these images carries a potential risk for the unborn child, particularly as the absorption of these in the bone is significantly increased during early development of the osseous tissue.

Furthermore, no reliable studies evaluating the consequences of this application exist.

Therefore the practice of using ultrasound scans for non-medical use - for example just to obtain a picture of the foetus - without a medical need having been established, is prohibited."

„Die für die Bildgebung notwendigen hohen Ultraschallintensitäten sind mit einem potenziellen Risiko für das Ungeborene verbunden, insbesondere da mit Beginn der Knochenbildung wesentlich mehr Schallenergie am Knochen absorbiert wird. Darüber hinaus fehlen verlässliche Untersuchungen über die Folgen dieser Anwendung [...]. Daher werden Ultraschallanwendungen zu einem nichtmedizinischen Zweck, wie z.B. zur reinen Bildgebung am Fötus („Babykino“), ohne dass eine ärztliche Indikation gestellt wurde, untersagt […].“

link to the original document https://www.bundesrat.de/SharedDocs/drucksachen/2018/0401-0500/423-18.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3&fbclid=IwAR3uyBFfRygGLloP6B4MvnBrfqxN73jVGlGELieV1sAB1DQK8I98mqsuogA

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Duchess Meghan is definitely not going with the flow 😍

Duchess Meghan Has Been Working With a Doula During Pregnancy Duchess Meghan is ‘focused on calm and positive energy around the birth’ of her first child, a source reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly — exclusive details