La Doula Oblongata

It’s worth a try. . #Repost @morgan.gaines

We recognize PRIDE as a moment to honor and acknowledge the spectrum of sexualities, genders, sexes and experiences within the birth world. So, as much as June ...is a moment for celebration, it’s also an acknowledgement of how far we have to go. We live in a world that regularly attempts to limit and block our access to reproductive rightsand often trans, non-binary, two-spirit and LGBTQIA+ parents and birthing people are excluded from our collective fight to improve the birth world. As we close out the month of June, we’re revisiting THEY/THEM/THEIRS, a conversation from BORN INTO THIS 2019, in which Trystan Reese, Emma Robinson, Miriam Z Perez and MAC Brydum explore the gender biases and binaries that are still present within reproductive health. You can listen up and learn with us (for free) here: https://wearedti.podia.com/they-them-theirs Quote from Trystan Reese #wearedti #reproductivejusticedoulas

This is so real

Image credit: Breastfeeding Berkshire

Something to pass the time.

Old Babylonian relief of woman giving the breast to infant. From a page on breastfeeding that has a good collection of images from Iraq, Egypt, the Mongolian empire, Korea, Peru, and the Netherlands. https://www.wikiwand.com//History_and_culture_of_breastfee

Some mama out there needs this reminder today.

You get to decide who is at your birth. Period. No family or friend gets a vote that overrides yours.You get to decide who is at your birth. Period. No family or friend gets a vote that overrides yours.