Healing Conversations for Birth Professionals
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Healing Conversations for Birth Professionals
Birth professionals hold a special place in my heart. Back in 1975 and 1978 I gave birth to my daughters supported by midwives at the Booth Maternity Center in Philadelphia. That experience initiated me into motherhood surrounded by love and encouragement.
From 2005 to 2017 I was honored to attend mothers as a Birth Doula. I learned about the powerful inner resources mothers tap into when giving birth to their children. I also learned about the powerful inner resources birth professionals tap into while supporting a birthing person.
For you, my dear birth professional, I offer support and guidance thru individual sessions and workshops to release and clear second hand trauma, prevent and heal burnout, and learn to prevent energy drains.
How may I support you?
- Did you have a disappointing or even traumatic childbirth experience?
A first step in learning to be fully present for our birthing clients is to learn to be present for ourselves. Finding new meaning in your birth story and seeing yourself in the light of compassion will give you a different perspective when attending your birthing clients.
By experiencing your own birth story in a new way, you will also discover a different way to listen to your clients.
Consequently, you will have more tools and resources to prevent birth trauma.
- Have you witnessed a traumatic birth with one of your clients?
Sometimes transfers and medical interventions can be live saving. On the other hand, sometime the line is not so clear.
Regardless of your experiences, I am here to guide you to find a new perspective and resolve troubling thoughts, emotions and behaviors after a challenging or traumatic birth.
- Are you feeling burnout?
That is normal! Not optimal, but normal.
Maybe you have become aware of having thoughts of leaving your profession.
The European Journal of Midwifery published a systematic review in 2021 affirming the need for midwives to receive support and guidance after a traumatic birth. This promotes mental health and longevity in the profession.
The same applies to doulas, labor and delivery nurses, doctors and anyone else who supports a birthing mother in a professional capacity.
Resolving those thoughts and emotions will free the energy you desire to make the most optimal decisions for you, your family, and your clients.
Midwives’ experiences of traumatic births: A systematic review and meta-synthesis