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Katharine Deeb, Birth Doula // dareallaluce@gmail.com // "To change the world, we must first change the way babies are being born." ~Michel Odent

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Dare Alla Luce Doula

Dare Alla Luce Doula

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Reposted in it’s entirety from the incredible @magamamas ✨🙏✨ . . There's lots of controversy about whether a C-section is "natural" or "traumatic." Much of this is dictated by morality and preservation of women's self-images. Surgery is traumatic to the body. Your body experiences it as trauma, to be cut open. The painkillers can separate your mental experience from your physical experience. Your body's "natural" response, with any surgery, would be fight or flight- to escape. But our neocortex and drugs make that impossible, for good reason! Neither of those responses would be functional- our mind understands that. Anesthetization makes it impossible. The body often stores these incomplete sympathetic nervous system responses. The body often needs the opportunity to complete those responses. I've worked with many women who are disgusted by their scar, who have numbness there, or tingling or pain, and many women cannot take their awareness all the way down from their head to their pelvis. There is an energetic break at the epidural level or at the incision level. There are many ways to work with this, and the reason that you want to is to have full sensation in your body, to gain confidence in its restorative ability, to maintain postural integrity, and sexual fluiditt. If you resonate with this, one thing you can do is to place your hand over your scar and breathe into your hand. Invite connection there. You can also place castor oil packs on the scar with a warm water bottle for 20 minutes, and then map your scar- get to know it- where does it move, where does it not move. Pay close attention to any emotions that arise, any impulses to speak. You may want to do this with a friend or partner. Have them hold your scar as you breathe track your sensations, and allow for any words or emotions to flow. ™@magamamas #cesareanbirth #surgicalbirth #postpartum #postpartumrecovery #postpartumbody #doulalove

Doula-ing a magnificent mama. 📷 by the extraordinary @rebeccacoursey_photosandfilm ✨🙏✨ . . . #wce #doulalove #birthkeeper #birth #holdingspace #homebirth

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Birth Day Tips and Tools
Cesareans/C-Sections/VBACs
Creating Your Birth Plan/Intentions
- Birth Preferences for C-Sections
- Birth Preferences for Homebirths
For the BIRTH PARTNERS
How Painful Is Childbirth?
Inductions and The Bishop Score
Is This Really Labor?
Postpartum Support
Prenatal Tips and Information
Recommended Resources
Sexual Trauma and Labor: When Survivors Give Birth
Ten Reasons To Try For A Natural (Unmedicated) Childbirth
- 5 Reasons To Learn Natural Childbirth Techniques (Even If You Plan To Use An Epidural)
- Three Steps to a Natural Childbirth
The Lie of the EDD: Why Your Due Date Isn’t when You Think
What Is A Birth Doula?
What Is an Epidural Anyway?
- Doulas and Epidurals
- Epidurals: Fact vs. Fiction

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