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Aware Parenting Babies and Children Breastfeeding Doula Homebirth Human Rights in Childbirth Kangaroo Mother Care Natural Birth Pregnancy and Birth Information Spiritual Midwife The Travelling Midwife May 25, 2019June 4, 2019 by Marianne Littlejohn

Second Hand Gran

Second Hand Gran is a new eco fashion and ethical project I have started on Instagram – @2ndhandgran – a page dedicated to recycling and reducing waste by encouraging creativity and reuse of clothing. Clothing is something that we are all consumers of. Second Hand Gran works two ways. Firstly I am an earth loving …

Spiritual Midwife Spiritual Parenting May 7, 2016October 2, 2016 by Marianne Littlejohn

Always Maiden, Always Mother!

We as women hold within us the ultimate creative space and forces. Honouring our ‘womb’anhood enables us to gather and shape our futures and release the culmination of our creative process. When we allow ourselves to surrender to and release our power, we give birth to ourselves, our partners and our children throughout our lives.

Birth in South Africa Homebirth Natural Birth Spiritual Midwife April 2, 2014April 2, 2014 by Marianne Littlejohn

Is Midwifery a Dying Art?

Marianne Littlejohn - Midwife and proud of it

The following was originally posted on Facebook, but received such an overwhelming response that I felt it was worth posting on my website too. Below the original post about midwives’ and doulas’ seemingly different levels of recognition by the public in general, I have included the first couple of hours’ worth of Facebook comments

Birth in South Africa Spiritual Midwife December 3, 2012November 23, 2018 by Marianne Littlejohn

A Spiritual Midwife

A true midwife operates from a place of deep respect and reverence for life. She understands suffering and is therefore capable of magnanimous compassion. Such a midwife is able to stand in her strength yet be as flexible as a willow branch in the wind, in order to withold her projections and refrain from disturbing the process of labour and birth.

Spiritual Midwife November 15, 2012November 15, 2012 by Marianne Littlejohn

A Week in the Life of a Midwife

A week in the life of a midwife is varied, interesting, never monotonous and requires endless energy and a core of calm resilience.

Birth in South Africa Spiritual Midwife The Travelling Midwife August 3, 2011April 14, 2012 by Marianne Littlejohn

The Travelling Midwife: The Imprints of Medicalized Childbirth

African Women carrying water as well as babies on their backs in South Africa

The early morning frost singed my fingers and toes during feeding time and as the day warmed up, we all thawed out in the midday sun. Safely ensconced at my mother’s Kwazulunatal ‘Horselovers Haven’, I was blissfully spending time in the herd, lying down with my horse in the grass and playing with him while …

Spiritual Midwife July 14, 2011May 16, 2012 by Marianne Littlejohn

Why Spiritual Birth?

The Labyrinth at Damanhur depicts the journey we make on earth from birth to death and beyond

We need both dependable information and deep insight: the former from science, and the latter from spirituality. We can’t make it without either of them. But with both, we have a chance.Spiritual birth embraces both hard facts as well as deep insight.