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Spiritual Birth posts about natural birth – everything you need to know about natural birth.

The Travelling Midwife: Tale of Two Cities

Three Girls and a Boy for Sharon and James

I imagined how through the centuries, African people had been giving birth in their thatch roofed dwellings, now replaced by glistening tin roofs that do not insulate the home from the heat of the strong African sun. Almost akin to the hospitals and clinics where African women now give birth and that do not insulate them from the emotional and physical trauma of medicalized childbirth.

Natural Birth Workshop in Kwazulunatal, January 2012

The Natural Birth Workshop in Kwazulunatal presented the anatomy and physiology of Birth, addressed the effects of the emotional luggage we carry on our bodies and birth process and guided participants in techniques to manage the strong sensations of birth.

The Travelling Midwife: A Homebirth in Clarens

The Golden Gate Nature Reserve

Ane’ wanted to be allowed to walk around, and to eat and drink during labour, She did not want her baby to be separated from her after birth and wanted to experience the the labour and the birth without pain relief.

Foetus Ejection Reflex and Fathers

Deer giving birth to her young

The foetus ejection reflex is a term rescued from obscurity in the work of biologist Niles Newton by Dr Michel Odent. It refers to the reflex that mice and all animals have when they give birth to their offspring in a secluded environment. Mammals need to release a flow of hormones, particularly oxytocin, to initiate [...]

Natural Birth Workshop January 2012, KZN

Summerhill Natural Birth Workshop

Marianne of Spiritual Birth will be hosting a Natural Birth Workshop on Saturday the 14th of January in Mooi River, KwaZulu Natal. Find out more information and register to attend…

Natural ‘Undisturbed’ Birth: The Travelling Midwife

Ecstatic Family

Natural Birth is an involuntary physiological process that occurs when labour commences, progresses and culminates in the expulsion of a baby from a mother’s womb.

Champion of Mothers

Mieke and her husband Cornell at 38 weeks

Mieke lost her confidence in her ability to give birth after a caesarian section with her first baby. She attempted and succedded to have a natural birth second time around and became champion of mothers!