Spiritual Birth posts about natural birth – everything you need to know about natural birth. Natural Birth is medically safer for mothers and babies alike, these articles on natural childbirth examine how childbirth affects the spiritual, emotional, mental and physical parts of our being.
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 [...]
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 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.
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!
The traumatic experiences a mother brings with her to her labour and birth increase the levels of tensions and fear in her body, that may impede her ability to give birth naturally and interfere with her recovery post birth.
I am returning to South Africa after attending the annual International Primal Association Convention in The USA (and just missed hurricane Irene!!)at which William Emerson presented his workshops and seminars on healing the birth trauma that we may have experienced as babies. The healing is effected through reliving the original trauma and making connections between [...]
This story is not for those women who choose to have an elective caesarian. This story is for those women who feel they were coerced into having an unnecessary caesarian section and feel robbed of their right to have a normal birth or at the very least, to try. Many women do not know that [...]
