Impact of Birth Partner’s Support
Protecting a birthing mother's space is a task for all of us. Friday till Saturday 23-24th June i attended a symposium with Dr Michel Odent amongst other guests including Debora Pascalli-Bonero from Orgasmic birth. Quite an interesting gathering, a collection of all disciplinaries, including Physiotherapists, breastfeeding consultants, Doulas, Gynaecologists, Obstetric and Embryologist.
Dr Michel Odent is a known Gynaecologist who is pro-birth. I love his lectures, and always make a point to attend. He is a French man, and his humour is something else. His talks are very encouraging, make sense, leaving you feeling like we are definitely on our way to a new birth paradigm. It is our duty all of us to go back to Physiology and understand best the basic needs of a laboring woman, as according to him and his renown Doula Liliana, less is more. I was privilledged enough to attend a masterclass with him for a whole day on Saturday 24th June 2017. He left me with excitement and joy that his words echoed through a lot of us, opened our eyes, opened our comprehension and understanding of why change is inevitable.
He touched on his book about the homosapiens and the difference in why the placenta and the brain are the two special organs in the birthing process within humans He compaired the birthing process of other mamals to humans, it made sense in a lot of ways. If i was to put up the whole discussion, it will be a long blog. I am still trying with blogging so i want to make sure i don't over do the articles
The main subject he touched on which was a reality was that 'approaches surrounding birth are very diverse! There is no one good advice. He spoke on the differences in babies born pre-labor by C Section and those born after initiation of labor. Labor he said plays an important role in how we develop as individuals too. He spoke about the importance of avoiding stress during pregnancy for the wellbeing of both mother and child. One topic he touched on was about the senses in babies. Labor is a VITAL occurence for birth and therefore essential. I will encourage the mamas i support on its importance and whatever else i learned through the symposium as it all resonated very well with my own questions and those of the ones i have supported before.
