MOTHERING IS COMMUNAL ~ Beautiful video by @iamhamamat There is no SELF CARE during POST PARTUM .. the reason there isn’t Self Care during early mamahood is because even if we let go of, scale back , or shorten our most loved Self Care practices that we had before becoming mothers .. whether that was a yoga class, body massage , or even a glass of wine …..these same practices are almost impossible as a new mama without another human being involved to care for baby as we try to self care for ourselves …even taking a daily shower can become a stressful experience interrupted by phantom baby cries or worries that baby will wake .. In this way our Self Care becomes Community Care .. a long hot shower or bath is possible if our partner or another adult can care for baby while we try to replenish ourselves and take actions that will leave us feeling less depleted .. OUR POST PARTUM RECOVERY IS ROOTED IN THE STRENGTH OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS there is a very interesting research study spanning over 15 years that attests to the powerful benefits for Mama and especially Baby when babies are physically held frequently from birth to 3… I’ll be happy to share the link to study and share the findings and insights here , for now it’s reassuring to know that a shift in the collective is taking place that no longer ignores post Partum mothers who are mothering in isolation , and is increasingly aware that relationships are the post Partum revolution and that MOTHERING IS COMMUNAL With love Genevieve @gen.ev.eve Of @birthofamama #birthofamother #birthofamama #birthofmama

A WOMAN ARMED WITH ANCESTRAL WISDOM IS AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE words by @gen.ev.eve of @birthofamama TRADITIONAL TAHITIAN DANCERS @heivaiparis DANCER @tahia_oritahiti { if you know of other dancers please share so I can tag and credit individually ♥️} 💯🔥 Focused and determined 💪🏝 Tahitian Dance Competition, 3rd place Best Troup (Pro Category) Heiva i Paris 2022. Congrats O Tahiti Nui 👏🏼😃 #heivaiparis #oritahiti #tahitiandance #faarapu #tahiti #paris

BIRTH OF A FAMILY by @mundomaterno_ofc

BIRTH IS CEREMONY ~ The ceremony of your baby’s emergence *deserves* forethought✨ Sister, how much time do you imagine the average woman invests in the premeditation of this moment? Not premeditating the pain, or the fear, or the potential danger Nor how she might look, or who’ll take the photos No. I mean the envisioning of what a baby’s emergence truly holds... This moment is POTENT ❤️ A medicine for humanity A prayer to our ancestors The first of many devotions to our child ✨ It is nothing less than the sacred welcoming of a newly embodied soul ✨ Yes, this moment is potent... and it’s FLEETING 🕊 Mama, this is your invitation to spend time here, in the envisioning of this moment. Spend a lot of time here. Hold this vision as you journey towards it. How will you welcome your child? ✨ Will you sing? Will you pray? Will you say his or her name? How will you welcome them with your touch? Whose voice will they hear? This moment deserves premeditation. It deserves a sense of ceremony. Of course, it may not unfold as we imagine. But it definitely won’t if we don’t invest the time and energy in the vision! Sister, you only get to do this, with this baby, once. Their first experience of Life itself. Their first experience of you, their mother, earthside. The weight of this moment is almost unfathomable. How do you plan to / how did you welcome your babe? Was it as you envisioned? Holding space in the comments ❤️ By @emergence_midwifery Mama: @jessicamuchow Video : @livewildbirthfree

MOTHERING THE REVOLUTION In Maternal Memory words by @ijeomaoluo WE MOURN ~ the loss of legendary leader Haunani K. Trask. She was the sharp tip of a spear in a movement that fought for our people, helping us march toward a better understanding of where we came from - historically and politically. Haunani fearlessly advocated for our people by speaking truth to power, and she did not waiver in saying out loud the actual history that so many have tried to make us forget. She inspired a generation of Hawaiians to not only learn our history but to engage at every level with the truth from a new and grounded perspective on where we need to go next as a community. Those conversations were never easy, and those ideas were never popular in the mainstream. And yet now, a generation later, we can see that Hawai’i is different because of her. We send our aloha to the Trask ʻohana, Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi, the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, and the countless other organizations that she fed, grew, and inspired. . . . #haunanikaytrask #kalahuihawaii #kamakakuokalani #hawaii

BIRTHING REVOLUTIONS BIRTHING REPARATIONS BIRTHING RESILIENCE BIRTHING RESISTANCE BIRTHING RENAISSANCE BIRTHING ROMANCE BIRTHING RENEWAL BIRTHING REST BIRTHING RIGHTEOUSNESS BIRTHING RE. LOVE. UTION dedicated to AREN @luxurious__dice the young king 🙌🏽👑♥️ and the whole crew there in Montgomery Alabama , their families , communities and the collective of Black People , With love Genevieve @gen.ev.eve Of @birthofamama Mama in video @korraobidi

MOTHER ROAR a mother whose voice is this powerful has the safest and most loved children on the planet love Genevieve beautiful powerful mama @unearth.birth She shares , Deeply, deeply in it… Here, moments before Bindi surfaces, I find myself deep in a fiery pit. Trickles of desperation seeping through. Within my mind, the voice screams “I can’t, please make it stop”. Encountering the threshold, meeting a death. Here, of course, the only way is through and so, I scream back “I CAN” ————————————————————————————— The most liberating experience of my life came from allowing all the versions of me to collide, to coexist, to be fully expressed. I’d never met this version of me. She was wild, ferocious, passionately untameable. She allowed her sensuality to lead and find pleasure within the sharp and unforgiving territory of transition. This expression was witnessed and held by my family, the safest place. Hazey’s curiosity and playful energy says it all. Completely void of fear, trusting in the unfolding. Safe and happy watching Mama roar. I can never unknow this version of me. Deeply embedded in my cells, walking me through the rest of my life.

BIRTH TALES @midwifeangelina writes, “Weekend Baby number 4 Tales of the Birth Scammers Y’all @a_baby_consultant_llc and I have been called scammers during the birth. 😫 Listen to what @montayla has to say. Birth video coming soon.☺️ • Mommy & Daddy: @montayla @yancey1224 Doula: @a_baby_consultant_llc Birth photographer: @jordyn.ari • #homebirth #firsttimemom #midwifeangelina #touchofosun

self care doesn’t exist for new mama’s but community care does forget a baby registry but welcome a registry of real relationships for mama based in reciprocity and resource sharing so that while mama is caring for baby her community can care for her With love Genevieve @gen.ev.eve Video by @thedutcheraesthetic

ANCESTRAL TRADITIONS ~ MAMA MOTHERLAND What does ‘ wealthy ‘ mean to new mamas ? Thinking so much about where CAPITALISM meets POST PARTUM ~ as most of our needs as new mamas can’t be met by Self Care but through Community Care and those that experience post Partum with the most ease are usually those who are the most well resourced, not only financially but most importantly in terms of being well resourced in Relationships, supportive relationships that hold the new mama as she holds the new baby. With love Genevieve @gen.ev.eve of @birthofamama Happy Wednesday #KingsandQueens : by @iamhamamat : In Traditional African culture it is believed that when your palms itch it means money coming in our out. An itching left palm means money to be paid out, while an itching right palm is money coming in. : What does an itchy palm mean in your culture? : Hamamat takes you on a journey of how our ancestors who had a rich deep connection with nature cared for their Body Mind and Soul using only ingredients provided to them by their Natural environment. : : Skin @hamamatafricanbeauty Click Hamamat.com for more #hamamat #africa #sheabutter #worldwide #live #nature #beauty

WHEN A WOMAN GIVES BIRTH FEELING SAFE AND SUPPORTED ~ SHE BECOMES A NEW MAMA WHO FEELS SAFE AND SUPPORTED~ SO SHE CAN MOTHER HER BABIES AND CHILDREN SO THEY GROW UP FEELING SAFE AND SUPPORTED El dolor no es más fuerte que tú porque viene de ti misma. ¡Confía y trabájalo, es TUYO! 🔥❤️‍🔥🔥❤️‍🔥 • •• #birthphotographypr #fotografadepartopr #photocabinetpr #bbycertified #birthphotogs #certifiedbirthphotographer #puertorico @partoencasapuertorico @parteramumu

REBIRTH OF TRADITIONAL MIDWIFERY by @parteramidwifery Via @babi.parteira • Pronto! Agora eu posso passar o final de semana tranquila... Que video incrível! Muito didático! Nem precisa de maiores explicações. O parto é lindo! 🎬 @parteramidwifery #decolonizebirth #birthdecolonized #homebirth #naturalbirth #partonatural #parteira