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Community led, community based. The Birth Mag is l

Community led, community based. The Birth Mag is looking for new submissions! Are you a birth worker? Are you interested in helping your fellow birth workers learn and grow to be more inclusive and educated on the issues birthing people are facing today? We want to hear from you! Compensation starts at $35 for any article that is used. Please e-mail us at thebirthmag@gmail.com for more information or to submit an article.

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There is so much to learn from this week. So much to give and receive. .
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This list is not an extensive and in no particular order but it is some of the HARD and persistent work that we must do. .
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Black people breastfeed. Even when we tell you no after you’ve asked 15 times if we want formula. Even when we are afraid of what it looks like and how we can continue It. Even when we see how you look at our breasts not understanding how different they can be. Even when we must figure out breastfeeding complexities by ourself. Even when we had to do it for you, before we could do it for our own children. .
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WE BREASTFEED!

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#Repost @blkbfingweek
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HAPPY BLACK BREASTFEEDING WEEK! 🤩

By our histories and by the truths we know from living, our possibilities are greater than any imagination.

For all the days that have felt hopeless, we invite you to enter a period of nourishment to revive.

Where there has been loss, grief and uncertainty, our restoration is key to being present and imagining healthy futures.

And all through #BBW20, we reclaim our time, lives and families.

Let’s gooooooo!

#ReviveRestoreReclaim #blackbreastfeedingweek

Artist: Andrea Pippins @andreapippins

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#Repost @storkandcradleclasses
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New York, New York

Today starts Native Breastfeeding Week. Here are some native breastfeeding facts you should know.

-“The mission of the Native Breastfeeding Week community is to reflect the diversity of native breast-feeding experiences and to encourage and uplift visibility of native breast-feeding experiences”
-“this community also helps to address the inequality and injustice of indigenous mothers and their abilities to practice their roles in accordance to the tribal communities they dissent from”
-American Indian and American Native rates of breastfeeding initiation is 73% versus the national average of 83%.
-Formula supplementation is high (97%) for mothers who didn’t initiate.
-many native mother’s insurance doesn’t cover donor milk which could greatly benefit infants.
-many native women lack breastfeeding support because of social and cultural norms.

Facts are from @ja_lyonhawk article posted at illusa.org 2019

Please visit Native Breastfeeding Week’s Facebook Page for info about the virtual events you can support this week. ❤️

#indigenousbreastfeeding #indigenouswomen #americanindian
#nativebreastfeedingweek #blackibclc #ibclc #doulasupport #doulas #blackmidwives #midwives #breastfeedingsupport #storkandcradle

#Repost @taprootdoula • • • • • • Blac

#Repost @taprootdoula
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Black Maternal Health Week is EVERY week •
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The best way I’ve improved my ability to care for black parents is to listen to them. But before I could learn to listen, I had to commit to the LIFELONG task of confronting my biases against them. I must also commit over and over to the a promise that I would confront bias and racism I witness in my colleagues, providers, leadership and institution. This involves being brave, frank and unapologetic, and well-versed in the mechanisms for reporting abusive and problematic behavior, even in situations with an imbalance of power (nurse v. physician, etc.) Anti-blackness is the default in our culture. As healthcare workers if we don’t intentionally, diligently, and sustainably work to confront and destroy our biases, these biases WILL lead to black birthing people and babies’ harm and death.
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Every birth worker - doctor, nurse, doula, midwife - needs to invest in an anti-racism training - @rebirthequity ~ @theblackdoula ~ @shishi.rose ~ @abide_women are some leaders who receive compensation to help you confront your biases against black birthing people. Anti-racism training is not CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING. Cultural competency training is required by most employers, it’s been around for a while, and it doesn’t change s#%^.
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@blackmamasmatter @4kira4moms to keep up to date on ways you can learn more and legislation that is working towards the goal of protecting black parents and babies from medical racism that causes harm.

#blackmamasmatter #maternalmortality #blackmaternalhealthweek

#Repost @doulaaimee • • • • • • Monter

#Repost @doulaaimee
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Monterey Birth & Wellness Center

The amniotic sac! 💜This water birth baby came earthside swiftly and when the tub was drained the sac was chilling at the bottom! Over the the past few years of encapsulating placentas I have become fascinated with this amazing part of our anatomy! So beautiful!❤️ ...... #amnioticsac #birth #birthanatomy

You probably knew that we are for birthworkers, bu

You probably knew that we are for birthworkers, but did you know that The Birth Mag team is also written, edited, and designed by birthworkers? We are midwives, midwifery students, labor support, childbirth educators, reproductive justice activists, and more. We are for birthworkers who want to see the birth community do better, and by birthworkers who believe we can.
#birthworkers #birthwork #doula #birthkeeper #birthworkforall #midwife #futuremidwife #postpartumsupport #knowbetterdobetter #birthsupport #thebirthmag

The Spring issue is coming soon! Check out this go

The Spring issue is coming soon! Check out this gorgeous cover photo of @estherdarms taken by photographer Melissa Letham ( @wildmoonstories ). There are many things that are uncertain at this time, and very off from normal. We are still putting out print issues, but printing and shipping timelines have been varying dramatically. At this time, we are seeing potential for minor delays only, but will keep subscribers updated if that should change.

#thebirthmag #lactation #midwifery #lactationsupport #birthwork #birthworkers #doulas #postpartumsupport

Have you seen these incredible breech waterbirth p

Have you seen these incredible breech waterbirth photos from @spokanebirthphotogdoula ? There's a whole series of them. Go check them out!

#Repost @spokanebirthphotogdoula
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Spokane, Washington

This series of photos gives me all the feels. 🥰💗 This breech home birth was incredible. (Blurted for mothers privacy)
#doula #breech #breechbirth #breechhomebirth #spokanebirthphotographer #spokanebirthphotography #spokanedoula #spokanehomebirth #homebirth #unmedicatedbirth #birthbecomesher #birthwithoutfear #positivebirthstoryproject #positivebreechbirth #motherhood #motherhooduncensored
#naturalbreechbirth #normalizebreech #normalizenaturalbirth

This week the birth community lost an incredible p

This week the birth community lost an incredible person. Grand Midwife Claudia Booker, was an educator, advocate, and a community leader. You can learn more about her and her work on the website (link in bio), as well as find a link to the GoFundMe that has been set up to support her family at this time, and to help continue her work.
Also, thank you to writer Sinéad Morgan (@nurtureempowerdoula ) for pulling together this tribute on short notice.

For even more reading, @everydaybirth has an interview with Claudia Booker that they have made available for free on their website.

#grandmidwives #midwifery #claudiabooker #midwife #grandmidwife #restinpower

What have your experiences been with trauma in bir

What have your experiences been with trauma in birthwork?
New this week on the website, Jenna Brown (@loveoverfearwellness ) writes about trauma in birthwork, including what trauma is, looking at it from an outside perspective, and how we deal with our own.

Link in bio!

#birthtrauma #birthwork #birthsupport #supportnotstigma #thebirthmag

Does your birth work include talking about contrac

Does your birth work include talking about contraception options? Do you discuss diaphragm use as an option?
New article now available on the website from @midwitchery about diaphragm use. Link in bio!

#birthcontrol #reproductivehealth #diaphragm #contraception #midwifery #birthwork #thebirthmag

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