Today’s guest, Vonda, has been a midwife longer than Lauren has been alive! She is a Hearthmother Journey graduate, Hearthmother Midwifery Unschool student, and wise-woman midwife.
Lauren and Vonda discuss birth processing as a team or “Backstitching,” as an absolutely necessary process as a midwife. They talk about how it is a common temptation of midwives to just move on with life instead of integrating and processing that birth experience, however small or however simple the birth.
Lauren shares her saying that “The birth is not over until you have recovered,” and now adds that neither is it over until the birth team processes together!
Lauren & Vonda talk about
The Biblical reason Vonda chooses the third day to process the birth
How the birth team becomes stronger when they are able to process together & be honest with each other
5 ground rules for the birth processing experience
Hard birth experiences and forgiveness among birth team
Questions to ask to take the process deeper: How have we shared Jesus during this birth? What has the Lord showed me/changed in me/etc. through this birth?
The handwashing ritual Lauren started for after births
Processing and experiencing hard births with your mind & body
How to process if you don’t have a birth team
The difference between a helpful birth team & a “birth party”
Musings on the size of the birth team
Supporting not just the birthing couple, but also the birth team
You can find Vonda at
Email: [email protected]
Vonda generously shares her process in the form of a PDF for birth processing. We would love to hear if you use it and found it helpful!
Connect:
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From Lauren:
Midwifery consults: Email [email protected]
From Brooke:
Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)
Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox
Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)
Intro and Outra Music Credit -Betty Dear By Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
