The Art of Opening
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Category: birth from within blog
Midwife Hands as Tools : Being Touched by Breech
Maybe we have to turn things upside down in this world to rediscover it. These baby’s that are breech are teaching me more about babies that are head down. They are teaching me about how to feel and touch and…
Read MoreBreech Competency Documentation (Mobile and Upright Breech)
Breech birth called me to it through my own birth of Nilaya who is now 12. I didn’t initially seek out the knowledge of such skills, but I did have a core belief that breech was a variation of normal…
Read MoreNeuroplasticity, Embodied Memory, and “Crescent Moon Bear”
“Neurons that fire together, wire together.” The way we think can be habitual because the neural networks have formed to back up the pathways of particular ways of thinking. Our brain (including the nervous system) has used such pathways…
Read MoreThe “Dignity for Incarcerated Women” Project: Mothering and Birthing
The incarceration of women, especially women of color, must be reviewed under human rights abuses and how this society perpetuates inter-generational trauma. When we look to the individual and beyond media’s portrayal of incarcerated women, we see real people with…
Read MoreAmniotic Fluid: Water is Life
“Before it is drinking water, amniotic fluid is the in the creeks and rivers that fill reservoirs. It is the underground water that fills wells. And before it is creeks and rivers and groundwater, amniotic fluid is rain.” – Sandra…
Read MoreObservational Patience and the Art of Not Doing
I am under the belief that midwifery education must integrate the art of not doing and begin to name, mentor and teach observational patience before we lose our craft in the midst of didactic lists in what is considered “knowledge.” …
Read MoreShoulder Dystocia: Kitchen Drawers, Screws and What Can We Learn From the Upright, Breech Birth Movement
I’ve known for quite some time that resolving complications as a midwife can look similar whether the baby is breech or vertex. With breech there are more external indications for baby’s well-being besides the heart rate as visually one can…
Read MoreNizhoni Institute of Midwifery: Keynote Speech, Graduation
Nizhoni Institute of Midwifery: Keynote Speech, Graduation Nicole Morales, San Diego, CA : November 7, 2015. Introduction: I was asked to tell about my journey as a Nizhoni student. But my journey as a Nizhoni graduate and alum, really…
Read MoreFantasy Birth: Beyond the Dream
“The mirror will give us neither knowledge or truth. Men have wasted away before it, entranced by what they have seen, or been driven mad, not knowing if what it shows is real or even possible.” -Albus Dumbledore…
Read MoreBirthing from Within and the Boggart in the Closet
My friend Jamie and I have been talking about Harry Potter and our Birthing from Within classes. Even thought about doing a theme based class. So these are some thoughts on that theme: “Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the…
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