#Childbirth

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telltaleangxl

THREAD: on FGM and how you can help FGM is a procedure that removes a part of the external female genitalia. Contrary to other claims this gruesome practice does not

National Folklore Collection UCD

bealoideasucd

Tomorrow, February 1st, is #StBrigidsDay and marks the arrival of spring. In the pre-Christian calendar, the festival of Imbolc signalled the end of winter, but the day came to be

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imacuriosguy

Oxytocin is a super hormone. It floods through mothers during childbirth. It facilitates milk production and is passed on through breast milk. Eye contact between parents and babies creates an

Your Vagesty

little_nikki

I don't really talk much about motherhood outside of funny anecdotes from my kids, but listening to a friend of mine this morning reminds me that there isn't enough discussion

Dr Julia Grace Patterson 💙

JujuliaGrace

Here is an example of why frontline healthcare workers need mental health support urgently. I’ve been sent this by one of our @EveryDoctorUK members todayDuring the 1st wave in April

ThePractisingMidwife

TPM_Journal

TPM ARTICLE SPOTLIGHT FUNDAL PRESSURE (Kristeller Manoeuvre) ‘There is an unspoken, unacknowledged routine practice haunting delivery rooms across the world. One that leaves women feeling like failures, ignored and abused’.

Abdulla

KarakMufti

SHORT THREAD.This Christmas, I would like to tell a brief story about maramia, an herb of deep importance to Palestinians, and its connection to Mariam (Mary), the mother of the

Rachel Hewitt

drrachelhewitt

Around both my experiences of childbirth, I was acutely aware of a culture promoting "natural" birth. NCT leaders; baby yoga teachers; breast-feeding consultants all talked about vaginal births as if

niccole

Norns_Witch

GODDESS SERIES: HECATEWoman with dark hair in the underworldA Greek Goddess of witchcraft, the Moon, and all that roams at night, Hecate is a dark and mysterious Goddess of great

Kosmic Tonic, astrologers

Kosmic_Tonic

Every time I read the Orphic Hymn to Ares, I feel touched by the entreaty to "give your weapons" to Ceres. The notion that our weapons might be used to

Folk Horror Magpie

folkhorrormagpi

White Baneberry (Actaea Pachypoda) is a flowering plant found in the eastern part of North America. In early spring the plant appears quite normal. But as the season progresses the

#OperationLegaliseAbortion

onosowobo

1. Sex is why we’re oppressed, Gender is how.If you read the history of misogyny, you’ll see that in most cultures misogyny originates as the “necessary” hate, to enable the

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Arrythmias

Threat: my thoughts on abortion. I can't believe this is an argument we even need to have in 2020, but here we go. An unborn baby being "alive" depends on

Mike Bonin

mikebonin

The manufactured outrage machine is in overdrive because I reposted a flyer on Instagram earlier today for a @BLMLA protest against the federal secret police in Portland. The flyer said

Mothers with 4th Degree Tears

MothersWith4DTs

HOW can so many women be misdiagnosed at childbirth? How can a 4th degree tear be diagnosed and repaired as a 2nd degree tear? I hear this same story over

Black Ballad

BlackBalladUK

We are deeply saddened by what has unfolded with Candice Brathwaite, who has spent YEARS pushing for the conversation on black motherhood being replaced by Rochelle in a documentary on

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