Dear mommy and daddy,

I am so cozy in here right now with a lot on my growing mind. It seems that the world I am entering is full of great promises and hope but there is also a lot of concern over our planet and the health and well-being of us little ones. It doesn't look like the planet is the place it used to be where we could roam free in the fields without worries about pesticides and other toxic chemicals. I thought I could help you along a little bit on what we wee ones need so that you can protect us once we arrive in your arms. Besides, mommy is busy preparing for my birthday party and she could use some extra help!

Our next Red Tent event is coming up next Friday, Nov. 14th @ 6:30pm!

For those who are unfamiliar with it, it is based on the book, The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, which told of how women in days past would gather (under a red tent) during their cycles and share the sacred experience of birth, motherhood and life as a woman. The book describes how valuable this was in empowering mothers to be familiar with birth, know what to expect, how to support each other, and to rest in being supported. It offers a beautiful possibility of women being nurtured and celebrated for their sacred role in the miracle of life, in good times and especially, in challenge.

I read an interesting quote written by John Whitridge Williams (1866-1931) who “was the founder of academic obstetrics in the United States and with his textbook was the recognized leader of this discipline in America during the first 30 years of the 20th century.” 

“Cesarean Section requires only a few minutes of time and a modicum of operative experience; while vaginal birth often implies active mental exertion, many hours of patient observation, and frequently very considerable technical dexterity.”

Written on a green glove...TOB 9:55 pm, HR 140. That’s all that got charted up until Jessica’s birth.  It was written by my apprentice Lindsey who had just walked in the door as Luther was being pushed out and into Jessica’s loving, waiting arms.