12/03/2026
All I knew about birth was that it’s scary.
Painful.
Dangerous.
Something that by default becomes an emergency and requires a full set of medical interventions.
Something where professionals must take control of every step, because the mother does not know anything about it.
This often is the only story we hear as young girls.
And for a long time, it was the story I believed too.
How crazy and sad is that!
But later in life, I was blessed to hear different birth stories.
Stories that were beautiful.
Empowering.
Transformational.
And of course, there is pain. But there is so much beyond it.
I realized I did not want to write my birth story, in the book of my life, as a story of fear.
I realized I have a choice.
I wanted it to be a story of trust.
Of openness.
Of love.
Of connection to my inner wisdom.
Because every woman knows, somewhere deep inside.
She knows what is right for her, and what is not.
What is needed for her, and what’s is not.
What is true for her, and what is not.
The moment a baby is born, a mother is born too. And, in a safe space, she discovers a strength she never knew she had.
What kind of birth story did you grow up hearing?
Did those stories empower you or make you afraid?
📸 .madeleine
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