11/07/2025
Today a client walked into the new space and said - this space feels like it’s our way as women to finally say WE TAKE UP SPACE. WE ARE HERE!
Ah yes, my mantra of the last few years that has guided me:
“Midwifery is no longer done in the shadows”
But the greatness of these inner wisdoms are that they also teach me the quiet whisper of “Mhmm. Yes Jaime. AND”
In the normal humor of this work, this mantra was also met with the profound Knowing that so much of what I’ve been witnessing lately is also the secret of the Sacred. It’s ours and no one else’s. We don’t need to use our birth stories to prove something. We don’t need to explain our choices. Despite the common misconception, I’m actually not here to sell you on something.
In the same breath I scream from the rooftops that we are HERE, I then breathe relief that we collectively experienced something truly Divine, and it’s no. ones. business.
The juxtaposition of Midwifery. How wise she is.
I reminded my student immediately that these are the same conversations and wisdoms and revelations that used to get Midwives killed. Burned. Drowned. Chastised away from their community.
Those 3am whispers of “How is she doing?”. Those 10pm reminders of “Yes. You are doing it. Stay with me.” The taste of that tincture. The floors that hold the tears of new parents who just watched God enter their bedroom.
I am a mere Observer.
In the chaos of the world, there is, and will always be, Birth.
What is she showing you? 🖤