Black Wallstreet Ayur/AcuDoula Institute

03/23/2022

Its WORLD Doula Week!!!!! Make a difference to as Doulas. B.W.S. Doulas is making a difference by creating community engagement. Our Juneteenth kick off is gathering a group of black women together and show off the importance of wearing their baby! Join us this Juneteenth for Black Baby Wearing Week!

01/18/2022

Meet us in the The BandApp next friday 1/28/21 we feel your pain and support you! Let's heal together

01/08/2022

Being able to learn and provide support for my community is something I pride myself on. I finished these requirements for all of my clients.

01/04/2022

Preparing for the new year so let's get you prepared as well!

12/21/2021

Having support really changes lives and outcomes.

The backlash that TikToker Brittany Bright received after sharing a post about her overnight doula highlights age-old stereotypes about Black motherhood and suffering.

12/10/2021

Placenta Rituals Across Cultures ~
The Baganda of Uganda believe that the placenta is actually a second child. Not only is it the child’s double, but the placenta also has its own spirit that resides in the umbilical cord. The portion of the cord attached to the baby must be carefully preserved to ensure the good health of the child.
Borneo Sea Gypsies ~ After the mother has given birth, a traditional midwife will carry the placenta and umbilical cord to the shore, and will perform a burial ritual on the island. The bajau believe that throwing the placenta to the sea will bring misfortune and bad luck. The sea is a sacred place for the Bajau and according to their belief if they will throw it at sea the fish will eat it and then they will eat it. This will brings bad luck.
Peru ~ Legend has it that Inca Yupanqui built a palace to house a gold statue of his mother Mama Rawa Occlo. Inside it he placed the placenta from his own birth. The Incas of Peru would dry out the umbilical cord and give it to the child to chew on later on while teething.

Hawaii ~ Native Hawaiians treat the placenta as a sacred part of the baby. When it is buried in nature, a tree is planted over it so it grows with the child.
China ~ The Chinese are big believers in the restorative powers of eating the placenta. Ziheche dried human placenta, is used in traditional Chinese medicine and consumed by the mother right up until menopause.
New Zealand ~ ‘Whenua', the Māori word for placenta, is also the word for 'land'. Māori people insist that the placenta and umbilical cord are buried together in a special receptacle on the child's native land, creating a special relationship between the newborn baby and the earth.
Cambodia ~ Cambodian people believe that burying the placenta is key to ensuring the health of the baby and its mother in the future. It is wrapped in banana leaves and kept near the baby for three days before a burial ceremony.
Content by Alegra Ally & Extracts from a cross cultural survey on human placenta by Sharon Young & Daniel Benyshek.
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Reposted from Wild Born Project https://www.facebook.com/wildbornproject/

10/13/2021

Its hurtful to say things like this to someone who has suffered a loss, no matter how caring you thought you were being.

05/05/2021

Ok Facebook fam, I need 10 friends to tag someone they know who is pregnant during the pandemic! Ready set go!

04/08/2021

Follow for more information major movements and classes coming to Tulsa!

04/01/2021

03/22/2021

Word Doula Day is on March 22nd each year, which is also the Spring Equinox (return of fertility in many cultures) and the beginning of World Doula Week.

03/15/2021

Today is Pregnancy After Loss Awareness Day please acknowledge & honor your Angel Baby and celebrate with your Rainbow baby.