Doula Joy - Holding Your Birth Space

04/12/2020

The Surfing Midwife - Margreet Wibbelink from Sensitive Midwifery is one of the leading voices for natural midwifery in South Africa. And after incorporating dōTERRA essential oils into her lifestyle for health reasons a few months ago, she and I have even more in common than we realised 🤩

We spent a cosy late morning on her couch in Jeffrey’s Bay recently, chatting about self care and essential oils, particularly for birth professionals.

This podcast is the result.

Enjoy!

‎Education · 2020

19/04/2020

24/02/2020

If you're considering a home birth, you won't want to miss this information session with the Circle of Elephants Pregnancy Care and Birth Attendance midwives.

What I admire about their offerings are their
*experience
*trust in the process
*trust in a mother's ability to naturally birth her baby
*compassion
*presence
*nurturing

Tell your friends!

19/02/2020

What is it about birth? It is as though time suspends itself and something unique unfolds from within the labouring woman. She has purred, sighed, breathed, whimpered, cried her way through her contractions, these life giving pains which make her rock her hips, make her moan and groan, make her eyes...

07/02/2020

Out of her silent, watery cocoon, she rises into Breath with an announcement that she has arrived. The nine-month journey of becoming has finally brought her Earthside.

At a homebirth where cameras were not required, this short clip captures enough ❤️

31/01/2020

The blend is made up of Clary Sage, Ginger, Lavender, Aromatouch and Lemon essential oils. Add to a 10ml bottle then fill up with fractionated coconut oil. Apply to targeted areas / pressure points and massage well into skin to support efficient and powerful uterine contractions.

31/01/2020

It’s somebody’s *birth day* and I’m ready to support both mama and baby with these oil soldiers 😍