New Year Greetings from Spirit of LIfe Midwifery

Happy New Year!

May the New Year bring these wishes to all of you
Warmth of love, comfort of home
Joy for your children.
Company and support of family and friends.
A caring heart that accepts and treats all human beings equally.
Enrichment of knowledge and richness of diversity.
Courage to seek and speak the truth even if it means standing alone.
Hopes and dreams of a just world and the desire to make it happen.
A light to guide your path.
Helping hands to strengthen unity.
Serenity and peace within your mind, heart and soul.
Food for thought and soul.
A hand to hold.

~ Sheila ~

Homebirth Baby LuLu

Greetings!
Sharing this lovely picture of sweet Luciana LuLu who was born this June.

The Secret Language of Babies

One of our Facebook friends "Gabriela" shared this segment from an episode of the Oprah show with us. It was absolutely intriguing. The promotion for the show reads as follows...

"For millions of sleep-deprived mothers around the world, this woman's findings could be a miracle! Priscilla Dunstan, a mom from Australia with a special gift, says she's unlocked the secret language of babies. That mysterious second language took on an astounding new meaning when Priscilla became a mother to her baby, Tom. "Because of my gift for sound, I was able to pick out certain patterns in his cries and then remember what those patterns were later on when he cried again," Priscilla says. "I realized that other babies were saying the same words."

Take a look at the video posted on 'In My Mother's House" Blog" http://spiritoflifemidwifery.com/_blog/In_My_Mother's_House/post/Discover_the_secret_language_of_baby_cries/, we are sure that you that you will have a lot to say about it, so make sure that you come back by the village "Forum Community-Help for New Mothers" and post your comments, observations and thoughts...

My Journey into Traditional Midwifery

A friend planted the seed of midwifery  which was the seed of change in my life, in 1980. I was pregnant with my first child and my friend said, “Why don’t you choose a midwife?” Midwife? I knew nothing about whom or what that was. So, my journey began! I got a book from the library and contacted the midwifery service at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City and on March 29, 1981 I had my first child with help of Midwives.

In 1983 the journey continued with a midwife attending the birth of my second child at home. She carefully and lovingly supported me on this journey of birth and midwifery. I became a childbirth educator, a birth assistant and eventually joined a midwifery study group. Midwives and Midwifery care made so much sense to me. It is such an ancient tradition. Read more....


Photo by Ely Bistrong Photography


Sheila Simms Watson LM, CPM
Spirit of Life Traditional Midwifery

Birth Rights - What You Should Know About Natural Birth

I am speaking 3/31/10 in Miami

Birth Rights - What You Should Know About Natural Birth
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM Graham Center (GC)

243 Modesto Maidique Campus
Florida International University, Miami, FL




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