I believe it's our job
[as birth workers] to take this on so that we can work to enable every group, culture, and society to have the best birth they can while we fight for universal change.
I think it's our responsibility [
as birth workers] to let clients know of all their options and opportunities especially when it comes to cultural specificity - that culturally specific care is available.
It wasn't until I participated in an online webinar through GOLD Learning's Online Symposium on Childbirth Education with Penny Simkin, entitled, «The Tipping Point (s) in Childbirth Education & the Consequences of Ignorance,» that I really understood how these changes were affecting my
practice as a birth worker and impacting the experiences of the clients I served.
Her
role as a birth worker is to support the experience each family desires emotionally, spiritually and physically, and to smooth the bumps in the road that accompany this unpredictable, yet incredible journey.
These two aspects are key for
me as a birth worker.
As a birth worker, I have told countless parents that they need to take it easy and hunker down at home for at least the first few weeks to rest, recuperate, and bond with their baby.
And this is where
we as birth workers meet them.
As a birth worker, I have seen too many human rights violations in the birth places.