THE BIRTH OF THE MOTHER

Becoming a parent for a woman, becoming a mother; is such an intrinsic experience only one can truly understand once you have entered the realm. It is not the same experience for our counter parts. Our bodies have changed and accepted its fate before we can even process and grieve the person we won't ever be able to meet again. The innate instincts of a mother should be honored in this transformative time. Allow her to be the bear, wolf, lioness to her cub. She only gets this experience once. Regardless of how many children a mother has, she has one universal experience of motherhood and postpartum. We can be given new opportunities to alter but we cannot deny the past experiences can tend to pave the next, and so on. When they say "it takes a village", it really should be in regard to supporting the mother. The baby has all they need inside the mother and outside the mother as an infant, allow her to have the experience she desires as a mother. That is how you truly help a mother postpartum and help her in this process after the labor, delivery, now birthing herself as a mother comes to fruition by how those around her nourish her experience in allowing her to blossom as the lotus she is and ever becoming.