Mary Jackson has been a home birth Midwife since 1975. She has attended over 2,000 births in the Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Ojai, California areas. She is currently co-leading the Castellino Prenatal and Birth Training and is participating in cutting edge research about imprints that occur around the time of conception, pregnancy and birth and how they affect us throughout the rest of our lives and what it takes to heal from challenges in these experiences. (She's also Alexandra and Brian's midwife! :) TOPICS: How our fears can be a reflection of our own birth experience and why it is important to look at our fears around pregnancy + How to transform pain and be in awe during labor + How to connect with your baby during labor and birth + What an imprint is and how they influence our lives and our baby's lives and how we can heal them + What supported attachment is and why it is important for you to know in order to communicate with your baby + Why co-sleeping can help with breastfeeding and sleep deprivation + Why eating your placenta can help with postpartum depression.
