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Womb & Beyond Podcast# 11 Honor your postpartum. The postpartum is for every womb that has carried life. ™ - A conversation with Naomie Karemi KainguIn this episode I talk with fellow doula Naomie Karemi Kaingu about her way into birthwork, the importance of addressing death, loss and bereavement and authentic traditional birthwork. We dive deep into her book "Honor your postpartum: The postpartum is for every womb that has carried life TM", in which she shares wisdom from her Kenyan Mijikenda tribe and tips on how to accompany women and people in a soulful way during the postpartum period...as well as how it feels to be the first one to write about her own traditions in a time where Eurocentric reporting and...2024-02-241h 04
Layers WithinLAYERS WITHIN: EPISODE 2 - THE INVISIBLE LOAD OF MOTHERHOODFor many mothers (She/Her) the load of motherhood is so invisible because we function through them. The load is so invisible because we soldier on and make things happen. This was a wholesome room with many who joined the stage and shared. I am sure what is shared in this episode many will resonate with and even 'aha' to because we have normalised carrying and bearing the load that many can never even identify it as a load
There is also a notion that parenthood or motherhood is supposed to be a bed of roses and...2021-08-1921 min
Layers WithinLayers Within: E2 - NOT ALL BABIES GO HOMEEpisode TWO of the series Loss & bereavement from the room held on the 12th July on Clubhouse. This is a continuation. Please listen to Episode 1 to make sense of this episode as the conversation in the room went on for a long time, there are FOUR episodes from that room alone
This one is a taboo topic and I am here to normalise the topic as a Bereavement Doula.
In this episode we hear from Nicole whose baby died in Utero and her own advise from a mother's perspective. The turmoil, the trials, the grieving p...2021-08-0726 min
Layers WithinSPECIAL NEEDS PARENTINGThis is a poem for US all. Especially for the moments when nobody really gets us, when they all believe we are coping and don't need checking up, when they think we have got it together when all you need is to hear someone say 'I hear you, I get it, I am here for you'
Special needs parenting is HARD. There are many challenges that come with it. Many objections, many decisions, moments where you choose to miss out because it is so tiring having to repeat yourself time and time again about 'what your child...2021-07-3005 min
Layers WithinLayers Within: E1 - NOT ALL BABIES GET TO GO HOMEEpisode ONE of the series Loss & bereavement from the room held on the 12th July on Clubhouse.
This one is a taboo topic and I am to normalise the topic as a Bereavement Doula. There were quite a few parents who joined the stage to share their own experiences, newly trained and experienced doulas also shared their questions, perspectives etc. There was a lot of FIRST hand insightful wisdom shared by the bereaved parents also so that we may get a glimpse of what their experiences felt like but also what helped them, what they hoped was...2021-07-2820 min
Layers WithinLayers Within: MOTHERHOOD JOURNEY - THE INVISIBLE LOADRoom of Monday 28th July. Often times as people we tend to omit the struggles that are not so obvious or easy to see. This room was very insightful. I have only summarised it but the real recording will be uploaded once ready. It is vast and full of wisdom too
I love what was shared and I am sure you will too. Here is a little bit to help us think as we journey along :-)
Till the next one! x2021-07-2708 min
Layers WithinLayer Within: The FOURTH Trimester - A RITE of PassageFrom room held on 7th June: Often times, we hear so many variations of how this phase is looked upon within communities even today in 2021, where many still think a newborn mother 'resting' is lazy. I am honoured to bring the realities about the importance of honouring this phase because ancestrally, it IS a RITE of passage and we were NEVER meant to go through it alone as WOMBMEN
The postpartum is a moment for rest, recuperation, finding yourselves and we rave about this topic in our weekly rooms on Clubhouse. It is a subject that is...2021-07-2309 min
Layers WithinLayers Within: NICU POEMAs a NICU parent myself I remember all the worry going through my head in that journey with no story to hold on to. I remember once the Drs asking me to go to the parents room to make myself a cup of tea because the procedure they were going to do to my son may have been invasive for me to watch as his parent. I recall clearly why I broke down in the parents room alone. My husband couldn't be there that day, he had to stay with the other children at home and it hit me...2021-07-2105 minLayers WithinWELCOMEWelcome and thank you for tuning in. Layers within is a platform that has been created to offer and present hose real-life lived experiences in the real of Pregnancy, Birth, the Postpartum and Bereavement phase
Sometimes when we are facing 'stuff' in our lives journeys we always feel like we are the only ones going through those moments. On this platform we will be sharing those stories that are never normally spoken about so that they may become your companion in your own journeys wherever you may be at
There is so much comfort and w...2021-07-1201 min
Layers WithinLayers Within: Sibling connection with a disabilityThis was a one on one moment with my 9 year old sharing her experience as a sister to a brother living with health challenges. I was humbled to hear it first hand myself because it is not the norm that children would share what they feel, and we encourage that within our home to make time to discuss these challenges and tribulations.
Lucia explains in her own words the hardships, her understanding and also the joy in being the older sibling and how everything shapes the kind of friends she chooses. Her moments of sadness but also...2021-07-1209 min