International Academy of the Art of Midwifery

10/02/2024

Second episode.
INTUITION!
In the Ancient Greek order of creation first came Chaos. From formless chaos two beings were born, Erebus the darkness and Nyx the night. The second episode of the Midwives of the Apocalypse Podcast , intuition follows on from chaos. Intuition is the skill of seeing in the dark. Initiation is often shunned however it is a skeleton tool of birth craft it is a skill and an art and needs to be interwoven with our clinical skills. In this episode we discuss: How to increase our skills of perception discernment and intuition. Intuition, instinct and fear. Moving with ‘doing to’ and ‘being with’. Spirits, the lack of spirit and the crisis of ‘unholy’ births.

https://podcastle.ai/show/midwives-of-the-apocalypse-F706/intuition-7E89

31/01/2024

Dalinuosi dar vienu kūdikiu. Pati labai, labai jaudinuosi, nes šiuo būdu labai tikiu ir noriu, kad šis vaikas užaugtų sveikas mūsų žemėje ir darytų gerus darbus mūsų pavargusiems žmonėms.

The beauty is that the re-education happens spontaneously. It is not laborious procces of learning prescribed postures or positions, but rather a spontanious rediscovery of the form of comfort. Through techniques like Ortho-Bionomy we can learn again to be ourselves - in comfort.

Grožis yra tas, kad mokslas vyksta spontaniškai. Tai nėra sunkus nustatytų pozų ar pozicijų mokymosi procesas, o veikiau spontaniškas komforto formos atradimas. Naudodamiesi tokiais metodais kaip "Orto-Bionomija", mes ir vėl galime išmokti būti savimi - patogiai.

Renginiai:

Orto-bionomijos savipagalba - vasario 21d.

Ortho-Bionomy ® Workshop in Lithuania with Lynne Marotta - gegužės 22-26 d.
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24/01/2024

KIA ORA AIO people and universal travalers. Just before full moon will rise in to the sky. Midwives of the Apocalypse podcast is out!
It is our first time so be gentle and have a listen. We will wait for your feed back a lot!

1/1 Chaos!
In this first episode we explore Choas It was chaos that exploded the world into being
Though our own conception we explode into being through the Chaos of egg and s***m connection, cell division and blood nutrients.

Chaos is an undeniable element of life, birth and apocalyptic times.

Working with birth demands of you to work with chaos
It demands of you to be able to dance within rhythms of ease, emergency, fire and flood.

In this episode we explore:

🌑The Etheric and practical resources for working with Chaos as Skelton tools of birth craft.

How do you be with birth in apocalyptic times? The world is changing, it is not IF somthing will happen but WHEN? Floods Earth quakes Fires Pandemics Wars Birth itself is in apocalyptic times How can we be ready, skilled and prepared? Cause we bloody need these basics tools. What do you use when mac...

21/09/2023

My fav. Breeches and twins 🍃🌸🍃

29/07/2023

Dear ladies. We are going to gather in the middle of amazing forest of Lithuania at the river! This event is not for midwives it is for all of us! To get wild and naked. Unleashed from everything that holds, that hurts...
We will learn what it is Japanese butoh dance, make some parfume, learn about plants.
For more information please write me p.m.
Event like that will be just once! It is un repeatable. Take your place with the most wild women in Lithuania 🍋🔥🍋

27/07/2023

Cannabies is one of my favorite plants. So i can not resist not to make medicine from it! Because it really works so good on wounds, scratches, dry skin etc. It all started in México, but it is too far to wait and to deliver it. So we do it from best plants that we can get from local growers! First LT edition! Healing glory! 🌿🍋🌿

07/06/2023

Asociacijų asociacija. Tokia mintis nuskambėjusi pagimdė MGIS. Nuo pirmų ištakų keitėsi komanda ir veiklos, bet esmė nekinta. Būti kartu, kad vyktų pokytis ir kad tas pokytis būtų meilės kupinas. Apkabinimas kuriančioms ir veikiančioms.

24/05/2023

Dear friends, colleagues and family. I know it's not a matter of life and death. It's about culture and the dissemination and preservation of heritage. Such a wonderful thing happened that my report on Lithuania's traditional midwifery was received by imagine as many as 35th - conference of homebirths in Australia. I add a link for those who are interested here:
https://www.homebirthaustralia.org/conference.html
It cost me to ask for help ussually.
However, since I do not belong to any institution, no one pays me travel expenses or subsistence expenses and even conference membership fees. :)
You were the ones who inspired me to create this platform. And that's how many beautiful things were born in it, how much more I had the opportunity to learn.
Well, I am trying my luck with the help of all of you. So that the big Australia will hear about the tiny but unique Lithuania! ✨🐚✨
In addition to my announcement, the short documentary movie "Birth Haiku", shot in the fall of 2022, is also scheduled to be presented. Director by Ieva Juodelyte
It looks like I'm going to take a full bag of cultural gifts 🐦
And if you're not going to donate anything, look around the platform there it's pretty nice maybe you'll even be able to meet your inner grandma or grandpa 🦉
Here you will see my sleepless nights while montage the video and gluing subtitles... Cinematic art affair is interesting though!
And of course I leave a link to the platform itself!👇
https://gogetfunding.com/representing-lithuanian.../
I sprinkle you with the most smelly and colourful flowers! That will transform in to juicy fruits. Let it flow...💮🍒💮

Short video about culture of Lithuanian traditional midwifery and personal story of it's journey.Video from archives and some clips from short documentary "B...

21/05/2023

I was kindly asked to give a 9-moons course for expectant families in English. I couldn't resist, but maybe someone else will want to join us, so we look forward to it together with sweet mama from far away land 🥰
For more information please write me p.m.

15/05/2023

On going fun! 🍒🦚🍒

01/05/2023

You know what? Ritual of menopause we will have in the night time! And in the shortest night we will wait for sunrise! We will be reborn again!
Just 5 days left before early bird tickets will rise.
Don't be too late!
Register now
www.iamamidwife.net
events
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21/04/2023

Some tips about pelvic floor!

Do you know how much you can do in pregnancy to optimise your pelvic floor recovery postpartum?

Here is my list:

1️⃣ Get assessed by a pelvic health physio

They'll be able to tell whether your pelvic floor is too weak, too tight or has a normal tone. You'll then know then what to focus on during pregnancy: neither tightness nor weakness is optimal for labour, but they may require different strategies.

2️⃣ Sit in a balanced way

How do you sit right now? When you sit closer to your tailbone, you create conditions for a tighter pelvic floor. Tighter doesn't mean stronger.
You can prepare for birth and optimise pelvic floor release (then required) by sitting in a more balanced way, “on the top” of your sitting bones.

3️⃣ Learn about pelvic floor

Learn how your pelvic floor works in coordination with your breathing and diaphragm. Also, learn about Fetal Ejection Reflex - this will help you understand what conditions are most optimal in labour to protect your perineum and minimise tears.

4️⃣ Prepare your postpartum

Things like getting help and being able to rest, wrapping your pelvis, and using optimal breathing and proper alignment will help you protect your pelvic floor - before even you'll be "cleared" to exercise it.
Check this post for more details: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=651391623101779&set=a.645133020394306

Do you like these ideas?
How did your pelvic floor recovery go?
I am always curious to hear about your experience, let's talk in the comments 🙂

18/04/2023

My beloved friends! This is the great news! I was excepted to speak in this beatiful conference and represent Lithuanian homebirth culture! But! There is one little moment. For me and my family it is very expensive. I don't work for any company or hospital to send me there... Soon i will anounce some crowedfunding to help me achieve this. I believe together we can do more! 🕊️

We are excited to announce the next round of speakers for the 35th Homebirth Australia Conference!

Joining our fabulous keynote speakers, we are honoured to have the following superstars presenting on a variety of topics at the conference.

✅ Rhea Dempsey
✅ Ingula Rinkevičienė
✅ Natalie Rees
✅ Tani Paxton
✅Shellanda Eller, Robert Biter & Franziska Alderton
✅ Jessie Johnson-Cash
✅ GeorGina Kelly
✅ Catherine Bell

We hope to have another speaker announcement soon!

Don't forget: early bird pricing is still in effect until the 4th of May, so don't miss out on discounted tickets!

24/07/2020

Vasaros skaitiniai/summer readings

🌀REPOST🌀 by Mama Glow

“HAPPY JUNETEENTH- BLACK GRANNY MIDWIVES BIRTHED A NATION.
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The first African Midwives arrived in America in 1619, bringing with them ancestral knowledge of healing wisdom from an array of African cultures and their rich and for prenatal care. Their extensive knowledge and well honed skills allowed them to care for enslaved black women and white women in the US and as well as deliver their babies. Very often the midwives would look after entire families, providing primary care for women, pediatric care for infants and , and medical care for men when necessary. Black Granny Midwives are integral to American history to the historical fabric of the obstetric and midwifery professions in United States.
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Legislative action combined with racist propaganda was used to change an entire health care system and ancestral way of life, contributing to the development of health and reproductive disparities that persist to this day. Black midwives were scapegoated for the high infant mortality rates in the rural south when in fact their birth outcomes were far better than those of physicians, because obstetrics was a very new practice and the ancestral knowledge about the sacred womb was extensive and passed down for generations.
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There was a systematic elimination of Black Midwives and their practices because new legislation provided reimbursement for obstetrical care suddenly making Black women attractive potential clientele to white physicians.
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This is Maude Callen, born in 1898 in Florida, she went to South Carolina in the 1920s to work as a nurse-midwife in the most disenfranchised communities in the Lowcountry. She operated a community clinic from her rural home. She delivered hundreds of babies over the decades, taught prenatal care, she also trained women to become midwives.
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The Legacy of Black Midwives is not celebrated as part of our rich history in this nation but we need to collectively bow to the women who delivered this nation.”

18/06/2020

Grannies

Happy Birthday to Qaapik Attagutsiak who turns 100 years old today, June 11. Attagutsiak, who now lives in Arctic Bay, was born on June 11, 1920, at a place called Siuraq, located between Igluligaarjuk (Chesterfield Inlet) and Coral Harbour, in Nunavut's Kivalliq region. Earlier this year, Parks Canada honoured her as a "Hometown Hero" for contributions she made during the Second World War. Attagutsiak has made many other contributions, especially as a midwife. As a midwife, she helped deliver hundreds of babies and helped set up the Akausivik Inuit Family Health Team and Medical Centre in Ottawa, and she has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. (File photo)

02/06/2020

When you are with woman...

Notice yourself. Your own breathing. Allow it to become deep. Allow it to become soft. When you sit with a woman in labour notice yourself. Your body. Your breathing. Sit quietly in a corner. Or lie down. Avert your gaze. Droop your head as though in prayer. Close your eyes as though in meditation o...