Ladies! Raise your hand if you’re totally satisfied with your sex life.
I can’t see you, but I know that’s way too few hands going up.
Now, raise your hand if you see yourself as a beautiful sexual being who is fully deserving of an amazing sex life. If you’re not there yet, are you willing to take steps toward that becoming reality for you?
One thing I’ve learned since I started practicing as a midwife—far too many women are unhappy with their sex lives. Continue reading
One of my blog posts from last year was published in The Huffington Post today. It’s one of my favorites, about women feeling free to use their voices in labor and birth.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/camille-williams/are-womens-birth-sounds-s_b_9678662.html
© Camille Williams and Wake Up, Mama! 2016
Attention birthing women: This will be the hardest work of your life. It will test you on every level. Childbirth education is very helpful, yet there’s no way to know how you will feel physically and emotionally until you’re in it. There are many schools of thought on how to cope, what to call the forces of labor (contractions or surges?), and how to label the feeling (pain or sensation?). I like to keep it simple: it’s really hard, and yeah, it hurts. And, you are stronger than you know, and you can do it. Whether or not you plan to use pain medication or epidural anesthesia, know that you have what it takes within you to get through however many contractions you choose to feel fully. Do your preparation, trust in the birth process, and believe in yourself.
But once you get to the hospital, whatever you do, for God’s sake, maintain some decorum and do it quietly! And if you can’t do that on your own, we’ve got something for you that will fix that problem quite nicely. Then, we can ALL be comfortable.
Is that the unspoken message women receive from hospital staff during labor? Continue reading
Two articles drove me crazy this week. Let me say at the outset: the title of this post is not a jab at the researchers. I am grateful for their tireless work, in awe of their professional accomplishments, and happy that they are proving what should be self-evident. What I am lamenting is the fact that these things are not obvious to all.
Wake Up, Mama! 