It's about time we woke the hell up and started recognising the awesomeness of women. When did that happen? I mean, when was the point at which motherhood became unappreciated in our society? Mothers get appreciated on a personal scale. We all are fully aware that our own mothers shaped who we are in a profound way. For most, if we were born lucky, we were welcomed by the loving arms of our mother who selflessly gave, gave and gave again to us. For the terribly unlucky, the lack of a mother's love has also shaped who we are. We recognise and appreciate on a personal level but what about a societal level? Somehow we have lost our way, perhaps sometime around when it became the norm to be a working mum and "have it all"? We have lost our cultural appreciation of the mother. Yes it takes two to make a baby but actually it is the mother's body that nurtures and allows life. It is her that gives over her body for another ( the first act of selflessness). It is miraculous her that gives birth and in most cases is the foundation, the blueprint for all relationships a person forms and maintains, or doesn't, in their lifetime. The mother. The Maker of Humanity.
The sacrifices made, the loads carried, the mountains climbed..... And we do it.....time and time again..... across millennia. Let's wake up. Women are awesome and need to be recognised as such.
Let's start with changing the way we treat them in the birth room. They are the source of the birthing power. No. one. else.
Emma Culley-Morgan
Positive Birth Educator and founder of Awesome Mama Antenatal
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Natural Mother by Andrew Kish III
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