Midwifery Week for dayssss!

‘‘Tis was the week before midwifery and all through Baby+Co. was empty rooms waiting for a mommy in tow.

When all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
Not even a bloody show.

The rooms all stocked up
ready for a baby doe.

As they were nestled
All safe in their beds
While visions of crowning vagina’s
Danced in their heads.

On call they waited
with care in hopes a laboring mother
would soon be there.

Meanwhile Mandesa in her kerchief
And Jauleah in her cap,
Had just settled down
For a long autumn’s nap

When out on the lawn
A ruptured membrane
And arose such a bladder
They all sprang from their beds
To see what was the matter

Away to the window
they flew like a flash
Tore open the shutters
And threw up the sash

With a little ol driver
So lively and quick
They knew in a moment
They gotta be slick

More rapid than eagles
The radio call came in
Then within the hour
A stampede of mother’s
came wandering in

Strong with might
But so much power
Jauleah whistled
And shouted
And called
Them by name....


Now Mandesa
Now Angela
Now Betsy
Now Mary
On Beth
On Karen
On Alexa
And Maddy....

To the Birth Center We Go!!!
Grab your broom sticks and
dash-away
Dash-away
Dash-away all

As dry leaves
Before the wild
Hurricane fly
When they meet
With an obstacle
Mount to the sky

So up
To the housetop
The courses
They flew
With their sticks full of Tricks
Cervix checks
And membrane sweeps

And then
In cinch
Down the hall you heard such a splatter
And ran to see what was the matter

As I drew in my head
And was turning around
This cervix was dilating
And before I could blink,
I saw the head crowning
and that did the trick!

Out he came dressed
All in vernix
From his head
To his foot
Dressed in his birthday suit with a smile
He was covered with sparkle
With a slippery sticky goo

Abound they rejoiced of a bundle of boy
That the mum later flung
Onto her chest
As we all looked
Like a peddler
I’m so much Awe born in the ‘caul’
That momentnever forgotten
But ever so raw!

There His eyes
How they twinkled
His dimples how merry
His cheeks
Were like roses
His nose like a cherry

He was chubby and plump
Like a ripe and jolly old little elf
I laughed when I saw him
In spite of myself

Midwifery is deep
Midwifery is Empowering
Midwifery was once lost to inductions and surgeries

But now a standing village of women by many
we’re bringing it back to our roots.

We now free stand ever so strong
Where it is the norm to find a room full of women united
When birthing is normal and serving with honor,
respect and dignity.


It’s where you can be loved unconditionally and not under the condition of judgement. It’s all natural and about options to know you are safe and like family.


Through and through, it is to be so contagiously in love with birth through every season that it seeps through the tree of life for generations.... THIS IS MIDWIFERY....


Creating one word to describe Midwifery:
Sacrifice
Time
Sleep
Nurturing
Kindness
Loving
Innate
Biological
Passion
Positive
Challenging
Wonderful
Wonder women
Empowering
Strong
Knowledgeable
Advocate
Supportive
Smart
Natural
Steadfast


Need I say more? The list can go on... Midwives for days... Midwives for President! Midwives change the world, one cervix and birth at a time!

Getcha one!

Mamaste,
Natasha Baker,CD/PCD(DONA),RYT