Midwife Sarah Smits tells us what she learnt from the Mayan midwives in Guatemala and how she/we can apply these in our circumstances. We discuss robozo, mayan abdominal massage and the place of steam and heat and traditional care practices applied to pregnant and postpartum women. Sarah discusses initiatives that are supporting the traditional midwives in Guatemala. Next week she will share about the practice of abdominal binding. 

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website https://www.bwmidwife.com

Youtube https://youtube.com/@bridgingworlds?si=XvpJRxcOLKulyQLN

Book tickets to sunny coast event https://events.humanitix.com/rebozo-and-belly-binding-circle

Join my monthly Birth worker circle This link is for the upcoming June circle https://events.humanitix.com/online-birth-worker-circle

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IBU belly binding 

Order/pre-order fajas on my website https://bwmidwife.com/shop/

The midwife project https://www.midwifeproject.net/

Sarahs VIDM conference piece on The Midwife Project 

Donã Dominga our weavers story that she shared at the last Maya Abdominal Massage retreat 

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