My first experience of having a baby was about as natural as birth can be, and though I didn't know it at the time, it set my feet on a path that eventually led me to become a childbirth author and a midwife.
Robin LimResearch points to the fact that being born without trauma is the foundation for having an intact capacity to love and trust.
Robin LimChildbirth being one's most significant life passage, those close to us when we open to birth a baby will never be forgotten.
Robin LimI learned that a healthy society is made up of loving, trusting individuals, and that these individuals in turn protect their environment, become stewards of our land, air and water, and they make peace, rather than war.
Robin LimAfter disasters, reproductive healthcare falls by the wayside. Yet babies continue to be born. When all infrastructure falls apart, when the hospitals and all their technological equipment are destroyed, midwives come in handy. They can help women give birth with or without electricity, running water, equipment - even shelter is optional. When babies are ready, they come.
Robin Lim