Many of our customers ask us “What is Birth Energy” that midwives talk about?
The answer to the question is both easy and extremely difficult. Birth energy is felt, and seldom seen. As nature’s narcotics, the powerful Endorphins hormones transport the mother to a different different world during the active stage of labor, she goes into a state which is similar to a trance, time stops for her and she is engulfed by a powerful, primordial and all-pervading energy that is euphoric. This energy is so powerful that it also affects others who are present at that moment – fathers, midwives, and care providers.
This Birth Energy can only be experienced if mother is allowed unlimited privacy, support and freedom to become in tune with her body. Her baby also feels this energy and starts responding to mother’s state and moves down the birth canal. Some folks liken birth energy to the same state of sexual energy that pervades during lovemaking. We have been told by mothers after they have given birth that they felt an incredible rush when they experienced this energy. They could feel images, events and thoughts in a state of trance, with periods of deep coherence in between. We advise mothers to give themselves completely to their birthing energy with the knowledge that our team is always present to help, support and protect them. The energy is still present when the mother gives birth, in the pulsating of the umbilical cord and gradually leaves the mother in a state of exhilaration and wide-eyed so that she is awake, eager and able to nurse and bond with her new born baby. Some of our mothers tell us that they felt this birth energy as if they have been reborn themselves.
Whatever may be the final outcome (i.e., normal birth or a medically necessary c-section) it is essential that mothers are allowed a full trial of labor, provided unlimited, individual and continuous support and a team which has only the mother’s welfare in mind. That is what underpins our mission at Healthy Mother.
What has been your experience with Birth Energy? We would love to hear from you……