BIRTH, by Ibone Olza.
Birth the English version of Parir, el poder del parto, is now published and available trhough amazon
Annulment of conviction in a case of pregnancy denial
On the 8th September 2021, the Court of Criminal Appeal of San José, Costa Rica, decided to annul the trial in which a mother had been declared guilty. In the previous sentence, issued on the 3rd February 2021, it was agreed, unanimously, that Yoana was guilty of attempted manslaughter of her son; for which she had received a six-year imprisonment sentence (with the possibility of an electronically monitored house arrest as an alternative for the imposed sentence).
Oxytocin vs Coronavirus
Cooperate or compete. Trust or fear. Share or fight. Accompany or isolate. In the end, there are only two states: love or fear, and one is the absence of the other. The more love, less fear. The more fear, less love (in the words of Abuela Margarita). Hard choices, vital decisions always come down to these …
Dear Midwife, thank you
Dear midwife, How are you? I have spoken with several of your colleagues, others have written to me. They have told me of your feelings of frustration and impotence, of your exhaustion, of your giving of self. Of the difficult job you are facing in your birthing rooms since the coronavirus pandemic began. Of how …
Letter to a pregnant mother during the pandemic
Dear pregnant mother, Several close Friends have asked me to write this letter to you. Perhaps you are surprised that I call you “mother” if you are expecting your first child, but the truth is, I believe we are mothers from the moment we accept carrying a baby inside of us and bringing forth a …
Letter to a mother isolated from her newborn
Dear patient, Thinking about you, I realize you might be a mother who has been separated from her infant. Or perhaps a father. I know of some cases where both, mother and father, are going through coronavirus infection, isolated, without their newborn. Maybe mother is in the hospital, alone, and father is home, alone. So today´s …
Breastfeeding and infant feeding in emergencies
Every time there is a catastrophe I cannot help thinking about the babies, the mothers, the pregnant women, haw how they all will fare. Now that Australia burns, I watch the news with sadness and worry… I think it is crucial that we share the information that people like professor and lactivist Karleen Gribble and the …
Joyful as a painting child – an evening with Arno Stern
Last week Arno Stern invited me to his workshop in Paris: the Closlieu. Since I left there at 11 pm and began to stroll along the Montparnasse under the drizzling rain, my brain has been searching for the words to write this blog entry. It is not simple. Perhaps because when I left I was …
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Listening to babies: a revolutionary act
Babies feel, listen, perceive, know, understand, are moved, express, communicate. Babies love. They give. Give smiles, caresses, gazes, babbles. They gift us. They move us. They fill us. Babies are a transforming presence for those that love, care, and live with them. However, the modern world denies newborn capacities in a brutal way. Generally, they …