Dispelling LIES & Uplifting TRUTH about Birth as It Was "In the Beginning"

"If you say a lie enough times, people will believe it's the truth. You will be out here thinking and operating inside of lies. [Homebirth] is not new, it's old... Let's go back to the beginning, let's go back to the GENESIS, to how we used to do it. What did all those women do before they went to hospitals?" ~ Shayla Brown

Shayla Brown is passionate about the work she does with Black women, whether they are dealing with their fertility or managing unexpected challenges within the childbearing year.

The changes and the shifts that have occurred since our Black midwives were systematically outlawed in the U.S. have not only influenced the options that Black women have for providers, but they have also influenced the way that Black families care for their birthing women. In our interview, we discusses some of the ways that deficiencies in maternity care affected Shayla and influenced her decision to serve as birth support for birthing families, and stay at home to birth her children.

She is a powerful force within the birth community and she does her work, unapologetically, from a God-centered perspective. 

Shayla offers gratitude to the following individuals:

Nicole Deggins, Divine Birth Wisdom, Shafia Monroe, Fatima Muhammad, Toni Hill, Kim Flanders, Lakisa Muhammad

Topics discussed:
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• Dealing with the inevitability of birthing in the hospital
• When homebirth midwives are not accessible
• Utilizing student midwives
• When "Baby doesn't like" something
• Miscarriages
• Being misunderstood in the medical environment
• Preparing a healthy body for pregnancy
• Dealing with pseudocyesis (false pregnancy)
• Deciding to have a Black midwife
• Understanding that "we have a culture"
• "In the beginning..."
• Deciding on an unassisted birth
• "Synthetic" in the birth environment
• Understanding how induction can affect your birth experiences and future pregnancies

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You can connect with Shayla and the work she is doing in the following ways:

Blog: https://GenesisBirthing.wordpress.com/
Email: EveFromGenesis@gmail.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesisbirthingandliving/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GenesisBirthingandLiving/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BirthBlog