Birth HERstory Blog
Celebrating the HERstory of Black women in BIRTH in the 21st Century
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1/24/2020
Offering Bitter Truths about Black Birth & Postpartum Culture, Because "All Medicine Ain't Sweet""Our mores and cultural norms are not just nice or cute. Our ancestral science and indigenous customs were encoded with life saving science, rituals and information... Our ancestors' wisdom and science, whether any European ever confirmed it or not, [it] is real... it existed for a reason." ~ Yael B. Yisrael
One of the things I appreciate most about Yael is that she is not only committed to teaching Black women, but she is truly following the traditions of our ancestors by living out the practices and teaching her daughter. Her legacy extends to her own home first. Check out that baby doll in the leg warmer uterus. I LOVE how she teaches her young'un about BIRTH!
Yael offers these words of gratitude:
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Dr. DoulaMy work is informed by my background – experiences, expertise, exposure, education & environment – as a woman, mother, wife, sister, educator, researcher, scholar, advocate, birth ally and legacy builder. #IAmTheAnswer #WeSaveOurselves Archives
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