July Meeting: Birth Stories
“There is extraordinary psychological benefit in belonging to a group of women who have positive stories to tell about their birth experiences…The best way I know to counter the effects of frightening stories is to hear or read empowering ones. I mean stories that change you because you read or heard them, because the teller of the story taught you something you didn’t know before or helped you look at things from a different angle than you ever had before…Stories teach us in ways we can remember. They teach us that each woman responds to birth in her unique way and how very wide-ranging that way can be…Birth stories told by women who were active participants in giving birth often express a good deal of practical wisdom, inspiration, and information for other women. Positive stories shared by women who have had wonderful childbirth experiences are an irreplaceable way to transmit knowledge of a woman’s true capacities in pregnancy and birth.”
-Ina May Gaskin Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth
Come join us this Monday, July 12 at 6:30 pm as we share birth stories with one another. We will be reading some birth stories as well as sharing our own. Please come ready to listen, and if you have an empowering birth story you would like to share, please come ready to tell that as well. We look foward to having you.
As usual, we will meet on the second Monday of the month at the Xenia Public Library, 76 E. Market Street from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Please come, bring a friend, and share stories with us!
Questions? Call Bethany at 376-0304
