The Time Is Now – An Inside Look

Description

THE TIME IS NOW!
Roundtable Series:
An Inside Look

This 45-minute film provides an intimate look at one of Birthing The Future’s International Roundtables. It includes diverse perspectives on birth and Primal Period, with women and men, ages 25-75, from Canada, Sweden, Africa & USA. The Roundtable Facilitator is Suzanne Arms.
Included are: a Doula, an Aboriginal Midwife, a Birth Educator, a Social Worker, a Certified Nurse-Midwife, a Midwife Educator, an Attorney for the Rights of Women, an EcoBirth Activist, an Indigenous Elder, and a Birth Trauma Healer. They share their wisdom and discuss what changes are needed to shift cultures from fear and defense to trust and cooperation.

Topics Include:
• A Birth in a traditional African village
• Indigenous wisdom
• Ending the legacy of pre- and peri-natal Trauma
• How the practice of Obstetrics must change
• The unique perspective of Home Birth midwives
• What Doulas offer in a broken maternity care system
• Colonization of native peoples & the female body
• Birth as an ecological issue
• How early Trauma alters brain development

Running Time: 45 minutes
Birthing The Future® © 2019 Suzanne Arms