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hi there!
i have received some amazing submissions for outlaw midwives zine. and a couple of people have asked me to extend the submission deadline. so i am extending the deadline to march 15. please feel free to submit if you havent done so yet…
send submissions to primitivedragonfly@yahoo.com
i am envisioning this as a guide for birth workers and mothers, especially working class and mothers of color, on conception,
pregnancy, birth, and the baby year. for us by us.
i am looking for everything from a couple of practical tips in a couple
of sentences, to stories, to drawings and photos, lists, and more…
outlaw midwives zine
focusing on pregnancy, birth, and the baby year
for and by: mothers, friends and allies of mothers, doulas, midwives, birthworkers, childbirth educators, childbirth advocates,
intention: to create a practical zine guide for pregnancy, birth, and the first year of motherhood centering the lives of working class, marginalized mothers and birthworkers.
check out the outlaw midwives manifesta and website: http://outlawmidwife.wordpress.com/
outlaw midwives: creating revolutionary communities of love
some suggestions for topics on which you can submit…but these are just suggestions…
conception. suggestions for those trying to conceive. and for not conceiving.
pregnancy. tips for the first, second, third trimester. relationship with doctors, clinic, midwives, family, friends, etc. what advice would you give a woman who is having an
unassisted pregnancy (a pregancy that does not involve professional
medical folk or midwives…) what should a woman be looking out for to
know if something is 'wrong' during her pregnancy?
birth. stories and advice for unassisted birth (birth
without medical folk or midwives). homebirth, hospital births. what
are the social, economic, legal consequences and limitations for
marginalized mothers to make choices about how, when and where they
will give birth. what to do with the placenta?
what was your personal experience/story of birth? pregnancy, the baby year?
what did you learn/are you learning from the baby year?
what would you want to tell a soon to be mother about pregnancy, birth, and early motherhood? or write a letter to your pre-mother or pre-pregnant self about what you should expect. what didnt you expect
to happen/learn/experience in pregnancy, birth, the baby year? write a
letter to you daughter and/or son about what you learned/want to pass
on about pregnancy, birth, baby year.
what do you wish someone had told you about early motherhood and/or being a birth worker?
what do you wish you could have said to someone, but didnt?
what is your vision/ideal of how pregnancy, birth, baby year could be?
what has been most difficult for you?
how have you navigated through the systems of welfare, prrotective child services, hospitals, etc?
what family/traditional wisdom did you receive about pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding?
breastfeeding vs. bottle. what are the social and economic influences and consequences of the choice to breastfeed or bottle feed?
why did you become a birth worker? what has been the highlights of the experience? what have been the difficulties?
practical tips for a birth worker, doula, midwife, and birth partners.
herbs, physical exercises, nutrition, rest, employment, healing, reading suggestions, breathing, difficult conversations,
photos, drawings, visual art
poems, essays, fiction and non-fiction
tips, suggestions, lists of resources
keep it simple
selah.
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