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B.I.R.T.H. is a non-profit organization of parents, midwives, physicians, childbirth educators, doulas, professional labor support and lactation consultants .
We are working to create the emergence of a Houston community which promotes healthy, natural and safe birth for mothers and babies by providing access to information and resources in person, in print and on-line. We encourage high standards and provide a support network for Houston's birth community.
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BIRTH Fair Planning Meetings have begun!
Ever wanted to be a part of something that is helping to make a difference in the lives of mothers, babies and families?
Now is your chance!
Join us in planning for the 9th Annual B.I.R.T.H. Fair and Birth, a play by Karen Brody.
The B.I.R.T.H. Fair is on Oct, 2nd so we have lots of work to do!
Meeting Schedule
Monday, July 19th
Tuesday, August 3rd
Tuesday, August 24th
Tuesday, September 7th
Tuesday, September 21st
Tuesday, September 28th
Thursday, September 30th
Friday, October 1st
July 19th meeting located at:
West University Wellness
5186 Buffalo Speedway
Houston, TX 77005
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Check back for future meeting locations
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"I believe that women are empowered through the pain and joy of childbirth. Birth is a mirror inside a woman, allowing her to see her vastness and her limits as no other experience can.
Birth is a spiritual event for me which I experience as a miracle every time. Over and over, I am involved in situations which seem to be constantly reminded that we are in charge of nothing and that everything happens truly in divine order. The respect in which we treat newborns comes in part from our humility in the face of this divine order and in our service to the great unknowable rhythms of life. This gift is a healthy baby who arrives through unity and self-discovery into a loving world, a baby about whom deliberate, empowering choices have been made from the beginning.
Surely this first knowledge of the world will influence a child's life. To have felt a powerful flow of love, never abating, for those critical first hours and days must give one's character an underpinning of confidence and self-worth. Does not society also benefit? I believe that as more people are born with such harmony and deep sense of value in themselves, so the chances for harmony among people and nations will improve. I believe the work I do contributes to world peace."
Pat Jones, CNM
Founder and President of B.I.R.T.H.
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