You're already becoming an elder, save the midwives, becoming a student again, placenta consumption

Dear Reader, I went digging through old posts/writings to find the main content for this edition of All The Birthy Things. I wrote this in Jan 2022 and I still stand by it (perhaps with a few additions). Do you ever think about what kind of an elder woman you want to be? Do you have a vision of how you’ll carry yourself and what you’ll carry within you when you are old? Do you recognize that your elder self could be the wise woman the young maidens and mothers around you need? Will you be...