Today’s guest, Vonda, has been a midwife longer than Lauren has been alive! She is an HJ graduate, HMU student, and wise-woman midwife.

Lauren and Vonda discuss birth team processing or, “Backstitching,” as an absolutely necessary process as a midwife. They talk about how it is a common temptation of midwives to just move on with life instead of integrating and processing that birth experience, however small or however simple the birth.

Lauren shares her saying that “The birth is not over until you have recovered,” and now adds that neither is it over until the birth team processes together!

Lauren & Vonda talk about

  • The Biblical reason Vonda chooses the third day to process the birth

  • How the birth team becomes stronger when they are able to process together & be honest with each other

  • 5 ground rules for the birth processing experience

  • Hard birth experiences and forgiveness among birth team

  • Questions to ask to take the process deeper: How have we shared Jesus during this birth? What has the Lord showed me/changed in me/etc. through this birth?

  • The handwashing ritual Lauren started for after births

  • Processing and experiencing hard births with your mind & body

  • How to process if you don’t have a birth team

  • The difference between a helpful birth team & a “birth party”

  • Musings on the size of the birth team

  • Supporting not just the birthing couple, but also the birth team

You can find Vonda at

Email: Vonda@CreatedByDesign.website

Find her on Facebook

Vonda generously shares her process in the form of a PDF for birth processing. We would love to hear if you use it and found it helpful!


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