Summary: Today's guest is Sarah Smits, who joins us from Lake Atitlan in Guatemala where she is learning traditional Mayan practices. Sarah is a home birth midwife, lactation consultant and body worker who incorporates her experience of travelling the world and learning about traditional midwifery practices, to provide holistic care to women and families, whilst supporting other birth workers on the path of reclaiming birthing wisdom as women’s wisdom.<br><br>Today we discuss home birth midwifery practice, traditional approaches to maternal care, self-responsibility, community care, postpartum wellbeing and more. <br><br>W: <a href="http://www.downtobirthmidwifery.com" rel="noopener">www.downtobirthmidwifery.com</a><br>Instagram @down_to_birth_midwifery<br>Details for The Midwife Project Guatemaya <br>Website: <a href="http://www.midwifeproject.net" rel="noopener">www.midwifeproject.net</a><br>Go fund me: <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-midwife-project-guatemaya" rel="noopener">www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-midwife-project-guatemaya</a><br><br>To our wonderful listeners.<br>We love hearing from you and receiving your notes, questions and ideas.. how do you feel about this episode? <br>If you have any questions/comments at any time about this, other interviews or our work at PBB Media, get in touch. You can email us through <a href="mailto:hello@pbbmedia.org">hello@pbbmedia.org</a> or catch us on socials @pbb_media.
