Muslim Birthwork with Doula Alqabalia

Fatima shares her positive VBAC experience with us. Alhamdulillaah.Tune in to hear how Fatima navigated her way round achieving her much wanted VBAC.*actual recording date 22.11.22

With special guest speaker Habibah to touch and share the importance of fitness and wellness during pregnancy and beyond.*actual recording date: 13.12.22Habibah has trained women, muslimahs in fitness and eating habits for over 10yrs.Expanding in pre & postpartum & NLP she guides sisters in how to create strong wellness habits in those areas with a strong connection to our deen, that is manageable for a BUSY muslimah and mum like herself.Follow Habibah on Instagram: https://instagram.com/fitsters._?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

A long awaited upload for this podcast with a very special guest speaker. (Actual recording date 31.10.22)It gets busy when you’re deeply and actively involved in the Muslim Birthworld and it’s stories like these that make it all that bit more worthwhile.Umm Abdillah brings us her triumphant birth story of her twin girls whom she birthed naturally, intervention free, at 40 weeks + 2 days!Pretty much unheard of these days to reach beyond 35 weeks for a spontaneous birth with twins, let alone ‘full term’! And even rarer to hear of women birthing twins vaginally but I won’t spill the beans …Tune in to find out how she absolutely aced her birth.(Grab refreshments cos it’s a long one 💛)

Tune into this amazing podcast in which we are fortunate to have Lili share with us her beautiful and moving birth stories. You may follow Lili on Instagram: @coffee.and.noorhttps://instagram.com/coffee.and.noor?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Chantal Blake is a Womb Wellness Educator and Womb Steaming Therapist. She helps women break cycles of painful periods and hormonal chaos, prepare for healthy conception, recover after birth, and raise daughters who love their periods through the tools of body literacy, cycle syncing, and traditional self-care. Chantal is also a wife and mother of three and has lived around the world for more than a decade. You can follow her work online on Instagram and Facebook at @honouredwomb.Follow Honoured Womb for upcoming events and information.Disclaimer: Womb steaming consultations are not a substitute for medical advice nor do they produce a medical diagnosis.

A true taste of what Muslim Birth Activism sounds like in mid summer. ☀️Recorded on 21st June 2022, Doula Alqabalia and Inherent Birth united and dived deep into the realms of choice and responsibility in pregnancy and birth.Enjoy!Follow Inherent Birth on Instagram:https://instagram.com/inherentbirth?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=Website:https://www.inherentbirth.com/

Samantha Gadsden talks us through her spiritual thoughts and practices as ‘the only witch in the village’.Podcast date: 19th May 2022Samantha is a birth activist and runs the Homebirth and Freebirth & Emergency Childbirth Facebook groups, supporting women and birthworkers alike.She also has plenty of offerings available from her website and by way of her bespoke services and is available on Instagram too.

Stefanie has been a Lamaze® Educator and doula since 2002. After the birth of her second son, Stefanie saw just how valuable it is to be prepared for birth and to have good support around you.Stefanie is a visionary in the childbirth field. She leads the Discover Birth organization providing a variety of services to expectant parents and training for those wishing to pursue work in the childbirth field. Stefanie is a board member with the Association of Ontario Doulas, former Public Relations Director and Treasurer for DONA International, and sits on many local boards and coalitions to improve our communities. She is a DONA-approved Birth Doula Trainer, and runs a Lamaze Lamaze-Accredited Childbirth Educator Program.Stefanie is a contributing author in the best selling Power of Women United and the book Bearing Witness: Childbirth Stories Told by Doulas. She is a regular contributing writer and blogger, and has done many interviews online and for TV/radio.Her belief is that the world can be a better place if parents can have more positive childbirth experiences that allow them to bond properly with their babies. She works tirelessly to change the world in this aspect…one family at a time.Stefanie’s doula training: DoulaSchool.ca.If you wanted to learn more about Stefanie’s agencies or hospital program the websites are DiscoverBirth.com and BirthDoulaProgram.ca

A unique interview with a special guest; Samantha Gadsden. If you are a birthworker and you have yet to come into reach, earshot or sight of Sam, then one might wonder how on Earth not!? Sam is a birth activist, doula, mentor and so much more, based in South Wales and the South West. She runs a fast-growing support network online via her Facebook groups; Homebirth, Freebirth and the Village, through which she tirelessly and lovingly supports people. The homebirth group alone now has over 10.2K followers! She also has a hugely informative Freebirth course which you can follow at your own pace via the Facebook Freebirth and BBA group (see link below) Tune into this episode to hear what Sam and I have to say about how things were, are and have been going in the doula world 🌎 If you’re not following Sam already, you can do via these links and handles below:Instagram: @samanthagadsdendoulaHomebirth group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/homebirthsupportuk/?ref=shareFreebirth course and group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/freebirthemergencychildbirth/?ref=shareWebsite: https://caerphillydoula.co.uk/Birth Activists Podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-birth-activists

This episode reviews last weeks clubhouse session in which the topic was ‘Maternal Mental Health’ with a guest speaker, Chan.Tune in to hear the review and make sure to follow Chan on Instagram @zenwithchan | @zenthroughmotherhoodWhy not join the clubhouse group?https://www.clubhouse.com/join/diversity-doulas/drJsmyRn?utmmedium=chinvite&utm_campaign=IqHuC8IDllcXwLXyhorAeA-110134Website:https://doulaalqabalia.comInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/doula.alqabalia/

In this episode I review the clubhouse Diversity Doulas group from 17th March 2022 in which we discussed our safe spaces and how we can both create and support others in making them.Why not join the clubhouse group?https://www.clubhouse.com/join/diversity-doulas/drJsmyRn?utm_medium=ch_invite&utm_campaign=IqHuC8IDllcXwLXyhorAeA-110134website:https://doulaalqabalia.comInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/doula.alqabalia/

This episode reflects on the experience I had when reading a Children’s book, “The Proudest Blue”, to my children.It focuses on how we educate and make our children (and primarily our daughters) both aware of and prepared for the challenges and discrimination they face at school; which is their first independent social experience after the home and family accompaniment.❓How can we best prepare our youth? And ourselves?!❓How do we fit into a society that is inherently and institutionally racist and discriminatory in so many ways?For more information and support on how you can promote cultural awareness, competency and humility in birthwork, why not join my Clubhouse group which runs weekly on a Thursday at 1pm GMThttps://www.clubhouse.com/join/diversity-doulas/drJsmyRn?utm_medium=ch_invite&utm_campaign=IqHuC8IDllcXwLXyhorAeA-99507And find me on Instagram: https://doulaalqabalia.com/wp-login.php?loggedout=true&wp_lang=en_USWebsite:https://doulaalqabalia.com

As the Muslim population grows both nationally and globally, Muslim identity comes increasingly into the limelight.❓How do we identify ourselves as Muslims?❓How are we identified by society at large, as Muslims?❓How, as Muslim veiled women, can we be “seen” and “heard”, without actually being seen!Join me, Amy Doula Alqabalia, as I briefly explore this topic.For more discussion around the issues that Muslims face feel free to join my Diversity Doulas Clubhouse group which is held every Thursday at 1-2pm GMT:https://www.clubhouse.com/club/diversity-doulas?utm_medium=ch_club&utm_campaign=IqHuC8IDllcXwLXyhorAeA-89739Website: https://doulaalqabalia.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/doula.alqabalia/

From marriage, to conception, to birth and beyond.I start off this series from the core, with a one-to-one, deeply reflective experience of my husband’s steps to becoming a father.This uniquely raw interview with my husband recounts his (our) personal journey into parenthood and captures the experience of becoming a father from a Muslim father’s perspective.My husband became a father very quickly and at a young age. We found out that we had conceived a couple of weeks after marriage alhamdulilaah. He describes this and our subsequent swift conceptions as ‘quick blessings’.Our firstborn was conceived abroad and the pregnancy was spent abroad until we returned to the UK when I was 7 months pregnant. All of our babies have been born in the UK, so far!We are now making conscious plans for where and HOW our next baby(ies) will be born, in shaa Allah.Diversity Doulas Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/diversity-doulas?utm_medium=ch_club&utm_campaign=IqHuC8IDllcXwLXyhorAeA-89739Website: https://doulaalqabalia.com