Jeana Donovan sits down with her midwife, Valerie Patroni, to discuss the Ceremony of Birth, the Role of Midwife and Womb Guardian, the Shadow Side of the Medical Industrial Complex and Free Birth, identifying fear when making decisions, holding Reverence and Ritual for the Placenta, It’s the baby who ultimately decides and more!
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Val Patroni is a community based midwife, who has been in service to Mothers and families, offering authentic and traditional care, throughout New England, the Tri-State area and now central Florida for 15 years. She is humbled to sit at the feet of Life-Givers and safeguard the highest ceremony of all beings, the Ceremony of Birth. Val delights in braiding together her ancestral inheritance, with her years of lived wisdom and connection to ceremony, to reflect the uniqueness of each woman who chooses her care. She is the mother of her Womban Tribe, wife to her soulmate and a forever student, continuing to refine her path in Midwifing ones, into their truest and freest selves.
Song performed by Valerie Patroni
Created and Produced by Amy Keller and Jeana Donovan
Music contribution by Casey Sullivan and Jeana Donovan
Sound mixing by Casey Sullivan
Cover design by Jeana Donovan