Birthing Mother Project

Birthing our children we birth ourselves as Mothers

Have you also realised that there is so much going on in your inner world on your journey through motherhood? And that we go through a major transformation while giving birth to ourselves as mothers (not only our children), that nobody talks about? Birth is a rite of passage for our babies as it is for us in the process of becoming mothers (matrescence).              

Let’s start talking about the true, raw, real experiences of what was going on for the women in their inner worlds, when becoming a mother and being a woman.

Following my calling, I would like to write a book that is bringing up the importance of becoming a mother, of postpartum support and community in building a thriving mother centered culture and families. This will be combined with stories from mothers like yourself, about being born as mothers, becoming a mother and being a mother.

I would love you to be part of this project called Birthing Mother and share your story. This project will serve to raise awareness on our experiences as Mothers in a culture that doesn’t always value and support motherhood, highlighting the vastness and complexity of being born as a mother and mothering our children.

By bringing awareness to mothers’ needs, my hope is to keep creating the Mother Culture, that is based on supportive community, beyond just surviving through motherhood.      Sharing our stories is a natural way to process and integrate our experiences and learn from hearing the journeys of others. Yet this is very often a forgotten part of the healing and integration process.  

Suggested prompts for writing:        

Please share briefly about your birth experience (where, how, with whom, …)

How did the birth experience impact you in becoming a mother and the way you were/are mothering your child(ren)?

How was the experience of the immediate and further postpartum for you?

What was most transformational for you?  

What did you miss or lack the most?

What helped you to get through it/or is helping you?

What did you learn about yourself in becoming a Mother?

If you were to give one advice to an expectant mother….what would you tell her?

No need to use any of these above, just let it free flow…

Practicalities:

You are welcome to share your story in writing or if you prefer, we can get on a call and I will transcribe your story after you share it with me.

You choose the length and format that you like, I will be very grateful for a few lines or a whole page.

Signing your story with your name, imaginary one or as Anonymous is perfectly fine. You can send your story back as any document or by email to Lenka.valinhas@gmail.com . I would love to receive your story by the end of June 2025.

And as a Thank you, I would love to offer you to have a 1:1 online Birth Experience or Motherhood Experience Processing Session with me as a gift for your contribution. You can contact me through the email above or here my website www.sacredlifefow.com

Thank you so much for finding the time to sharing your story, it means a lot!

Now the rest is YOUR STORY:…..