Twin Cities Midwifery | Blessingway Poetry and Readings

Compiled by Melanie Gray (TCM apprentice) and Kate Hogan, CPM, LM A blessingway is a woman-centered celebration of the journey into motherhood. It is different from a baby shower in that it focuses…

Mothers Blessing Outline

Mother Blessing Liturgy

A Mother's Blessing

By Jackie Scrivanich New life is always a blessing. Recently I gave birth to my third child, who also happened to be my third boy. What a blessing! It was a perfect homebirth. He is so perfect. God knows exactly who our family needs. This little guy fits in just perfectly with our family. I did a lot of things to prepare for this birth and for this little boy. My family and friends came along side me to assist where they were able. Often times we focus on the baby and not on the mom. The one who

Mother Blessing Ceremony | Milk + Seed

Mother blessings are a ceremonial day to honor the powerful shift into motherhood. Led by her closest female friends, we gather in support of the mother as she grows alongside her baby.

For A Mother-to-Be

By John O’Donohue, from the book To Bless the Space Between Us. Nothing could have prepared your heart to open like this. From beyond the skies and the stars This echo arrived inside of you and started to pulse with life Each beat a tiny act of growth, Traversing all our ancient shapes, On its way home to itself. Once it began, you were no longer your own. A new, more courageous you, offering itself In a new way to a presence you can sense But you have not seen or known. It has made you feel alone In a way you never knew before; Everyone else sees only from the outside What you feel and feed With every fiber of your being. Never have you traveled farther inward Where words and thoughts become half-light unable to reach the fund of brightness Strengthening inside the night of your womb. Like some primeval moon, Your soul brightens The tides of essence That flow to your child. You know your life has changed forever, For in all the days and years to come, Distance will never be able to cut you off From the one you now carry For nine months under your heart. May you be blessed with quiet confidence That destiny will guide you and mind you. May the emerging spirit of your child Imbibe encouragement and joy From the continuous music of your heart, So that it can grow with ease, Respectant of wonder and welcome when its form is fully filled And it makes it journey out To see you and settle at last Relieved and glad in your arms. For a New Father By John O’Donohue, from the book To Bless the Space Between Us. As the shimmer of dawn transforms the night Into a blush of color futured with delight, The eyes of your new child awaken in you A brightness that surprises you life. Since the first stir of its secret becoming, The echo of your child has lived inside of you, Strengthening through all its night of forming Into a sure pulse of fostering music. How quietly and gently that embryo-echo Can womb in the bone of a man And foster across the distance to the mother A shadow-shelter around the fragile voyage. Now as you behold your infant, you know That this child has come from you and to you; You feel the full force of a father’s desire To protect and shelter. Perhaps for the first time, There awakens in you A sense of your own mortality. May your heart rest in the grace of the gift And you sense how you have been called Inside the dream of this new destiny. May you be gentle and loving, Clear and sure. May you trust in the unseen providence That has chosen you all to be a family. May you stand sure on your ground And know that every grace you need Will unfold before you Like all the mornings of your life. A big thanks to Jess Helle-Morrissey of Metta Therapy for sharing these two gems with us.

Celebration of Pregnancy