7 March 2009
On 3/03/2009, at 2:52 PM, Monika Boenigk wrote:
Dear Wintergreen,
Greetings from the bush. I have studied all your material and thought about it all a lot, on and off. I think the concept is brilliant and I can see the incredible benefits. Your understanding of the physiology and also how you bring it across are mostly fantastic.
Of course, I have some suggestions of how to improve the presentation, but I am sure you know all those already, it is just a matter of having the money to realise its potential.
Remains one big concern...whether a substantial enough part of the mainstream people out there will be able/willing/motivated to absorb the HUGE amount of data in a rapidly time-poor world to justify the financial investment in the project of potential sponsors/financiers. No question of its benefits, you don't need to convince me! But held against the monumental effort required for users to get to the benefits, I am just not sure...
Battling against ignorance and small-mindedness in the midwifery community myself, I understand how difficult it is to bring a good idea to fruition (and get some return for the mental-emotional and financial investment) and don't envy your crusade. I don't have the answers, except that things need to be delivered in a manner that is practical, do-able, VERY uncomplicated and "quick". But that, as we both well know, jeopardises the ultimate desired benefits.
If you had a team of VERY CLEVER people to work with whom you trust, who fully understand the program, perhaps it would be possible to condense the program to a 1 CD/1 DVD kit plus one proper, comprehensive book. In my view, the two (media/book) should be able to be used independently from each other, rather than having to work with both at the same time. The book being the "long version", the media kit the short, sweet version. That way, you'd harness both the "thorough and the quick" market out there. This may make it also more palatable to a potential funding body. They need to be able to "get their head around" your message. If they are overwhelmed with the project, you won't get out of the starting blocks.
Ideally, one would have the funds to make a fantastic short, 5-10 min trailer clearly spelling out the benefits, and showing some of the "technique, in order to enthuse sponsors. If they can "get' it, funding is much more likely to be forthcoming.
Well, so much for now. I so hope you have the inspiration and support to move forward!
Best,
Monika
www.birthrite.com.au
Next post has my reply. But read the previous post and ask yourself whether Monika's statement about personal responsibility is really the issue? We think not.
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5 March 2009
This was received from Anna tonight:
Hello Wintergreen.
It's been nine months since my baby was born and I've been meaning to write and let you know how it went. After I did the course with you years ago, I though I had a pretty good grip on the information. But with my daughters birth I still really struggled. This time round I had the most awesome time I could have ever imagined. Jordan was born in nelosn Hospital.
My midwife over here was worried about me being two weeks overdue, and sent me to get induced. Luckily I went into labour before they got to me. It was the first time I had gone into labour with the baby in an anterior position, and it was SO MUCH easier than posterior. I felt so confident in my self, my body etc. I had done 10 weeks of internal work, and really had myself well prepared.
As soon as I got to the hospital, I decided "this is as good a place as any to have a baby" and just relaxed and let my body do it's thing. I thought about what you'd said, that if things are progressing, it doesn't matter what position you are in, so feeling sure things were progressing well, I decided to lie on my side and just relax. Each time a contraction came i focused on the pelvic clock visualisation and it really helped. When i forgot to do it, i felt as though things were hurting, then I reminded myself to do the pelvic clock thing, and the pain would go away.
At about when I felt i was in transition i wanted to have my leg lifted up while on my side,with my leg bent, which felt like a variation of the pelvic tilt. I just asked for my leg to be moved however it felt most comfortable and this seemed to help.
At almost full dilation(i checked myself) it felt like i had an anterior lip, so i decided to just chill out for a while, and do the pelvic clock exercise to see if i could focus on getting that anterior part of my cervix to relax. I think I got a bit too relaxed as after a while my midwife told me she thought that maybe I should sit up and push my baby out. I did sit up, but didn't want to push, or force the baby to come out. I didn't need to anyway. In two contractions I felt him moving through my pelvis, and announced that the baby was coming out now. I reached down, and out he came, into the bath and I pulled him up to my chest.
What delighted me so much was that i was not sore at all after the birth. It did not feel like I'd just had a 4.6kg(10lb 2oz)baby. I wasn't at all tired and went back home after a few hours and was totally happy and pround of myself. This time I really felt like I "got it"
and it is just so satisfying. Thank you so much for sharing this "common knowledge" with me and the world. I'd love to hear from you,
Lots of love, Anna
That about says it all.
For those of you who sometimes read this blog ... please get more pro-active about getting The Pink Kit Package out into your community or at least donate so we can re-do the whole resource into a more contemporary package.
This was received from Anna tonight:
Hello Wintergreen.
It's been nine months since my baby was born and I've been meaning to write and let you know how it went. After I did the course with you years ago, I though I had a pretty good grip on the information. But with my daughters birth I still really struggled. This time round I had the most awesome time I could have ever imagined. Jordan was born in nelosn Hospital.
My midwife over here was worried about me being two weeks overdue, and sent me to get induced. Luckily I went into labour before they got to me. It was the first time I had gone into labour with the baby in an anterior position, and it was SO MUCH easier than posterior. I felt so confident in my self, my body etc. I had done 10 weeks of internal work, and really had myself well prepared.
As soon as I got to the hospital, I decided "this is as good a place as any to have a baby" and just relaxed and let my body do it's thing. I thought about what you'd said, that if things are progressing, it doesn't matter what position you are in, so feeling sure things were progressing well, I decided to lie on my side and just relax. Each time a contraction came i focused on the pelvic clock visualisation and it really helped. When i forgot to do it, i felt as though things were hurting, then I reminded myself to do the pelvic clock thing, and the pain would go away.
At about when I felt i was in transition i wanted to have my leg lifted up while on my side,with my leg bent, which felt like a variation of the pelvic tilt. I just asked for my leg to be moved however it felt most comfortable and this seemed to help.
At almost full dilation(i checked myself) it felt like i had an anterior lip, so i decided to just chill out for a while, and do the pelvic clock exercise to see if i could focus on getting that anterior part of my cervix to relax. I think I got a bit too relaxed as after a while my midwife told me she thought that maybe I should sit up and push my baby out. I did sit up, but didn't want to push, or force the baby to come out. I didn't need to anyway. In two contractions I felt him moving through my pelvis, and announced that the baby was coming out now. I reached down, and out he came, into the bath and I pulled him up to my chest.
What delighted me so much was that i was not sore at all after the birth. It did not feel like I'd just had a 4.6kg(10lb 2oz)baby. I wasn't at all tired and went back home after a few hours and was totally happy and pround of myself. This time I really felt like I "got it"
and it is just so satisfying. Thank you so much for sharing this "common knowledge" with me and the world. I'd love to hear from you,
Lots of love, Anna
That about says it all.
For those of you who sometimes read this blog ... please get more pro-active about getting The Pink Kit Package out into your community or at least donate so we can re-do the whole resource into a more contemporary package.
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