Pregnancy Archives - AMANI Birth

A Doctor’s Letter to Pregnant Mamas

Mubashira Abdur Raqeeb, M.D, shares some thought provoking reflections while being on the training journey with AMANI Birth: Allah has created the human body in the most perfect design, to birth and feed, so we must trust HIS design. Although birth is not without risk, Allah has provided many safety nets. Modern medicine, although many times working with good intention, tends to be a case of too much, too soon. No medicine has been proven completely safe for pregnancy, and pain can be managed naturally instead of opting for drugs. Many practices in modern medicine have had absurd origins (for [...]

Sumreen Wasiq2022-08-05T15:40:01+00:000 Comments

Filling Gaps in the Muslim Birth World

This week, Sarah Abugosh, shares the history of AMANI Birth's inception in her own words, and adds further regarding the importance of the organization's work and its necessity for the Muslim Ummah at large: Tell a brief history of how the AMANI Birth program came to be? AMANI birth came to be out of necessity, due to lack of natural birth advocacy and awareness in the Middle Eastern Region especially, as well as all around the Arab and Islamic world. Unfortunately, as our founder, Aisha Al Hajjar, has experienced during her time living (and giving birth) in Egypt and then [...]

Sumreen Wasiq2022-08-05T15:40:36+00:00Tags: AMANI Birth CBE, Feedback, Natural Childbirth|0 Comments

Book Review: AMANI Birth

Dania Shahzad talks about her takeaways after reading the AMANI Birth book, authored by Aisha Al Hajjar: "The book was definitely very informative with a beautiful Islamic perspective on how to prepare to birth naturally. I never thought how birth and our Islamic teachings could combine so well to give a strong message about trusting the design of Allah to birth naturally. I would definitely recommend it to expecting mothers because it is very comprehensive and the approach is holistic. The most profound thing I learned and that stuck with me is how important it is to go through good [...]

Sumreen Wasiq2022-08-05T15:53:24+00:00Tags: Book reviews, Feedback, Testimonials|0 Comments

Stories Of Inspiration & Empowerment: AMANI Birth Changing Lives Series

REVIVAL OF MY MOTHERHOOD - A BIRTH STORY Written By: Umm Aaqib بسم اللّٰہ الرحمن الرحيم Let's start this from the beginning... A woman's role as a mother is a highly-regarded, as well as an under-appreciated one; all at the same time. In this flawed world, we verbally admit the virtues of a mother, while disregarding her instincts and choices right from the time she conceives. Pregnancy is no longer treated as a natural process of propagation of the human race. It has become a new profitable industry, which is the result of "fake" modernization of medical industries. With two previous [...]

Sumreen Wasiq2023-01-18T09:24:11+00:00Tags: AMANI Birth Doula, Childbirth Education, Informed Pregnancy, Natural Childbirth, Stories Of Inspiration. Stories Of Empowerment|0 Comments

Birth Stories: It Was Beautiful Enough for Me

I was 24 weeks pregnant when I returned to my homeland Singapore from Madinah. Initially my husband wished to have me deliver our baby in Madinah. Besides the hospital cost coming close to only less than 2000 riyal, he wanted our first child to be born in the city full of barakah. I was skeptical as I have heard stories from friends like how unnecessary caesareans were performed, how they were treated badly and bullied by the nurses and of women being stitched up without anesthesia. How true are all these? I'm not sure but it really made me want [...]

Sharon Yearwood2021-01-20T19:56:13+00:00Tags: birth stories, birth story|0 Comments

AMANI Birth Affiliate Spotlight: Yunita Aristiara

AMANI Birth Affiliate Number: IN175350 Training Location: Jakarta Date of Training: 23-25 August, 2019 AMANI Birth profile: https://amanibirth.com/yunita-aristiara/ Why did you choose to become an AMANI doula/child birth educator? I chose to become an AMANI Birth certified childbirth educator because AMANI Birth is one of the best professional organizations that educates mothers about pregnancy, labor and motherhood. How does your work as an AMANI Doula/CBE fulfill you? I think my work as an AMANI CBE is important for me because each benefit for me What do you love the most about being an AMANI Doula/CBE? I love being an AMANI [...]

Sharon Yearwood2021-01-20T19:25:37+00:00Tags: affiliate interview, affiliate spotlight|0 Comments

AMANI Birth Affiliate Spotlight: Margaretha Saulinas

AMANI Affiliate Number: 159950 Training Workshop Location: Tangerang Selatan Date of Training: September 2016 AMANI Birth Profile: https://amanibirth.com/Margaretha.Saulinas/ Why did you choose to become an AMANI doula/CBE? I wanted to support lots of women to have joyful births. How has AMANI affected your life? AMANI has helped me to support lots of mother to have faith that Allah SWT gave them the ability to have a safe birth. How does your work as an AMANI Doula/CBE fulfill you? I know my work as an AMANI cbe and doula does not really get me lot of clients but I still promote [...]

Sharon Yearwood2021-01-31T21:14:55+00:00Tags: affiliate interview, affiliate spotlight, Childbirth Educator|0 Comments

AMANI Birth Affiliate Spotlight: Izyan Liyana Mustafa Kamal

AMANI Birth Affiliate Number: 213932 Training Location: Kuala Lumpur Date of Training: 2013 AMANI Birth profile: https://amanibirth.com/liyana-helmy/ Why did you choose to become an AMANI doula/CBE? At first I went to AMANI Birth training because I want to overcome my birth trauma, then as I went along I felt that I needed to share what I learned with other women who may have suffered from birth trauma as well, and help them create their own beautiful birth experience. How has AMANI affected your life? It has definitely given me more confidence in my instincts and changed the way I see myself [...]

Sharon Yearwood2020-12-19T19:10:07+00:00Tags: affiliate interview, affiliate spotlight, AMANI Birth CBE, AMANI Birth Doula|0 Comments

Birth Stories: “It’s the Big Day”

It was four days past my estimated due date. I was relaxed and calmed as I had already known and learned from my AMANI training to trust Allah's design for birth and equip myself with knowledge. I'd had signs of early labor about two weeks prior where mild surges would come and go. I did intense exercises every morning, including squats and belly dance and a lot of juicing. That day was another routine day of labor preparation and I did not expect any signs until I saw bloody show on my undergarment. It was after Zuhr prayer around 2pm [...]

Sharon Yearwood2020-11-27T21:42:52+00:00Tags: birth stories, birth story|0 Comments

Letter to the Mom Who Didn’t Have a Natural Birth

by Andrea Umm Abdullah Hey. I want you to look up for a bit. Look up from the floor. Look up from staring at your hands, wondering what/why/how. Look up from your stomach, the place that held your future. I want you to imagine a friend is sitting next to you. I hand you a piece of tissue, tell you to wipe your tears, and I look you in the eye and I say, "It's okay." It really is. It's okay that it didn't turn out the way you wanted. I know you did your best. You took classes, you [...]

Sharon Yearwood2020-11-16T21:13:36+00:00Tags: C-section, friends, Natural Childbirth|0 Comments

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