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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

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

Testimonial Tuesdays

AMANI Birth Certified Educator, Liyana Helmy, goes down the memory lane and affectionately remembers about her birth experience: March 17th is my twins’ 5th birthday and my VBA2C (Vaginal Birth After 2 Cesareans) anniversary, alhamdulillah. I still feel the same strong sense of empowerment and confidence and achievement as the day I gave birth to the twins. Five years have passed and I still feel like I'm flying in the clouds whenever I think about that day. Jazakillahu khayr Aisha Al Hajjar for creating such an empowering childbirth course which helped me tremendously during my preparation for my VBA2C journey. [...]

Sumreen Wasiq2021-05-04T15:42:04+00:00Tags: AMANI Birth, AMANI Birth Changing Lives, Childbirth Education, Happy Mothers Happy Babies, Natural Childbirth, Testimonial Tuesdays, Twin Vaginal Birth|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

Birth Stories: My First Experience Giving Birth

This was my first experience giving birth. What I really felt at that time was curiosity about what might happen next. I was a little afraid, but I was totally ready for labor. I had known about gentle/natural birth since I was got pregnant and I had already begun to find out about gentle birth. My husband and I chose a midwife and clinic that supported gentle birth, near my house, as my care provider. December 8th, 7 am I saw some blood spots on my panties, but I hadn't felt any contractions yet. Shortly afterwards, we went to the [...]

Sharon Yearwood2020-11-06T20:09:08+00:00Tags: Blessed Start, Childbirth Education, First time mother, Happy Babies, Natural Childbirth|0 Comments

Birth Stories: My VBAC Success Story

This mama educated herself and achieved the birth she wanted! Thank you for allowing us to share your story. First of all, let me share with you why this birth is a big deal to me and my husband. Having gone through 2 births (one induced, intervened vaginal birth and one emergency c-sect), they were not as positive as one would want their birth to be. Thus, having this successful VBAC, I was encouraged to share my experience to tell all that it IS possible! For my first birth, I was very naïve, didn’t bother to read up on birthing [...]

Sharon Yearwood2020-09-28T20:52:51+00:00Tags: Natural Childbirth, VBAC|0 Comments

The Messengers Of Labor

Hormones-the chemical messengers in our bodies-are one of the many facets that comprise a birth. Unseen to the naked eye, yet their effect is so profound and powerful that the course of a mother's labor can be dictated by these tiny particles. Although there are a number of hormones that play their part in maintaining and sustaining a pregnancy, there are a few renowned ones that cannot be ignored when labor contractions hit. Oxytocin: Often dubbed as the "love hormone", oxytocin's role before, during, and after labor is noteworthy. While examining human uteri (s. uterus), researchers have identified the concentration [...]

Sumreen Wasiq2023-01-29T10:17:11+00:00Tags: AMANI Birth, Childbirth Education, Hormones, Labor, Mothers&Babies, Natural Childbirth|2 Comments

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Assisting Mothers for Active, Natural, Instinctive Birth Introducing our new Blessed Start Online Childbirth Education Course! Registration is now open for immediate access! Register now Masha'Allah over 1900 attendees in about 50 countries around the world tuned in to the first AMANI Birth Online Summit: Knowledge Is Power, Preparation Is Key! It's not too late to benefit from the wealth of knowledge shared by the expert speakers! Get one year access to the replays of 18 talks plus 2 Q&A sessions for only $37! Catch the [...]

Aisha Al Hajjar, MSM, BSM, LM, CPM, AMANI2023-02-10T11:20:07+00:00Tags: AMANI Birth, AMANI Birth Summit, AMANI Birth Webinar, Islamic Childbirth, Muslim Childbirth, Muslim Parenting, Muslim Parents, Natural Childbirth, Online Birth Course, Online Childbirth Education|Comments Off

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