What If Birth Wasn’t the Problem?

We’ve been told that the only way to manage anything outside the norm — especially in birth — is through medicine, intervention, and surgery. That if anything “goes wrong,” our bodies will fail, and we need a medical team to save us.

No wonder there’s so much fear around childbirth.

We’ve absorbed the belief that birth is inherently risky… and that the safest place is under surveillance.
But what if our bodies are not broken?
What if they are creating the very sensations and symptoms that we fear — with purpose?

“How can it be more than us… if it’s coming from us?”

Contractions, bleeding, nausea, even deviations in labour patterns — these are not random dysfunctions. They are intelligent, biological responses. Even in intensity… there is wisdom. Even when things feel urgent, there is often a deeper purpose at play.

When we pathologize birth, we sever ourselves from that wisdom. We forget that the body that created the baby… is also capable of birthing the baby.

Yes — sometimes we need help. But help doesn’t always mean control, intervention, or rescue.
It can mean witnessing. Supporting. Holding space for what the body is already doing.

We’ve lost touch with that knowing. And fear has filled the gap.

This is why we gather.

This is why we created the Reclaiming Birth Conference — to return to the truth:
Birth isn’t a malfunction.
It’s not something to be fixed.
It’s a process to be trusted — even in its mess, intensity, and unpredictability.

Let’s remember what was always true:
You are not the problem.
You are the design

With Love,

Christina Rigutto
Co-founder Reclaming Birth Conference
@wild.spirit.birth