Surf and birth share a parallel experience of pushing and pulling people to the edge of what they think they can handle. It’s when we jump off this edge that a new version of ourselves is born.
Surf and Birth is an online community that will be accompanied by a historical text in its nascent stage. Both resources serves as an archive of surf and birth stories, and is supported by the recorded history of pregnant surfing documentation and the ebbs and flows of childbirth culture in varying regions.
These resources are a contribution by Kaili Reynolds (doula, childbirth educator, photographer) to the ever expanding documentation of women’s ocean experiences -past and present. Drawing on over a decade of work serving hundreds of families, Kaili aims to utilize story-telling from the surfers themselves in order to keep and inspire what is a safe, sacred experience unique to humans-carrying-humans in utero for generations to come.
As an online community format we hope to acquire personal stories and imagery from various people around the world. If you have a story you would like to contribute to the archive please email a brief description of your experience -no longer than a few sentences please. Stories will be expanded upon after the selection process and will be considered for online and/or the printed book.