Please Bleed!
Plants, Pills, & Practical Magic for
Autonomous Fertility Management
A 3 hour intensive workshop at the Red Earth Herbal gathering, Saturday September 10th in Parrish Ranch in Berthoud, CO at the Red Earth Herbal Gathering.
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Establishing first a lens that acknowledges ancestral, indigenous, & historical practices for fertility management, we will then explore the theory & practice of various methods of avoiding & ending pregnancy outside the clinical consumer paradigm.
Discussion will be broad rather than deep, & will include but not be limited to:
fertility awareness methods & plants as “plan B”
pharmaceutical emergency contraception
biochemistry & anatomy of implantation inhibition vs. abortion
herbal emmenagogues energetics & actions
menstrual extraction & manual vacuum aspiration
misoprostol & herbs
holistic & ancient technologies & practices to promote release
We will explore the following questions:
What are the ways we can encourage the womb to “Please Bleed!” by allying with plants, pills, & practical magic?
How might we avoid & end pregnancies rooted in reclamation of wise woman-ways & traditional womb-to-tomb care?
How might we support the integrity of the menstrual cycle while avoiding pregnancy, even in the case of an “oops”?
What is the difference between contraception, implantation inhibition, & abortion? How can we support individuals at each of these points on the womb continuum with making deeply informed consentual decisions?
How can we assess individual risks & benefits based on values, legality & physiology?
A supplementary handout with journal prompts & resources will be available via google doc to participants upon request.