A mama blessing is a pre birth celebration, a ceremony where women gather in circle to support, empower and celebrate the new parent in the days leading up to birth.
It is said that the average woman will have around 450 periods in her lifetime which equates to approximately 10 years of bleeding. Besides the basics of how todealwith it, it seems a lot of girls are still only taught the very basics of this complex monthly cycle – let alone boys. What if we stopped mystifying our periods and talked more about to it to girls, boys, and people of all ages? Our periods are about as natural and human as it gets, so why not elevate awareness?