The season of rest and recharge is upon us and we are celebrating by honoring those women who embrace the North direction as their Natural Birth Compass strength.

The North is about confidence and rejuvenation, recharging for the start of a new year. Winter is the season when everything is quiet and peaceful, the scenery is muted with the dance of ice and snow. Women with North as their strength are levelheaded and tranquil like the days of winter.

North women are great problem solvers, their natural ingenuity serves everyone and the environment they are in. They prefer order in their surroundings and aspire to help everyone to find peace and harmony with each other and the world around them. These women will be no trouble to their birth team as they stoically labor through birth rarely asking for help.

If you have North as your compass strength, today we celebrate your values of peace and justice, your thoughtfulness and your ability to bring calm and tranquility to the world. Because of you, communities are harmonious and fair. Your ingenuity and determination prevents problems from escalating in your community.

As a laboring mother, you will gift your newborn with a sense of appreciation for the process of labor that will see you both through to the end, which will give your newborn a peaceful entrance into the world.

As a parent, you will demonstrate gratitude to family and the natural world and bless your child with curiosity and the determination to see things through to the end.

Embrace your North strengths, treasure them and use them wisely. They are your gifts and will be always at your fingertips if you follow your Natural Birth Compass so you know how to use your strengths and recognize your challenges in birth and beyond.