COMPREHENSIVE MATERNITY and WOMEN’S WELLNESS CARE
The Morning Star is a project in the international township of Auroville, Tamil Nadu, South India that works to provide respectful, compassionate, evidence based midwifery care. Our team offers midwifery and doula birth care, lactation counseling, acupressure and shiatsu. We offer professional birth and women’s wellness care in a serene, respectful environment. Morning Star raises awareness about women’s health and birth, empowers women, includes fathers and families in birth and shares evidence based knowledge with hospitals and care providers throughout India.
OUR MISSION :
To offer women safe, natural, ecological childbirth in the heart of Auroville by offering services that manifest the highest quality of care during pregnancy, birth and the first year of life.
OUR VISSION :
To hold the space for women in childbirth, supporting the natural process of birth. At Morning Star Birth Centre, we aspire to:
– Offer a home-like environment during the birth
– Encourage family presence and support
– Allow shared decision-making and informed consent
– Help new mothers develop health partnerships and back-up with a doctor
– Provide safe, quality, evidence-based care that utilizes the midwife model of care and Auroville practitioners of healing arts
– Facilitate bonding and connection by placing the newborn skin-to-skin with the mother and initiating breast-feeding
– Offer classes to learn about pregnancy, childbirth preparation, newborn care and parenting support groups
– Participate in the discussion of WHY BIRTH MATTERS TO OUR PLANET.
Paula
Midwife, Director of Morning StarMonique
Educator
Mageswari
Midwife and Nurse
Krishna
Junior Midwife
Rotam
Birth Doula
Shanthi
Doula
Bala
Research and Administration