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 providing services that manifest the highest quality of care during pregnancy, birth and the first year of life. Also, to offer private, confidential, respectful gynecology care for well women.
OUR VISSION :
To hold the space for women in childbirth, support the natural process of birth and provide respectful gynecological care. At Morning Star Birth Centre, we aspire to:
– Offer a home-like environment during the birth
– Encourage father and family presence and labor support
– Encourage shared decision-making and informed consent/refusal
– Help women develop health partnerships and back-up with doctors
– Provide safe, quality, evidence-based care that utilizes the midwife model of care and includes various Auroville practitioners of healing arts
– Facilitate newborn bonding and respect the “Golden Hour” – Offer classes on pregnancy, childbirth preparation, breastfeeding, newborn care and parenting support groups
– Participate in the discussion of WHY BIRTH MATTERS TO OUR PLANET.
- Provide up-to-date, respectful and confidential well-woman care