Footling Frank Breech Print

Babies' series

This series was developed after reading about various foetal positions in a woman's uterus that were seen as 'undesirable' or medicalised as a problem that will hinder an otherwise smooth birth. I couldn't help but think that babies have been floating in the primordial waters of their mothers' uteruses for thousands of years without healers and midwives having a clear picture of how they were positioned.

Before colonisation, Indigenous women were guided through birth with the wisdom of their healers, the strength of their ancestors, and the natural world around them – regardless of their baby's position. In this series, you will find nine different foetal lies in a woman's pelvis and the backgrounds representing traditional birthing places these 'difficult cases' were guided into the world.

All of the babies have a motif in the pelvis which relates to ancestors. During pregnancy, mother and baby are held and supported by their ancestral lineage. The different backgrounds relate to numerous stories, songlines, energy pathways, totems, kinship systems and dreamings a mother will birth into.

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