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Back to the Womb is a radical invitation to return to the womb—not as nostalgia, but as sovereignty. Sociologist and doula Alexandra Kisitu weaves her own unconventional birth journeys with interviews from fifty-nine home-birth mothers in Hawai‘i, revealing how intuition, culture, and the microbiome shape both bodies and communities.
Moving from the history of obstetrics to the lived realities of racism, colonization, and poverty, she asks what “health” means when systems strip parents of voice. These pages honor pain and trauma without sensationalism, and celebrate births held in love, agency, and relationship—with partners, midwives, and ancestors. Part memoir, part social research, Back to the Womb offers grounded insight and courageous perspective for expectant families, birth workers, and anyone reclaiming trust in the wisdom of the gut.








