A philosophy of birth: if you want to change the world, change the conversation

This essay is about why and how we should introduce birth into the canon of subjects explored by philosophy. Birth care brings to fore fascinating philosophical questions: a woman in labour subject with full rights practice as well theory? Can labouring exercise her autonomy situation maximum vulnerability but also lucidity awareness, characterises work giving birth? What relationship between agency, capacity, pain during contractions? proposes key questions relating knowledge, freedom, what it means be human being. Nonetheless, continues blind spot contemporary prevailing philosophy. My approach philosophy aligns one aims philosophy; I explore knowledge emancipatory action relatively unchartered waters delivery, create an epistemology that sensitive feminism embodiment. propose achieve through new logos for genos —a radically meditation on origin birth. How understand our practices bring us being reveals humanity. The lived experiences women their situated knowledge challenge widely-held assumptions rationality, birthing have agency capacity delivery suite. A enables navigate stormy obstetric towards radical —an embodied genealogy which not only redresses imbalances gender, addresses life happiness.