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Physiological birth is both safe and the ideal for mamas and babies, but what is it? What is it not? This podcast covers what happens during an undisturbed birth – and why it's important to think twice about disturbing it.
- What is physiological birth
- What causes labor to start
- When adrenaline stops labor (and when it helps)
- Which hormones give natural pain relief
- Why you want to go to “Labor Land”
- How oxytocin helps (it's so important that you, baby, and placenta produce it)
- You need this “Birth Cocktail”
- How interventions stop your body from working
- Why “chatting” can interrupt labor (and other environmental factors)
- How to protect your birth
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Items mentioned in this podcast include:
- Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering – excellent book, a must-read 🙂
- Will the Real Oxytocin Please Stand Up
- Your Baby's Experience of Pregnancy
- Your Baby's Experience of Childbirth
- Michel Odent's article on preventing hemorrhage by protecting undisturbed birth, mamas, and babies
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(NOTE: Want a Perfect Birth Plan Template? Use this template and step-by-step videos to write a birth plan that gets your birth team on your side for a beautiful birth experience! Get the birth plan kit here.)
