Our Bodies Were Made For This: Birth as a Natural Process Rather Than A Medical Event
About this episode
Allie discusses the perception of birth as a medical event and prepares for an interview with a mom who has experienced free births.
Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, Allie talks about the reality that most of us view birth as a medical event/problem. We have gone from viewing issues with birth as an exception and see it more like the norm. In preparation for next week’s interview with a mom who has had 3 free births and 1 in a birth in a birth center, Allie talks about cascade of interventions, fear surrounding birth, due date obsessions, and more. Subscribe to our email subscription here for weekly mom hacks, ma...
People in this episode
Host: Allie Emmons
Guest: mom
Topics covered
- birth
- natural process
- medical event
- interventions
- fear
- due date
Keywords
- birth
- natural birth
- medical interventions
- fear of birth
- due date obsession
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