The Weight of Birth Dogma: A Breech Birth Story From a Dear Friend

About this episode

Margo Blackstone discusses a friend's breech birth experience and the impact of birth dogma on her journey to understanding autonomy in childbirth.

In this episode I sit down with a friend to talk through her birth story and the years it took to really make sense of it. We talk about the powerful influence of Free Birth Society teachings, the pressure and dogma that can exist in birth spaces, and what it was like for her to navigate a breech baby, a c-section under general anesthesia, and the long process of untangling what she had internalized about birth, autonomy, and motherhood.

People in this episode

Guest: Unnamed Friend

Topics covered

• birth stories
• breech birth
• c-section
• autonomy in childbirth
• motherhood

Keywords

• Free Birth Society
• birth pressure
• dogma in birth
• navigating breech baby
• c-section under general anesthesia

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