#104 | Free Birth, Medical Emergencies, and the Truth No One Wants to Talk About

About this episode

Karen discusses the balance between trusting the body during birth and acknowledging potential medical emergencies.

Can you trust your body completely and still acknowledge that medical emergencies sometimes happen in birth? In this episode, Karen shares a perspective she's never publicly discussed before and diving into the recent conversations surrounding free birth, birth emergencies, and the growing divide between the natural birth community and the medical model of care. This conversation is not about fear. It's about wisdom. It's about holding confidence in the body's design while also recognizing th...

People in this episode

Host: Karen Welton

Topics covered

• free birth
• medical emergencies
• natural birth
• birth community
• medical model of care

Keywords

• free birth
• medical emergencies
• natural birth
• birth community
• body confidence

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