About this episode

Haley Sampson shares her experience preparing for and achieving an unmedicated birth using her knowledge as a pelvic floor physical therapist and the My Essential Birth course.

What does it look like when a pelvic floor physical therapist uses everything she knows — plus the My Essential Birth course — to prepare for her own unmedicated birth? It looks like THIS episode. Haley Sampson is a labor of love kind of mama. She stayed active, did her prep work, went to 41 weeks and 3 days, had her water break, and pushed her baby out using tools, visualization, and a birth partner who truly showed up. Whether you're curious about pelvic floor prep, what unmedicated contrac...

People in this episode

Host: My Essential Birth

Guest: Haley Sampson

Topics covered

• unmedicated birth
• pelvic floor therapy
• birth preparation
• labor experience
• visualization techniques

Keywords

• unmedicated birth
• pelvic floor
• birth story
• labor
• visualization
• birth partner
• preparation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: My Essential Birth

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