About this episode

This episode features Tash Stokes sharing her traumatic first birth experience and her redemptive elective cesarean birth story.

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People in this episode

Host: Bryn Huntpalmer

Guest: Tash Stokes

Topics covered

• birth stories
• cesarean birth
• traumatic birth
• redemptive experiences
• parenting
• childbirth education

Keywords

• birth story
• cesarean
• trauma
• parenting
• childbirth course

Sponsors

Motif Medical

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon

Products: Luna, Aura Glow

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