159. Honouring “physiology first” in birth w/ Alicia & Meredith from Intentional Birth
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Pregnancy with Physio Laura
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In this episode, I chat with the amazing Alicia and Meredith who are doulas from Intentional Birth.
In this episode with @intentional.birth we discuss:
- What is a physiological birth?
- The 9 tenants that make up a “physiology first” approach to birth
- How to protect physiology even when interventions are required
- The wide variety of normal in birth and how these “normal ranges” are getting narrower
- How we can help women to trust birth
- What dilemmas obstetricians find themselves in when wanting to support physiological birth
- What OB’s wished they’d learnt in med school to help them better support birth
- The rebel OB’s who are trying to do things differently to support women
I’d love to know what you thought of this episode, jump over to @physiolaura and tell me what you learnt!
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