Mind Body Soul Birth

Does it really matter how we're born? In a topic that affects all humans, we discuss what makes a healthy birth and why it matters for women, their families, and the community. We share our own personal birth experiences and some factors that can promote a supportive, informed, and respectful birth for all.

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We'd love to hear your birth story! Email us at withupodcast@gmail.com

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For those who are interested in improving birth, here's lots more information:

• FIGO Conference 2023 (Tara's visit to Paris to help promote healthy birth practices and doula support)
• International Childbirth Initiative - 12 Steps for Safe and Respectful MotherBaby-Family Maternity Care
• Transformational Birth - a blog post by Tara
• Lamaze Healthy Birth Practices
• Every Mother Counts
• Postpartum Support International
• Doula & Childbirth Educator training with ICEA
• The role of hormones & pain in birth
• Approaches to Limit Intervention During Labor and Birth (ACOG)
• Maternal mortality rates in US

Adams, E. D., Stark, M. A., & Low, L. K. (2016). A nurse’s guide to supporting physiologic birth. Nursing for women's health, 20(1), 76-86. Buckley S. J. (2015). Executive Summary of Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies, and Maternity Care. The Journal of perinatal education, 24(3), 145–153.

Kingma, E. (2021). Harming one to benefit another: the paradox of autonomy and consent in maternity care. Bioethics, 35(5), 456-464.

Lothian J. (2015). Advancing Normal Birth. The Journal of Perinatal Education, 24(4), 203–205. Rutherford, J. N., Asiodu, I. V., & Liese, K. L. (2019). Reintegrating modern birth practice within ancient birth process: What high cesarean rates ignore about physiologic birth. American Journal of Human Biology, 31(2), e23229.

Stark, M. A., Remynse, M., & Zwelling, E. (2016). Importance of the birth environment to support physiologic birth. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 45(2), 285-294.

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produced by Zach Van Dyke