168: Healing After Birth. With Jennifer Summerfeldt

What does it take to truly heal after a challenging birth? Listen in and find out in this powerful conversation with Jennifer Summerfeldt. Click here for the show notes and extra resources. Our birth experience, how we came to the world, and how, if able, we give birth to our own have a lasting impact on our overall well-being. What We Talked About: Midwifery and alternative birth options Overcoming the fear induced by mainstream pregnancy advice Understand different birth paradigms Choosing birth based on values The emergence of free birth The difference between a disappointing birth experience and birth trauma How birth trauma impacts both the body and mind How the nervous system reacts during traumatic events like childbirth Identifying postpartum challenges Things to Remember “Parenting is about learning how to listen to that guiding principle that resides in all of us as a human being.” “It's important that you understand what that birth paradigm includes, that they're motivated by fear, litigation, and money, and to manage and control and take charge of your experience.” “When you hire a professional or registered midwife, most often you have the option to give birth at home, in a birthing center or a hospital.” “Any choice out of fear is usually a bad recipe.” “You can have a disappointing birth experience that is not traumatic.” “It's not about controlling the outside world. It's about knowing that there's a way for us to ride the waves of life, to ride the stressors of life and it doesn't have to be traumatic.” “Rest in the role of motherhood.” - Jennifer Summerfeldt   Click here for the show notes and extra resources.

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