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What Hospitals Have Wrong About Childbirth, The Truth About Natural Childbirth, Fertility-Enhancing Methods, A Plant Medicine Bonus Debate & Much More

May 6, 2023
Dr. Nathan Riley, a board-certified OB-GYN and advocate for autonomous birth, explores childbirth's deeply personal nature. He emphasizes the need for personal sovereignty during birth while critiquing the medical model's focus on metrics over meaningful experiences. Topics include the challenges of navigating hospital policies, the significance of holistic practices postpartum, and innovative fertility strategies. The conversation also touches on spirituality's role in childbirth education and the provocative intersection of plant medicine and maternal health.
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INSIGHT

Balancing Modern Healthcare with Natural Birth

  • Modern healthcare has reduced mother and baby deaths through better hygiene and care.
  • However, over-reliance on interventions like C-sections and inductions creates new issues.
INSIGHT

Childbirth as a Rite of Passage

  • Childbirth is a transformative experience, similar to a rite of passage, involving the death of an old identity and birth of a new one.
  • Unintegrated stress from the birthing process, even in uncomplicated births, can lead to trauma.
ANECDOTE

A Positive Home Birth Experience

  • Dr. Riley's wife had a fast, ecstatic home birth with the help of breathwork.
  • This contrasts with hospital births often involving unnecessary interventions.
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