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What we talked about:
- A challenging first birth that both shook her and woke her up
- Observing the birth sensations
- Processing the birth postpartum and healing from heavy blood loss
- Second pregnancy: focusing on having better pushing and postpartum experiences
- Planning for a homebirth and avoiding the hospital afterward
- Minimal COVID changes
- Inviting their toddler into his brother’s labor
- Labor ramps up while her husband is on his way, and her dad fills the pool
- Joy and excitement that things are moving along so quickly (but still in denial)
- “There needs to be water in this tub, and I need to get in it.”
- Finding peace in the tub
- Letting the sensations flow through her and “unkinking the hose.”
- Connecting with herself in movement, thoughts, and touch
- “Pushing isn’t part of my birthing plan.”
- Roaring out her baby
- Softening as things tighten
- Midwife arrives just in time
- Feeling elated with her newborn
- A fluid process from birth to postpartum
- Adjusting for visitors and postpartum support during COVID-19
Resources mentioned and other helpful links*:
Related Birthful episodes:
- Can Exercise During Pregnancy Make Labor Harder? Deb Flashenberg
- Rethinking the Pushing Stage, with Whapio
- The Holistic Stages of Birth, with Whapio (Part 1)
- The Holistic Stages of Birth, with Whapio (Part 2)
- Pleasure in Birth, with Debra Pascali-Bonaro
- Birth as an Intimate Event, with Nekole Shapiro
- Postpartum Hemorrhages, with Maryn Green
- Jaundice, with Jack Newman
About Maya Ehnat
Maya Revilla Ehnat is a mom of two boys and a yoga teacher. She and her husband live with her parents and in-laws, in village community living. They are also about to open a health and yoga center. Find out more at SolHealthYoga.com
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Title music: “Vibe Ace” by Kevin MacLeod, from the Free Music Archive / CC BY (edited for length).
Sponsorship music: “Air Hockey Saloon” by Chris Zabriskie, from the Free Music Archive / CC BY (edited for length).