Episode Highlights With MichelleThe resistance she runs into as a doctor trying to support natural birthWhy doctors and patients often have trouble having a low intervention birth in some settingsThe reason the c-section rate has risen so drastically in the last few decadesSome factors to consider when approaching birthThe real data about if low intervention birth is more dangerousWays women can advocate for themselves in laborInterventions you actually have a choice about in labor and can refuseThe factors women can do to increase their chances of a natural birthStats on the real safety of home birth vs hospital birth and why home birth isn’t as safe in the US as it can be in other placesResources We MentionNatural Labor and Birth: An Evidence-Based Guide to the Natural Birth Plan by Michelle AristizabalFacebook page - Wombkeepers ScottsdalePushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by Jennifer Block

Michelle Aristizabal on Natural Birth and Choosing Your Birthing Experience

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Episode Highlights With VeronicaHow we can befriend our bodies and nervous systems to help create the life we wantThe pitfalls that women especially can fall into when it comes to nervous system healthHow this relates to reproductive health, especially for womenDeeper nervous system healing that goes beyond just affirmations and talkingHow to make amends with your body and start to signal safetyWays to build a nervous system healthy environment in our homes and teach our kids good nervous system habits from a young ageHow to integrate nervous system health into your whole dayWhat co-regulation is and how to create it with your partner and kidsResources We MentionVeronica Rottman - websiteVeronica Rottman - Instagram

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Michelle Aristizabal on Natural Birth and Choosing Your Birthing Experience

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