Kaitlin McGreyes is the founder of BeHerVillage, a gift registry for parents to find and fund the care they need as they welcome their babies. She began her career as a birth doula in 2014, providing support to hundreds of families through their parenthood journeys. Kaitlin has since founded a doula team, mentored aspiring doulas, and advocated for the rights of birthing people. She is also dedicated to helping birth workers enter the retail baby gift industry.

Welcome Kaitlin

In this episode:

• Kaitlin McGreyes shares her journey to creating Be Her VillageBeHerVillage
• Kaitlin shares her birth experiences, including a traumatic standard American maternal care experience, a transformative second birth, and a powerful home birth
• Kaitlin discusses the benefits and misconceptions surrounding home birth, including the ability to access higher level care and hospital interventions potentially leading to emergencies
• Kaitlin advocates for self-advocacy and refusing to be a backseat participant in medical appointments and during birth
• BeHerVillage baby registry is highlighted as a way to provide actual support and care as gifts instead of just retail items

Key Takeaways:

• Kaitlin had a traumatic first birth experience but transformed into an empowered person after her second birth
• Kaitlin advocates for mother's power and transformation rather than the mode of delivery
• Kaitlin shares about various birth choices, refused to be a backseat participant and had a successful natural birth
• Home births are not necessarily unsafe and can provide access to higher-level care and interventions

Tweetable Quotes:

"It was not about having an intervention-free birth. It was about having a birth where I felt in charge and in the driver's seat." - Kaitlin McGreyes

Connect with Kaitlin McGreyes!

Website:https://behervillage.com/

Social Media: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok

Connect with Debra!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/obirth

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrgasmicBirth1

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orgasmicbirth

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-pascali-bonaro-1093471/

Use promo code ORGASMICBIRTH25 to get a 25% discount on any paid partnership or certification course offered by BeHerVillage.

Visit https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/ for more information on how to have fulfilling and enjoyable births.

Check out Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, the film creating buzz around the world!

Orgasmic Birth Podcast: Pleasure in pregnancy, birth, and parenting. I believe pleasure is our birthright - from our sexuality, birth, parenting, and beyond, we can find pleasure when we create space for joy and intimacy in our lives. Join me to have deep conversations about breaking the taboos of Sexuality + Motherhood/Parenthood.

Listen to leading experts in sexuality, healing, and childbirth as well as stories from new parents, doulas, doctors, midwives, and nurses. We will discuss how to positively prepare for childbirth and parenting by expanding love and intimacy in your life.

Dawn Leonard is a womb healing practitioner who has devoted over a decade to the art of healing the womb space, including both the physical uterus and the energetics of the "second chakra". Her journey began with fertility and has since led her through a range of experiences, including pregnancy, birth, loss, menstruation, ceremony, and energy healing. Dawn specializes in the initiatory experiences inherent in the body of a woman or person with a uterus, and her passion is to empower others on their own journey towards womb healing.

Welcome Dawn

In this episode:

• Dawn Leonard shares her empowering journey with her feminine, cyclical nature and two home birth experiences
• Daily pleasure practices like yoga, meditation, and breathwork are discussed as ways to prepare for a gentle birth
• Dawn shares how she used Chinese medicine, yoga, and dreams during pregnancy and how she seeked emotional support from friends and family
• Why safety is an important factor in healthy sexuality and successful birth and discussed the relationship between the nervous system and trauma in that context
• Birth is considered to be an initiation that requires preparation, space holding, and integration, as women's bodies are primed for initiatory experiences such as menarche

Key Takeaways:

• Prepare for birth by having a daily pleasure practice
• There are many life skills that help prepare for a gentle birth, such as yoga, breathwork, meditation, mantras, and relaxation
• It is important to have a positive relationship with one's feminine cyclical nature to create a community that is growing into positive, balanced relationships with their bodies and each other
• Finding stability can make a big difference in life
• It's important to feel safe in your body for a positive birth and healthy sexuality
• Birth is an initiation that requires preparation, space holding, and integration

Tweetable Quotes:

"Intimacy requires safety, Learning how to feel safe in our bodies, when we feel safe in our bodies we can birth easily and sex is a lot more expansive." - Dawn Leonard

Connect with Dawn Leonard!

Website: https://sacred-rhythms.com/

Social Media: Instagram

Connect with Debra!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/obirth

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrgasmicBirth1

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orgasmicbirth

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-pascali-bonaro-1093471/

Visit https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/ for more information on how to have fulfilling and enjoyable

births.

Check out Positively Prepare for Birth with Pleasurable Birth Essentials: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/pleasurable-birth-essentials/

Orgasmic Birth Podcast: Pleasure in pregnancy, birth, and parenting. I believe pleasure is our birthright - from our sexuality, birth, parenting, and beyond, we can find pleasure when we create space for joy and intimacy in our lives. Join me to have deep conversations about breaking the taboos of Sexuality + Motherhood/Parenthood.

Listen to leading experts in sexuality, healing, and childbirth as well as stories from new parents, doulas, doctors, midwives, and nurses. We will discuss how to positively prepare for childbirth and parenting by expanding love and intimacy in your life.

Besides being a Medical Doctor, Nienke Stoop was trained to be an Acupuncturist, Master Face Reader, Life Coach, Fertility Expert and Healer. She is dedicated to bridging Western science and Eastern wisdom, facilitating the dawn of a new paradigm in Personal Health, Medicine and Healing. Nienke is the co-founder of de Geboortenis Foundation, a Dutch initiative in the support of integral - body&mind focussed health in childbirth and healthcare in the first 1000 days.

In 2021 she published her first book in the Netherlands called Life Force- your first 1000 days in a new light. I have been grateful to have met Nienke in person joining her to speak about Orgasmic birth and also as a part of our Birth Your Dreams Mastermind as we learn from Marie Forleo's B-School so that we can transform our birth business with pleasure too.

In this episode:

• The importance of the first 1000 days of a baby's life and how it holds the key to health, happiness, and a blueprint for a healthy life
• Nienke is the co-founder of a Dutch initiative in support of integral body and mind health in childbirth and in healthcare in the first 1000 days.
• The importance of having a gentle and sacred birth experience for both the mother and the baby
• Nienke explains how a well-supported birth process can positively impact the life of a child
• Why the role of the parents in preparing their child for birth, including making emotional connections before birth and being present and compassionate during the birth process

Key Takeaways:

• The first 1000 days of a baby's life are crucial for their overall health and happiness
• Nienke's own journey as a medical doctor and a mother inspired her to focus on promoting healthy pregnancies and births
• Birth is a magical window that can be made into a gentle and joyful transition with the right support.
• Connecting with the baby before birth can have a positive impact on their wellbeing after birth
• Parents can help their baby through a gentle transition into the world by being present, compassionate, and explaining what is happening

Tweetable Quotes:

"Birth is a magical window because if we can allow birth to be a gentle process, a joyful transition and a moment of sacred meeting, you know you will fall in love with your baby in that birthing process." - Nienke Stoop

Connect with Nienke Stoop!

Website: https://lotuscoach.nl/ , https://geboortenis.nl/birthing-a-healthy-community

Social Media: Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook

Free Fertility Call: https://bookme.name/nienkestoop/gratisfertilitycall

Connect with Debra!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/obirth

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrgasmicBirth1

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orgasmicbirth

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-pascali-bonaro-1093471/

Visit https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/ for more information on how to have fulfilling and enjoyable births.

Check out Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, the film creating buzz around the world!

Orgasmic Birth Podcast: Pleasure in pregnancy, birth, and parenting. I believe pleasure is our birthright - from our sexuality, birth, parenting, and beyond, we can find pleasure when we create space for joy and intimacy in our lives. Join me to have deep conversations about breaking the taboos of Sexuality + Motherhood/Parenthood.

Listen to leading experts in sexuality, healing, and childbirth as well as stories from new parents, doulas, doctors, midwives, and nurses. We will discuss how to positively prepare for childbirth and parenting by expanding love and intimacy in your life.

My guest today is extra special to me. Clancy McCarty is a registered nurse, and student-nurse midwife who spent over a decade as a documentary film producer with Every Mother Counts, the maternal health advocacy non-profit founded by Christy Turlington Burns that aims to make pregnancy and childbirth safe globally. Prior to becoming a student nurse-midwife, Clancy completed her doula training with Debra. She is the co-founder of Pregnancy Pathways, a consulting company providing education, resources, and guidance on how to find birth teams and settings for expecting parents in Los Angeles. She most recently became a mom, giving birth at home surrounded by midwives. She is here to talk with us about

Storytelling and Birth Work. Welcome Clancy!

In this episode:

• Clancy talks about her journey from being a documentary film producer to becoming a student midwife and doula
• She shares how she was inspired by her experiences working with maternal health advocacy organizations and birth workers
• Experiencing fear and stress while working as a new nurse during the pandemic and felt overwhelmed
• Overcoming her negative experiences from her job at a hospital and adopting a mindful approach to her pregnancy and birth

Key Takeaways:

• The importance of considering the team that will support you during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum
• The impact that storytelling and representation can have on perceptions of childbirth
• Collaboration is important in maternal health and it takes a village to give birth
• The pandemic made the experience of being pregnant and working as a nurse difficult

Tweetable Quotes:

"Because as everybody knows, it takes a village to give birth." - Clancy McCarty

"Your birth and postpartum, it isn't just so straightforward as your vital signs look good and your baby's growing and then you're off. It is an all-encompassing, holistic experience that you're going through, and so if there's other things in your life that are causing some difficulty, it is very worth it to address those other areas." - Clancy McCarty

Connect with Clancy!Website: https://www.thepregnancypathways.com/

Social Media: Instagram

Connect with Debra!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debra.pascalibonaro

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-pascali-bonaro-1093471/

Visit https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/ for more information on how to have fulfilling and enjoyable

births.

Check out Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, the film creating buzz around the

world!

Orgasmic Birth Podcast: Pleasure in pregnancy, birth, and parenting. I believe pleasure is our birthright - from our sexuality, birth, parenting, and beyond, we can find pleasure when we create space for joy and intimacy in our lives. Join me to have deep conversations about breaking the taboos of Sexuality + Motherhood/Parenthood.

Listen to leading experts in sexuality, healing, and childbirth as well as stories from new parents, doulas, doctors, midwives, and nurses. We will discuss how to positively prepare for childbirth and parenting by expanding love and intimacy in your life.

We are never too old to feel the joy of being a child again, especially if our childhood was a painful experience.

In this episode, Meghan Hindi, an inspirational mother who experienced healing through an ecstatic home birth, shares her powerful story of reclaiming her strength and finding joy after years of feeling like she was nothing. She stresses how birth can be a transformational experience and delves into the role of therapy in healing from trauma and accepting post-traumatic growth. This is an inspiring story that reminds us that with the right support, we can all access our power within!

Meghan Hindi is an Author of The Healing You Can Do, an illustrated children's book for the inner child of readers of all ages. She is also a Life Coach, Archer, Horsewoman, and Doula. Meghan has a passion for helping women redefine their story, their worth, and their future- through her Empowerment Program called Wildish Way in West Milford, NJ. She offers Archery instruction, private Archery parties/events, Healing through Horsemanship, Life Coaching, and Birth Coaching/Doula services.

In this episode:

• Check out this website https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/the-big-o/ for a free guide on how to get your "Big O Birth" and a 40% discount on the documentary Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret!
• Meghan's inspiring journey of healing through an ecstatic home birth, and how she broke down barriers to more love and intimacy in birth
• Overcoming fear and trauma to experience the bliss of birth
• How to unlock trauma and redefine your worth with the healing you can do

Key Takeaways:

• Connect to ancestral wisdom within yourself and lean into hunger, desire, and primal nature
• Trauma survivors have the superpower to see what needs to be healed in themselves
• Find a community and give grace and empowerment to those around you
• The importance of allowing oneself to enjoy who they are in this moment and who one has always been since one was born
• The story of resilience, transformation, and growth in the face of trauma - Moving forward with grace and courage in creating a new life for yourself

Tweetable Quotes:

"We're not looking back at the trauma, we're looking at our present moving forward and redefining our worth and what our bodies and spirits mean to us." - Meghan Hindi

"We're helping women to find their true wild nature, true instinctual and intuitive nature in them because it's not just for birth, it's for life, and it's for living after trauma. " - Meghan Hindi

"Birth can give you new eyes to see your own power." - Debra Pascali- Bonaro

Positively prepare for birth and parenting: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/for-parents/

Join a doula workshop, retreat, or membership community: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/for-doulas/

Connect with Meghan

Website: https://www.patreon.com/BirthWarrior

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BirthWarrior/videos

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/discover/wildish_way_rebirth

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Healing-You-Can-Do/dp/1733001700

Connect with Debra!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debra.pascalibonaro

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-pascali-bonaro-1093471/

Visit https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/ for more information on how to have fulfilling and enjoyable births.

Check out Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, the film creating buzz around the world!

Do you already know all your options to find the safest, gentle, and most pleasurable path to birth?

Join Dr. Amanda Noelle and Debra Pascali-Bonaro in an inspiring conversation exploring the power of pleasure, trust, and love during childbirth and parenting.

Dr. Amanda inspires you with her wisdom about what to do when your birth plan turns upside-down and how she prepared for and had a miraculous orgasmic breech birth!

Through her personal experience, she shares how to navigate through fear, medical system stress, and unexpected challenges. Be inspired to receive better birth support, trust your own womb/gut, and receive from the divine to have a pleasurable and sacred birth experience. Let's dive in!

Amanda Noelle is the founder of Aphrodite University, the premier "yoniversity" and modern-day mystery school for female love leaders. She helps smart conscious women magnetize their divine partner at lightspeed--while discovering their deeper purpose, abundance, and pleasure in the process.

In this episode:

• Check out this website https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/the-big-o/ for a free guide on how to get your "Big O Birth" and a 40% discount on the documentary Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret!
• Embracing the unexpected: Dr. Amanda's journey to an orgasmic breech birth
• How to help smart conscious women magnetize their divine partner while discovering their deeper purpose, abundance, and pleasure
• How to prepare for birth with masculine and feminine energy

Key Takeaways:

• Love heals all - The preparation process before the baby arrives in the physical world
• Make sure to find a team/tribe that supports your way of birthing
• Embracing your intuition and sensuality can help you create a portal of ancient wisdom and have an empowering birth experience
• Using essential oils, candles, music, and other sensual elements can help you create a "birth portal"
• Having an orgasmic manifestation increases your confidence

Tweetable Quotes:

"If you´re all about pleasure and orgasms, find your team of people that support your way of birthing versus fitting into some mold." - Dr. Amanda Noelle

"The birth prepares us for our child, their personality, their sole purpose, their gifts, and their challenges that will strengthen them for later in life. " - Dr. Amanda Noelle

"There's something deeper when you just fully fixate on what feels good in your body." - Dr. Amanda Noelle

Positively prepare for birth and parenting: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/for-parents/

Join a doula workshop, retreat or membership community: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/for-doulas/

Connect with Amanda

Website: https://aphroditeuniversity.org/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DrAmandaNoelle?app=desktop

Connect with Debra!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debra.pascalibonaro

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-pascali-bonaro-1093471/

Visit https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/ for more information on how to have fulfilling and enjoyable births.

Check out Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, the film creating buzz around the world!

When you envision giving birth, what position do you imagine you will be in? Many of the images and media we see is of someone on their backs in a bed. But is this really the safest and sexiest way?

In this episode, Debra Pascali discusses the history of birth positions prior to the medicalization of birth, providing tips and tools to help parents prepare for birth with knowledge, power, and choices. She delves into the physiology of birth and how you can find comfort and pleasure in easing a baby into the world. Join us for this essential exploration into creating an informed birth experience full of pleasure!

In this episode:

• Check out this website https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/the-big-o/ for a free guide on how to get your "Big O Birth" and a 40% discount on the documentary Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret!
• Why birth position matters and makes a huge difference
• What causes birth trauma and how we can begin to prevent and heal
• How traditional birth positions and techniques can help create a more comfortable and pleasurable birth experience

Key Takeaways:

• Your body is designed to open and stretch and let your baby out
• That holding your breath in birth (especially for long periods) is not beneficial
• That respect of a birthing person's preference for second stage position is something to be honored
• Kneeling, squatting, and leaning forward are great birth positions
• The Relaxin hormone that is released at end of pregnancy helps ligaments to open and stretch.
• Tools such as ropes, slings, and birth stools can help facilitate upright birthing
• Episiotomies should only be used in an emergency

Resources Mentioned:

Pleasurable Birth Essentials

Tweetable Quotes:

"Knowing your options and being respected to use them makes an incredible difference to birth" - Debra Pascali-Bonaro

"Find your own position for birth. Listen to your body and your rhythm and breathe your baby into the world." - Debra Pascali-Bonaro

Connect with Debra!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debra.pascalibonaro

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-pascali-bonaro-1093471/

Visit https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/ for more information on how to have fulfilling and enjoyable births.

Check out Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, the film creating buzz around the world!

Listen in to Valda Ford as she shares her experiences in giving birth and the hurdles she faced, especially during her second birth. Through her story, she emphasizes the importance of being open and honest with partners, understanding cultural norms and practices, and exploring pleasure in a safe environment. She also sheds light on navigating the paternalistic healthcare system and how it ultimately led to the death of her son due to a lack of listening and miscommunication. Valda became an RN to learn the language and be able to have the necessary conversations with providers, as well as to be an advocate for those who don't know how to speak up for their needs. Her journey from pain to purpose is now empowering others to find their voice and amplify it in order to ensure they are heard.

Valda Ford is an RN who has worked on 6 continents. Valda sees every aspect of the human condition and strives to make good health easier to achieve. She brings the facts and helps with the fantasy! From what to know to what to do - she has answers and is not afraid of the questions!

She is here to talk about Serious Issues to Satisfying Solutions: Having Healthy Babies and Having Healthy Sex

In this episode:

• Valda talks about serious issues to satisfying solutions. She discusses her birth stories and what brought her to the journey of becoming a certified sexuality educator.
• Valda shares how she was inspired to become a nurse due to healthcare providers not listening to her concerns as a parent, which resulted in the death of her second child due to negligence.
• Vulnerability can come from many sources, including poverty, language barriers, and religion.
• Understanding safety and pleasure is essential to health knowledge. Both the parents and children have a role to play in making this happen.
• The key is to keep an open discussion about body parts and sexual health in order to reduce bias and stigma.
• Sex should be treated as an enjoyable activity, not a chore. Valda tackles some tips to make sex life fun between partners by working with your body.

Key Takeaways:

• Teaching the children about sex is a bandaid solution - teaching the parents is key
• Even being "made to give birth" doesn't always shield a birthing woman from issues
• Having a supportive and knowledgeable community makes a big difference
• Miscommunication is fatal - providers should always be sensitive
• Parents need to be informed and act as reinforcers of healthy sexual behavior
• Sex should be beautiful and enjoyable, not a duty

Tweetable Quotes:

"I became a nurse to learn the language, to be able to have the conversation, to be able to say, 'I understand exactly what you're saying. I know what the standards and procedures are, and you need to listen to me.' I found that many people do not have that."

" - Valda Ford

"Think about the fact that sex is and should be beautiful. It should be amazing because what other thing is going on in our lives that our body is priming us to enjoy?" - Valda Ford

Connect with Valda!

Website: https://valdaford.com/

Email: [email protected]

Connect with Debra!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debra.pascalibonaro

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-pascali-bonaro-1093471/

Visit https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/ for more information on how to have fulfilling and enjoyable

births.

Check out Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, the film creating buzz around the

world!

Orgasmic Birth Podcast: Pleasure in pregnancy, birth, and parenting. I believe pleasure is our birthright - from our sexuality, birth, parenting, and beyond, we can find pleasure when we create space for joy and intimacy in our lives. Join me to have deep conversations about breaking the taboos of Sexuality + Motherhood/Parenthood.

Listen to leading experts in sexuality, healing, and childbirth, as well as stories from new parents, doulas, doctors, midwives, and nurses. We will discuss how to positively prepare for childbirth and parenting by expanding love and intimacy in your life.

Is there a connection physiologically between sexual activity and birth?

In this episode, Elizabeth Davis, a midwife, reproductive health care specialist, educator, and consultant for over 40 years, explores the powerful link between female sexuality and birth and why bringing awareness of plateaus in labor is a key element to having a better birth experience. Elizabeth is internationally active in promoting pregnant person-centered birth and is widely sought after for her expertise in midwifery education and organizational development. Her books include:

• Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide to a Safe, Satisfying, and Pleasurable Birth Experience
• Heart & Hands: A Midwife's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth
• The Rhythms of Women's Desire: How Female Sexuality Unfolds at Every Stage of Life
• The Women's Wheel of Life

In this episode:

• Check out this website https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/the-big-o/ for a free guide on how to get your "Big O Birth" and a 40% discount on the documentary Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret!
• How female sexual nature is reflected in the birthing process
• Discover the sexuality of childbirth in a new way
• Trust your body completely, and allow yourself to have an orgasmic birth

Key Takeaways:

• There is a physiologic connection between sexual activity and birth
• When women are aroused, they release oxytocin even without physical stimulation, and at the moment of birth, it is 10 times higher than at any other point in a woman's life.
• There are major ways that birth and sex are very much alike–we don't know how long it will last, and we don't know what awaits us at the end
• Bringing awareness of the plateaus during lovemaking helps prepare you for labor
• In all of life, give yourself time to pause and regroup

Tweetable Quotes:

"In monitoring progress in labor, we emphasize not how much time has passed but the well-being of the mother and baby." - Elizabeth Davis

"You don't do birth, it does you." - Elizabeth Davis

Connect with Elizabeth Davis

Website: https://elizabethdavis.com/

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/elizabeth.davis.98622/

Connect with Debra!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debra.pascalibonaro

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-pascali-bonaro-1093471/

Visit https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/ for more information on how to have fulfilling and enjoyable births.

Check out Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, the film creating buzz around the world!

Understanding how sexual pleasure can ease labor pain and enhance birth is a huge gap for both providers and expected parents.

In this episode, Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski discusses the importance of good sex education and how it can help reduce barriers to pleasure for both survivors of sexual assault and new parents who are looking to have a positive postpartum experience. If you're interested in learning more about how pleasure can help make childbirth easier and happier for everyone involved, I highly recommend listening to this episode!

Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski is an RN, educator, counselor, author, and speaker of more than 900 local, national, and international workshops/trainings. She is a past Lamaze International president and has been a childbirth educator since the 1970s. She is also an American Association of Sexuality educators, counselors, and therapists certified as a sexuality educator and sexuality counselor.

In this episode:

• Check out this website https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/the-big-o/ for a free guide on how to get your "Big O Birth" and a 40% discount on the documentary Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret!
• How you could bring in your sexuality and sexual pleasure to prepare for birth
• Self-pleasure as a way to ease childbirth pain and stress
• There are many other ways to be orgasmic that don't involve inserting something into a vagina

Key Takeaways:

• Touch is important for both labor and birth, and can be helpful in reducing pain
• Giving permission for someone to let their body have an orgasm is powerful and can be done in words
• Talking with your provider about incorporating self-pleasure into your birth plan is crucial
• It's important to communicate with your partner about what you need in order to have a positive postpartum experience
• There are many other ways to be orgasmic. Remember that sexuality and sexual expression are not just about penetration.

Tweetable Quotes:

"Your body is amazing and it's yours. And you should have consent for anything that involved it." - Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski

"Be open with your babies. Let them become self-aware and figure out how to incorporate their sexual health into their growing self-worth." - Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski

Connect with Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski

Website: https://www.drmaryjopodgurski.com/

Connect with Debra!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debra.pascalibonaro

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-pascali-bonaro-1093471/

Visit https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/ for more information on how to have fulfilling and enjoyable births.

Check out Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, the film creating buzz around the world!