Orgasmic Birth

If only we had studied birthing closely by listening to women, we would have created a more positive view of childbirth.

In this episode, we are joined by Margaret Jowitt to talk about how familiarity with a woman's anatomy could greatly impact one's experience of childbirth. Clitoris' role in reproduction is often disregarded but with proper understanding and technique, it can actually ease the intensity of labor and make up for a positive birth experience.

Ever since the birth of her third child in 1991, Margaret Jowitt has been working towards making birth a safer and more rewarding experience for mothers and their babies. After a first degree in music and psychology, she gained an MPhil from Keele in 1998, researching Mothers' Experience of Birth at Home and in Hospital. Her first book, Childbirth Unmasked, looked at the anatomy and physiology of birth, showing how stress hormones conflict with birth hormones. Since 1996 she has edited Midwifery Matters, the magazine of the Association of Radical Midwives. She considers that prevention is better than cure and believes that good midwifery care based on the needs of the individual woman is the key to safer childbirth.

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!
• Listening to women and their experiences is the first step to familiarizing ourselves with childbirth and making it better
• The clitoris is not only for female sexuality but it plays a huge role in the reproduction

Key Takeaways:

• Birth is not being observed properly, and by avoiding conversation about it, we are missing out on its beauty
• Having the right understanding of birth and how it works could help hospitals set up the right environment and improve the birthing experience
• The clitoris and where it is located helps prepare the woman's body for labour
• Oxytocin might be released through the clitoris
• During pregnancy, the woman's anatomy changes creating a cushion for the baby
• There needs a certain pressure to trigger orgasm and giving birth with the baby's head in the right position could trigger orgasmic birth
• During pregnancy, always move

Tweetable Quotes:

"The point is we don't observe birth properly. I think if we had observed it, if the scientists observed births properly, videoed it, analyze the video, talk to women to find out how they felt, I think we'd have got a far greater understanding of births." - Margaret Jowitt

"Nature might love us, but I don't think nature loves us enough for that nerve (clitoris) only to be used for sex. I think it serves a primary reproductive function if you're talking sort of pure science and biology." - Margaret Jowitt

"Until we start talking to women about how birth works. We tend to be stuck in the middle of the last century, believing what the men tell us about our own bodies." - Margaret Jowitt

Resources Mentioned:

Electronic fetal monitoring is more important than freedom of maternal position in labour

Connect with Margaret

Website: https://birthupright.co.uk/

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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!

Orgasm is not a one-size-fits-all. It's a unique experience for each person. Just as how each person goes through different life stages. In this episode, we are joined by Yanique Bell, a Tantric Intimacy & Empowerment Coach, and Somatic Healer, also known as The Pussy Queen. Yanique deep dives into female sexuality and how the importance of understanding yourself and learning about your anatomy in order to experience orgasm. She's also shared the reason why some women might feel a lack of sensation or pain and the methods to achieve soul-deep love and orgasmic effervescence. Let's dive in!

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!
• Female sexuality is connected to your heart and spiritual experience
• Building pleasure sensitivity is much more than the technique but more about full feeling

Key Takeaways:

• Changing our belief system directly impacts the way our pleasure experience
• Women who lack sensation as a result of trauma can still find healing with the help of the right practicing person
• Orgasm is different for every woman. You need to define what it is for yourself
• Familiarizing yourself with your anatomy to start building that connection to your vagina
• The numbness we feel sometimes is caused by trapped emotions so incorporating breathing exercises, somatic healing and mediation can help stimulate sensation

Tweetable Quotes:

"Our desires for that change actually can bring us into a deeper presence with ourselves, which actually can create the pleasure that we're seeking." - Yanique Bell

Resources Mentioned:

Pussy Tour Podcast episode

My free Intimacy Accelerator Quiz

Wildly Orgasmic - 6-Week Masterclass

Connect with Yanique:

Website: https://yaniquebell.com/

Podcast: https://yaniquebell.com/category/podcast/

TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@yanique_bell

IG: instagram.com/yanique_bell

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!

No one deserves to have a traumatic birth experience. Every human being on this earth deserves to have an empowering and pleasurable experience.

In this conversation, Melissa Ambrosini delves into how pleasure played a significant role in her birth and relationship and what helped her and her partner to rediscover each other and their intimacy. She highlights the importance of preparing yourself for a beautiful postpartum experience, setting up an enjoyable birth environment, and embracing change. Melissa believes that everyone has the potential to awaken and change their lives for the better. Let's dig into it!

With a deep commitment to empowering others to become their best version, Melissa believes that awakening is possible for everyone. She strives to inspire others to reclaim their power, bust through fear, step into their truth, live with intention, and move in the direction of their dreams.

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!
• The importance of setting yourself up for a positive postpartum experience
• How birth and Melissa's new body took her to deeper places in her sexuality and intimacy
• Even after breastfeeding is over, the journey of becoming intimate with one's partner continues to be an evolving process
• Melissa stresses how self-love massage is a practice that helps you connect to your body

Key Takeaways:

• It's essential to prepare yourself for a beautiful and blissful postpartum
• Birth means starting your whole love-making journey with your partner all over again as new parents and lovers
• Don't expect things to be the same way with your partner once you have given birth. Go into it with fresh eyes and enjoy this new beautiful journey
• Being gentle, kind, soft, and compassionate with yourself is essential especially post-birth
• It all starts with you. If you want a pleasurable life, more love, and more intimacy with your partner, it starts with you.

Tweetable Quotes:

"Being really gentle with yourself is such a key piece to the puzzle because you are a completely different person, you've got a different body. And the more that you can love and accept your body, the better." - Melissa Ambrosini

Connect with Melissa!

Website:https://melissaambrosini.com/

Podcast:https://melissaambrosini.com/podcast/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissaambrosini/?hl=en

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!

Our body has been through a lot after childbirth. It is only rightful that we take time to recover and honor it. In this episode, we are joined by Claire Eccleston, a mother of three beautiful children, an experienced registered midwife, a Spinning Babies® approved trainer, and a biodynamic craniosacral therapist. She is passionate about the ancient arts of birth support and began her journey with birth from a bodywork approach. Claire talks about vaginal preparation before childbirth, and what happens to our body after pregnancy. She highlights the importance of understanding and honoring the body and how you and your partner could gradually resume intimacy. Listen and enjoy!

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 to gradually resume intimacy with your partner after childbirth
• The thickness of scar tissues can pull organs out of shape causing limitation in mobility in the womb and discomfort

Key Takeaways:

• We must include vaginal preparation when planning a vaginal birth
• Start familiarizing and honoring your vulva by connecting and exploring
• Treat lovemaking after birth as a virginal because your body has been through a lot
• Make an intimacy plan with your partner
• Massaging your cesarean or vaginal birth scar with castor oil helps flatten the tissue and stops the scar from getting thick
• Embrace and honor post-birth bodies with the support of your partner

Tweetable Quotes:

"My body is this powerful conduit for lifeforce, for pleasure, for potency." - Claire Eccleston

Connect with Claire!

Website: https://www.claireecclestonmidwife.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!

How do we have a powerful birth journey that leaves us empowered? Are you ready to allow yourself to experience pleasure in birth?

In this episode, we are joined by Theresa Lasbrey Peters. She is a Birth and postpartum doula and lactation specialist. Founder of Nnenna Birth. Her mission is to revolutionize the way we give birth in this country. Theresa and Debra discuss how research can help you decide which birthing methods are best for you. Theresa then talks about the actual labor and birth itself - how it went according to plan and that it was easier than she anticipated because of her preparation. In the end, she shares that having this type of dialogue with caregivers can help make childbirth more comfortable for both you and your care provider.

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!
• Theresa shares her experiences birthing two children and the preparation it took. She emphasizes the importance of learning as much as possible about childbirth and strategizing for an empowering experience.
• It is important to have caregivers who respond to your birth plans and an OB who is respectful despite different sets of beliefs about birth.
• Theresa describes the labor and birth as being "easy" and "natural", with no pain medication or interventions. Listen to her incredible story!
• Theresa talks about how she became an advocate for herself during her births.

Key Takeaways:

• It is extremely helpful to do some research in preparation for birth
• The key is to surround yourself with respectful caregivers despite varying beliefs about birth
• Being attuned with your body allows you to relax better or know what's wrong
• Birth is a way to feel empowered - have control over your body and birth
• Birthing is like an Olympic sport - adjusting and strategizing for each individual situation
• Doulas help keep the space comfortable and make mothers feel supported
• Consider having a doula to help you strategize for optimal births

Tweetable Quotes:

"One of the things that I do when I'm afraid is I learn as much as possible about the thing. And then I strategize my way through to optimize the experience." - Theresa Lasbrey Peters

"I love to give birth. I will give birth like an Olympic sport… I would like to adjust and strategize." - Theresa Lasbrey Peters

"I'd be like, what is everyone talking about this birth thing being hard? They just come out! And as a doula, I know that they don't just come out, right? You know, it's mind over matter. And I have, for this specific thing,...this ability to transmute or to experience it as pleasure… A joyful anticipation." - Theresa Lasbrey Peters

Connect with Theresa!Website: https://nnennabirth.godaddysites.com/ Telephone number: 646-801-4322

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

Learning how your body works at the end of pregnancy and during childbirth will help you be in charge and have a positive birth experience.

In this episode, we are joined by Henci Goer, Birth Options Expert, Author & Educator who shares how women could prepare for intentional vaginal birth. Henci emphasized the difference between giving birth in a hospital and doing it with a care provider who supports natural childbirth. With the right preparation, you could improve your birthing experience!

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!
• You will discover more about your body when you give birth, and most likely, you will appreciate and love your body even more
• Every birthing experience is unique, but you can start preparing for a positive experience whether or not you decide to take epidurals

Key Takeaways:

• Avoiding epidural could be a challenge for hospital births because of the system
• Find a care provider whose intention is vaginal birth
• If you're healthy, giving birth at home or birth center is a great option
• Childbirth preparation class and hiring a doula could help you get through smoothly
• Unexpected things may happen - have a plan for how to change your mind in labor

Tweetable Quote:

"For people whose plan is to avoid an epidural, I recommend that you make that an intention rather than a goal. A goal is about the path… To get to a goal is about the result. A goal implies success or failure whether you achieve that goal. An intention is a direction that you want to go. Not so much where you end up. But knowing what you want enables you to modify." - Henci Goer

Connect with Henci!

Website: https://hencigoer.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 the film Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, the film creating buzz around the

world!

When it comes to giving birth, most people think about hospitals. However, has homebirth come across your mind? For Sarah and Matthew, halfway through their pregnancy, they did. And this experience turned them into advocates of powerful and transformational births. Listen as they talked about the ways that their preparations differed - Sarah prepared herself emotionally and mentally while John prepared himself physically and logistically. They also touched on the importance of preparing themselves as a couple for parenting two children at once. Finally, they shared the importance of sexuality and intimacy as partners.

Sarah and Matthew Bivens are the creators of Doing It At Home, a platform for empowering home birth content and community. The Doing It At Home podcast started in 2016 when they were pregnant with their first child and switched from hospital birth to a home birth halfway through the pregnancy. Both balanced lifestyle coaches prior to becoming parents, Sarah and Matthew have taken their past coaching experience and married it with their passion for home birth to make DIAH the ultimate space for home birth empowerment. Together since 2012, Matthew and Sarah currently live in Marietta, Georgia, with their daughter Maya and are pregnant with their second child, due later this winter 2022.

In this episode:

• Sarah and Matthew share their story of how they switched from planned hospital birth to a homebirth halfway through their first pregnancy and how this led to them becoming advocates for home birth.
• It is important to be open to questioning one's beliefs about birth. This helped Sarah and Matthew make the switch to doing it at home.
• Sometimes, the birth partner can be completely wiped at the end. It is important for your partner to be there for you fully during labor as much as possible.
• Sarah discusses her experience of having two pregnancies, one of which was unplanned and difficult.
• It may take time to reach a place of trusting the process, but it is important to honor your own timeline.
• The couple shares their experiences preparing for their second home birth, noting that the preparation process has been different due to the addition of a second child.
• Bringing in more sexuality and intimacy into the relationship is in alignment with couples. It is incredibly significant and is a component of health, just like physical and mental health.

Key Takeaways:

• Be open to questioning your beliefs about birth
• Address your fears with intentionality
• Have trust in divine timing through the difficult process
• Allow yourself to trust the process in order to focus on other things
• Every birth requires a different type of preparation
• Establish rituals to support sexuality and intimacy in your relationship

Tweetable Quotes:

"Sarah and I are open to questioning why we do things and examining things in different ways... That allowed us and made it easier for us to say, 'You know what, maybe the hospital isn't for us.'... Let's get intentional about what we want our birth vision to be." - Matthew Bivens

"When you make choices like your birth, that's just the beginning, that's the tip of the iceberg because then you have a human that you're making choices for… People have a lot of opinions on that, too. But it was mostly just around the safety, or the question of the safety. And it really came from uneducated places of just fear, and you know, masked in care and love." - Sarah Bivens

"We very much believe that sexual energy is incredibly significant. You know, lifeforce energy, and that it has the ability to heal has the ability to create to manifest. And so not only to create new life but to create abundance on so many different levels." - Matthew Bivens

Connect with Sarah and Matthew!Website: https://doing-it-at-home.teachable.com/ Podcast: https://diahpodcast.com/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/Doing-At-Home-Confident-Experience/dp/B098GVJ9KL

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.

Would you rather give birth in a room full of strangers or a place where you feel safe, private, and comfortable?

In this episode, Debra discusses how your environment plays a huge role in having a safe and pleasurable birthing experience. She talks about the steps you and your partner could take to increase intimacy, find pleasure in labor, and how exploring and facing your emotions could help you transform your pain into power.

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!
• While it's true that some pregnancies are painful, it's also can be a pleasurable and enjoyable experience
• Partners, other companions, and doulas can offer valuable support during labor and delivery.
• Your birthing environment affects your mood. Set up a birth ambiance by bringing pleasure to all of your senses.

Key Takeaways:

• Face and address your fears in childbirth
• Understand the impact of doulas and support systems on healthy birth outcomes
• Love yourself during pregnancy, then give that love to your baby
• Find pleasure and comfort by listening to your body
• Find ways to open up to your sacred sexuality

Tweetable Quotes:

"When you transform the ambiance into your safe and sensuous space, you're gonna feel completely different." - Debra Pascali-Bonaro

"The right place to give birth is also the right place to make love." 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 and 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.

Birth can be safe, healthy, and empowering for women. With proper preparation and the right support team, there's a greater chance of achieving orgasmic birth, leaving a wonderful memory for you and your partner. In this episode, Doula Andrea Hausheer discusses how home birth can be a wonderful experience as a mother and how different it is from giving birth at the hospital. Surrounded by proper support, Andrea had orgasmic birth at 42 weeks!

Andrea Hausheer is a Doula and coach for couples. She lives in Barcelona, Spain, with her 2 sons- Arlo and Nico. Her partner John is from the US, and she is from Switzerland. She specializes in preparing couples for their birth but also for the time afterward with a newborn and how to become a strong team and stay a loving couple. Andrea's support is mainly online, where she is with the couple before and after birth for 6-8 months. Andrea and her partner organize Babymoon Festivals for couples to have fun for a weekend to bond and prepare for their big day together.

In this episode:

• Andrea discusses what it means to connect with your body. She talks about the mind-body connection during pregnancy.
• The advantages of having a home birth - having support and feeling like being in good hands.
• The importance of having the proper support during pregnancy - not only for the mother but also for the partner who should feel supported.
• Feeling the panic and stress in the later parts of pregnancy happens. Ensure that you have the right support who can understand and express reassurance.
• Andrea talks about the "best prescription" she has ever received and how birth improves intimacy with your partner.
• Your support team and the place you give birth are two of the most important factors in achieving orgasmic birth.
• Be open and curious - give yourself positive affirmations and be mentally prepared for birth. Feel like a goddess.

Key Takeaways:

• Meditation is helpful in rebuilding trust with yourself
• Learn to trust your body and your baby
• Delivery is stressful for your partners too
• The second opinion in any field related to health is important
• Trust your body and what you are doing
• There is no shame in finding pleasure during pregnancy
• Prepare for a joyful, blissful orgasmic birth with the right support

Tweetable Quotes:

"I started to really focus… It worked for me perfectly. And I could imagine that this works for loads of women. I had this image that whenever a contraction came back, I totally opened up. And I make so much space in my body." - Andrea Hausheer

"It's so important that you have the right support… Every woman deserves to be a goddess for their birth." - Andrea Hausheer

"The most important was checking in with yourself that your own wisdom and connection to your baby knew what you both needed." - Debra Pascali Bonaro

Connect with Andrea!Website: https://www.birthprepcourse.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrea_hausheer

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.

How much do you know about the cervix? If not much, then you're not alone. Listen in as we unlock the mysteries of this wonderful organ that plays a role in childbirth. In this episode, Debra welcomes Olivia Bryant to talk about the cervix and how it can be an organ of pleasure. She believes everyone should have the opportunity to experience pleasure during pregnancy and childbirth. The key to unlocking this opportunity is to explore your body, do your sexual healing work, and practice making space and calming down. This conversation opens up a new perspective on the importance of pleasure in childbirth and parenting

Olivia Bryant is the founder of Self: Cervix, a movement to reclaim the cervix as a powerful organ of pleasure and orgasm.

In this episode:

• Cervix is an organ of pleasure and orgasm. It moves during your cycles - it moves further up during ovulation and drops down quite low during your bleed.
• The cervix's purpose is to hold sperm and act as the uterus's gatekeeper.
• The cervix is profoundly intelligent as it is a birthing organ and is most connected to the brain in the pelvic anatomy.
• Some people may have difficulty in the highly sensitive area of the cervix feeling orgasmic initially.
• One can expand their pleasure by embracing where they are, being curious, and loving what is present.
• Check out free resources on Olivia Bryant's website - https://selfcervix.com/!
• Olivia discusses the importance of first getting in touch with the cervix and learning to be present in the pelvis before beginning more advanced practices such as de-armoring and conditioning oneself to feel pleasure.
• De-armoring is a process of exploring and feeling areas of numbness and pain, which helps to condition the tissue to receive safe touch.
• Olivia tackles the importance of honoring the first current, which is the downward current of orgasm. This is necessary for orgasm to occur.
• Understand that you have the right to empowered consent and that your voice deserves to be heard.
• To experience pleasure during pregnancy and birth requires a safe and private environment
• People should touch their cervix before and during pregnancy, which can help create a more pleasurable birthing experience.
• She also recommends practicing touch for pleasure throughout pregnancy and birth and suggests that people learn to make space and relax during sexual activity.

Key Takeaways:

• Contrary to what we've been told, the cervix is sensitive
• When something is not spoken about, shame easily corresponds
• Healing and opening to pleasure begin with addressing trauma
• Celebrate and enjoy whatever is pleasurable for you
• Stay curious about your own body and admire it
• The cervix may be the most traumatized part of the body
• Take ownership of your pleasure and experience
• Receiving safe touch requires being relaxed
• Healing from pain and gaining empowered consent are important
• Realize that you have a voice, and it deserves to be heard
• Touch your cervix, if you haven't already done so

Tweetable Quotes:

"Your doctor will most likely say, 'Oh, your cervix is supposed to be numb,'... Actually, your cervix is profoundly sensitive. And it is most connected to the brain than any other part of your pelvic anatomy. And it makes sense, right? It's a birthing organ, it makes sense that it would be profoundly intelligent." - Olivia Bryant

"Whatever is pleasurable for you, celebrate it, embrace it." - Olivia Bryant

"The way to expand your pleasure, the way to grow in pleasure is to love where you're at, and embrace where you're at, and enjoy it completely. " - Olivia Bryant

Connect with Olivia Bryant!

Website: https://selfcervix.com/

Instagram: @selfcervix

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.