Orgasmic Birth: Podcast

Join host Debra Pascali-Bonaro focuses on breaking down barriers and healing shame surrounding sexuality and childbirth. In this episode, she dispels myths around pain during childbirth, explaining that it is manageable and that there are ways to bring comfort and pleasure to the experience. The conversation encourages individuals to have open conversations with their healthcare providers about their desires for intimacy and pleasure during labor, as well as having a supportive team.

In this episode:

• Four myths about orgasmic birth debunked 
• How can pain can manageable with positive preparation, support, and comfort measures 
• Freedom of movement and leaning forward can enhance pleasure and oxytocin production
• How can trauma impact childbirth, and how to be prepared with a supportive team?
• It's possible to bring oxytocin and love into the birthing experience, even with interventions
• The importance of having deep conversations with providers about desires for orgasmic birth

Key Takeaways:

• Taboo shame and lack of sexual education affect intimacy in childbirth 
• Self-pleasuring can provide pain relief
• Birth can be a healing opportunity
• Shame around pleasure in childbirth needs to be busted, as all sexual organs are involved in the process
• Self-stimulation, partner touch, and loving words can contribute to an orgasmic birth experience

Tweetable Quotes:

"Each birth deserves fullness of experience and feeling safe and honored" - Debra Pascali-Bonaro

"We must come together and help every woman that's preparing for birth to do it in her way to be heard, to be seen, and to create safe environments. So birth can be the fullest for every person." - 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!

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.

Jessica Pin is an advocate for inclusion of detailed clitoral anatomy in medical literature and curricula, training standards for vulvar procedures, and correction of medical misinformation about vulvas. She has gotten 12 major medical textbooks, 2 top anatomy apps, and multiple online resources to update their content, and more to promise future updates. She has also published a cadaveric study with plastic surgeons, convinced OB/GYNs to publish a cadaveric study, and effected changes in OB/GYN and plastic surgery board certification, standardized consent forms, and residency curricula. She holds a degree in Biomedical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. 

In this episode:

• Delving into the neglected role of the clitoris in childbirth and female sexual health with guest Jessica Pin
• Advocating for the inclusion of detailed clitoral anatomy in medical literature and curricula training standards for vulva procedures
• Highlighting the dehumanizing treatment of women's sexuality and the absence of discussion around pleasure in medical literature
• Emphasizing the need for increased awareness and education about the clitoris to improve patient care and recognize its importance in female sexual function and reproduction.

Key Takeaways:

• The clitoris plays a crucial role in female sexual function and overall well-being, yet is often neglected in medical education and practice
• Female sexual pleasure is important and should not be minimized or trivialized
• Medical providers often neglect physical damage to the clitoris, which can have long-term effects on a woman's sexual health
• Increased awareness and education about the clitoris is necessary to improve patient care and recognize its importance in female sexual function and reproduction

Tweetable Quotes:

"Women should advocate for themselves and help medical providers realize that it's not just a matter of hormones and psychology." - Jessica Pin

"The role of pleasure in childbirth is often overlooked, but studies suggest that it can desensitize us to pain. We need to pay more attention to the clitoris and protect it during birth and surgery." - Jessica Pin

"The clitoris has been disregarded because of taboos around female sexuality, separating reproduction from pleasure even though it doesn't make sense." - Jessica Pin

Connect with Jessica:

Social Media: Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter

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.

Barbara Harper is an internationally recognized expert on waterbirth and gentle birth. She founded Waterbirth International in 1987, with one goal in mind – to ensure that waterbirth is an "available option" for all birthing families. She has published dozens of professional articles and interviewed in hundreds of magazines, newspapers and talk shows. Her 2015 bestselling book and DVD, 'Gentle Birth Choices,' has been translated into 9 languages, including a 2016 Mandarin Chinese edition. During the past four decades Barbara has worked as an obstetric and pediatric nurse, midwife, midwifery instructor, childbirth educator, doula and doula trainer and Blissborn Hypnosis instructor and professional trainer. She has used her vast experience in maternity care to develop unique seminars which she teaches within hospitals, nursing schools, midwifery and medical schools and community groups worldwide. Prior to Covid Barbara traveled and taught in 75 countries. She is asked to return for training in hospitals yearly in many countries including China, Argentina, UAE, Israel, Spain, Mexico, Chile, and locations all over the US. She lives in Boca Raton, Florida, and currently is the Director of Education for the Bliss Birth and Wellness Center in West Palm Beach. She is a community volunteer and midwifery and doula mentor. 

In this episode:

• Barbara Harper, a waterbirth expert, shares the benefits of water for labor and birth
• Barbara's interest in waterbirth began after seeing photos of women giving birth in glass tanks in Moscow
• The birth of waterbirth is explored, including personal experience and facing opposition from midwives
• Waterbirth is seen as a gift that allows for a gentler, more empowering birthing process
• The importance of changing the way we welcome babies into the world is acknowledged, including introducing waterbirth in hospitals and making it an accessible option for all

Key Takeaways:

• Waterbirth is a gentler and more empowering birthing process that allows for easier connection and release of hormones during birth.
• The journey to making waterbirth a widely accepted birthing option faced opposition from those who believed it was unnatural, including midwives.
• Barbara Harper, a waterbirth expert, became interested in waterbirth in 1983 after seeing photos of women giving birth in glass tanks in Moscow.
• Making waterbirth an accessible option for all requires motivated mothers, willing providers, and cooperative nurse managers, and acknowledging the importance of changing the way we welcome babies into the world.

Tweetable Quotes:

"It's easier for the mother to assume that upright posture to put her hands on her perineum, to guide the baby out herself. It's easier for her to connect and to release all of the 33 hormones that birthing requires." - Barbara Harper

Connect with Barbara:

Website:www.waterbirth.org

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.

I recently saw an incredible video Anatomy of the Clitoris: Learn Integral Anatomy with Gil Hedley. I smiled, I had met Gil many years ago when he was having his children, I trained his sister as a doula and have loved following her path as she is now a midwife. Even Gils mother trained as a postpartum doula with me and we worked together for several years. So now to see his work so well describe the clitoris describing in his words 'a beautiful gift and the blessing of the clitoris', I knew I had to reach out to invite him to join me to share with you all his thoughts about the clitoris and any thoughts about the role it may play in labor and birth and his insight for an Orgasmic Birth 

In this episode:

• The episode explores the clitoral complex with Gil Headley PhD, who shares his thoughts about the clitoris and its role in labor and birth
• Gil Headley's extensive knowledge of Integral Anatomy is showcased as he shares his story of discovering the clitoris and demonstrates the complex structure of the organ
• Birth can be orgasmic for some individuals due to factors like nerve distribution, pleasure potential, and habituation to pleasure
• Hospital birth practices are not conducive to orgasmic birth, and most people feel inhibited by the hospital experience, which can impact both birth and pleasure

Key Takeaways:

• The clitoris is an essential and crucial part of human anatomy that is still not well understood
• The structure of the clitoris is more complex and intricate than commonly known. There are several parts to it, including the glands, shaft, legs, and vestibular bulbs, among others
• Clitoris anatomy varies between individuals. Clitoral stimulation can be experienced through anal penetration or pressure during birth
• Habituation to certain pleasure doesn't reflect pleasure potential. Nerve distribution and position during birth can affect orgasmic birth experience

Tweetable Quotes:

"There's nothing in our body that is of of single purpose Everything is multipurpose and it's beautiful." -Gil Hedley

Connect with Gil:

Website: https://www.gilhedley.com/

Social Media: Youtube

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. 

Stephanie Larson, the visionary founder of Dancing For Birth™, is a renowned expert in childbirth and movement. Her revolutionary childbirth method has helped countless women and birthing individuals achieve blissful and effortless births. Birth professionals can attend the Dancing For Birth™ Professional Training to learn and utilize this proven method. Parents worldwide can also benefit from the powerful combination of fitness, childbirth education, and celebration offered in Dancing For Birth™ classes taught across seven continents. Join Stephanie in empowering your body and birth experience through movement and instinct.

In this episode:

• Stephanie Larson is the visionary founder of Dancing for Birth, a revolutionary childbirth method that promotes blissful birth through movement and instinct

• Stephanie's personal experience of dancing through labor inspired her to create Dancing for Birth and help women give birth with ease and pleasure

• The importance of following your body's sensations during labor and how movement can help with childbirth pain relief and promote a positive birth experience

• The euphoric potential of birth and the role of movement and dancing in releasing happy hormones like oxytocin and endorphins

• Using dance as a tool to connect with and love your body during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, and celebrating the body's capabilities

Key Takeaways:

• Childbirth is natural and can benefit from movement and dance

• Caregiver approach can impact the birth experience and outcomes

• Empowerment can come from trusting one's body, intuition, and making personal choices

• Sensing labor can help honor the body's needs and provide space and positioning for birth.

• Dancing during labor releases endorphins and oxytocin, creating a positive birth experience.

• Pregnancy, birth, and postpartum are ideal times to connect with and love your body by celebrating it

Connect with Stephanie:

Website: https://www.dancingforbirth.com/

Tweetable Quotes:
"If we feel something in our body and then we follow that, then we're really honoring how our body needs to birth and how our baby needs us to birth." - Stephanie Larson

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.

In this episode, Debra shares how expecting mothers can positively prepare for an orgasmic birth. From researching birth options to expressing feelings and wishes through birth art, Debra helps create a birth plan that reflects their preferences. She discusses ways to make labor enjoyable, such as using movement, creating a safe environment, and limiting vaginal exams. With valuable tips on communication, pain management, and making cesarean births positive, this episode is a must-listen for soon-to-be parents.

In this episode:

• Good communication with the care team is key to having a positive birth experience

• Recognizing the baby's own path and being prepared for a fluid process is essential to achieving an orgasmic birth

• Research and understand the different options available for the place of birth and the caregivers, including physicians, midwives, and doulas

• Write a mission statement about the core beliefs and values of the birthing experience and stay positive when stating preferences in the birth plan

Key Takeaways:

• Creating and communicating birth preferences, or birth desires, is an essential part of preparing for a safe, gentle, and pleasurable birth.

• It's important to put time into understanding and researching your options for childbirth, to craft your desires and discuss them with your care team

• Understanding birth options is essential to have choices during childbirth, and communication with caregivers is key to ensuring a positive birth experience

• Knowing the difference between physicians, midwives, and doulas is vital in choosing a caregiver that aligns with your birth preferences, and open communication with them is crucial

Tweetable Quotes:
"Always remember that birth is a dance for two, and that you'll create your preferences and labor will let you know what's safest and best for you and your baby." - Debra Pascali Bonaro

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. 

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.