In this episode, we open C-Section Awareness Month with a real and needed conversation about the truth that two things can be true at once. A birth can be beautiful and hard. A mother can feel grateful and still hold pain. You can learn from an experience without forcing yourself to be “fine” about it.

Chani joins me to share her birth story. The fear, the loss of control, the trust she had in her providers, and the trust she struggled to find within herself. We talk about judgment between “natural” and “medical” birth communities, the pressure women feel to defend their choices, and what it actually means to trust your own body when the world is loud and your intuition feels quiet.

This conversation is honest, gentle, and validating for anyone who has ever felt conflicted about their birth story or unsure how to hold all the layers of it. Two things can be true: and you deserve space for all of it.

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