Pregnancy is a great time to realize what the heck motivates your choices as you venture into the great transformation of birth and becoming a parent. Nekole Malia Shapiro shares with Adriana how using the embodied approach of connecting with yourself and your body can help you find your own best expert birth guide, while also building the awesome habit of bringing more oxytocin into your life.
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If you liked this episode, listen to our interview on How Your Nervous System Impacts Your Pregnancy and Birth and our episode titled Birth Principles, Better than a Birth Plan
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How Your Baby Helps During the Birthing Process
[Birth Stories] How She Reframed Birth Toward Pleasure and Let Her Power Flow
How to Bring More Pleasure and Joy Into Your Birth (And Why It Makes a Difference!)
[Birth Story] How Harnessing Her Birth Hormones Allowed Her to Forgo an Induction
Helping Your Mammalian Body (and Baby!) Have an Easier and More Connected Birth
[Birth Stories] How Her Goals of “No Epidural and No Whining” Helped Her Befriend the Labor Pain
The Purpose of Childbirth Pain
[Birth Stories] Birth Is as Mental and Emotional as It Is Physical
[Birth Stories] So Was It a Waterbirth?
Transformation Through The Holistic Stages of Birth (Part Two)
Transformation Through The Holistic Stages of Birth (Part One)
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Best of Birthful: How an Anxious Mind Impacts You During Pregnancy
Best of Birthful: How a Baby’s Position Impacts Labor
[Birth Stories] Unprepared for a Fast-Starting Labor and a Surprisingly Hard Recovery
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[Birth Stories] How She Got Through a Week of Prodromal Labor by Embracing It
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