From time immemorial, women and wise folk have carried the knowledge of how to manage fertility. From menstruation to contraception to birth to miscarriage to abortion, these processes and this knowing has always belonged to the people. Ending pregnancy outside the modern medical paradigm and the cold, impersonal clinic is not only possible, but there are numerous safe and effective options. Let us eliminate the need for back alley abortions, reframe pro-choice as pro-choices, and step back into our power by educating ourselves and one another on what’s possible.
IN THE INTERVIEW:
Some historical context (women have always ended pregnancies, but laws and attitudes around it have changed)
Choosing home care for pregnancy release rather than clinical care
Preventing pregnancy with herbs (and the one thing most people do wrong when using Queen Anne’s Lace for contraception)
The four ways to release pregnancy at home
I see a lot of people championing herbal abortion on social media, but it’s clear that they are not educated about the issues and difficulties with this method (it does not look like your dreamy earth mama one-with-nature self empowerment fantasy)
What a beautiful, supported pregnancy release at home can look like
Sometimes spirit babies come through to teach us things
The four essential herbal actions needed (find this chart at patreon.com/medicinestories)
Mifepristone and/or misoprostol (medical abortion)
Supportive food and herbs for the process
Aftercare: honoring that you are postpartum after releasing a pregnancy and focusing on rebuilding and healing
Supporting the liver, nervous system, and immune system
A woman going through this is never alone
LINKS (if listening on an app that doesn’t support embedded links, find these at https://mythicmedicine.love/podcast):
Medicine Stories Patreon bonuses (resources, herbal chart, audio recording of my personal story)
My website MythicMedicine.love
Take our fun Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? Quiz
Medicine Stories Facebook group
Mythic Medicine on Instagram
Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)
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109. Loving Ourselves Home: Finding Sanctuary in Herbal Medicine - Kami McBride
108. The Mythic Hive & How Bees Heal Us - Ariella Daly
107. Death is the Great Healing: Reclaiming Ancestral Relationship w/ the Dead - Perdita Finn
106. Chronic Illness: Telling Honest Stories, Navigating the Underworld, and Tending the Roots - Sarah Ramey
105. Synchronicity Reveals Our Ecological Niche - Sophie Strand
104. Your Body is Not a Closed System: The Sun, Cell Signaling, & Metabolic Wellness - Sarah Kleiner
103. Midlife Burnout for Women & Why Healing Work Can Make Us Worse - Dr. Suuzi Hazen
102. The Living Matrix of Fascia & the Resonance of the Heart - Lindsay Courcelle
101. Rooting With the Ancient Mothers: Healing Wounded Lineages by Reclaiming Physiologic Birth & Radical Togetherness - Aimee Aroha
100. Returning the Mother to Herself: Our Nourishment Shapes How We Receive Life - Niecia Nelson
99. Holistic Health & Earth Connected Living in Technological Times - Carly Rose
98. Parenting Sensitive/Spirited/Neurodivergent Children, Leaving Schools, and Proudly Engaging in Wrongthink - Teva Johnstone
97. Five Years of Medicine Stories (& more)
96. Apprentice Yourself to the Earth: Plant Wisdom & Embodied Knowing - Kami McBride
95. Exiting the Overculture: Herbalism, Homesteading, & Unschooling My Mind
94. Our Trip to Britain: Ancestral Pilgrimage to Sacred Sites
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92. Expansion is Our Nature: a Matriarchal Reframe for Money & How I Went From Broke to Flow
91. The Mineral Matrix & the Motherline That Made You - Hamid Jabbar
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