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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90. Cervix is Self: Reconnecting to Your Inner Oracle & Record Keeper - Denell Barbara Randall
89. The Magic of Mugwort: Unwritten Ways of Healing & Chambers of Ancient Memory
88. Confessions: Ancestral Foodways, Modern Matriarchy, & the Power of Radical Honesty - Katya Nova
87. Elemental Interbeing, Food Information Overwhelm, and Cell Deep Nourishment for Women - Kymber Maulden
86. Generations, Gene Codes, and Entheogenic Earth Medicine - Mikaela de la Myco
85. REPLAY Embodied Plant Medicine & Ancestral Heartbeats - Sean Padraig O'Donoghue
84. Our Complex Humanity Cannot Be Canceled
83. Coming Home to the Mushroom Elders - Amanita Dreamer
82. What I’d Be Without You: My Mother’s Life, Death, & Legacy of Love
81. We Belong to What We Long For: Reclaiming Lost Lifeways in the Age of Loneliness - Becca Piastrelli
80. Serenading the Waters: Grandmother Medicine & Expanding the Parameters of Herbal Care - Damiana Calvario
79. Sunshine Medicine: The Healing Magic of St. John’s Wort
78. Plants are Infinitely Healing & Folk Herbalism is for Everyone - Farai Harreld
77. Herbalism is Homecoming & Our Senses Are Portals of Connection - Marysia Miernowska
76. Nature’s Ancient Design: Exalting Life by Honoring the Physiologic Truths of Childbearing - Rachelle Garcia Seliga
75. Learning Is Innate: Ancestral Childhood, Unschooling, and Healing - Akilah S. Richards
74. Womb Sovereignty, the Dark Feminine, and Mythopoetic Pregnancy Release - Samantha Zipporah
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