The Path to an Empowered Birth Experience | Bailey Gaddis

Today, we talk with Bailey Gaddis, author of Feng Shui Mommy: Creating Balance and Harmony for Blissful Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood (https://www.baileygaddis.com/book) and Asking For a Pregnant Friend: 101 Answers to Questions Women Are Too Ashamed or Scared to Ask About Pregnancy, Childbirth and Early Motherhood (coming June 1, 2021.) She is also a Certified Hypnotherapist, Certified Birthing doula, HypnoBirthing® Practitioner, and HypnoMothering® Practitioner. She shares her personal journey in birth work and childbirth education. She then explains some of the concepts in her book, including what she means by a “Feng shui approach” to birth, as well as breaking down her “four trimester” perspective on pregnancy and birth. We talk about trusting intuition and the benefits of simplifying your life and living space. We then discuss the different practices, philosophies, and techniques involved in HypnoBirthing®, and talk about their benefits. We talk more about the applications of hypnosis and subconscious thought in daily life. We then discuss how to approach and maintain Feng shui in family life, especially when there are small kids in the home. We finish by talking about the importance of working to craft your own birth philosophy that’s best for you and your needs. To learn more, visit https://www.baileygaddis.com. 

• 4:20 What is the “Feng Shui Approach” to Pregnancy and Birth? 
• 23:58 The Case For Feng shui
• 26:46 HypnoBirthing and the Subconscious
• 36:47 Feng shui with Little Kids
• 42:21 You Are the Expert 

“What do we want to think about birth? What are the positive alternatives to those fears and those worries? And that’s what we focus on.” 27:50 

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