42. Childbirth Coaching with Marie-Eve Session 4 Unschooled Homebirth

Welcome to a Journey to Birth podcast coaching session. We're back with our fourth coaching call with Marie Eve, a first time mom preparing for her first birth, which she is arranging to have at home with a midwife. 
This is my fourth call with Marie-Eve and likely the last call before we hear her birth story as by the time this episode airs, it will be in the window of time that Marie-Eve is expecting her little girl to make her way into the world. So in this fourth call we discuss any final questions Marie-Eve has about getting ready for birth, including strategies for timing contractions and how to avoid letting timing contractions disrupt the flow of labor, we talk about the infamous ring of fire, and Marie-Eve shares some updates about her little one's position and we go into some different perspectives about baby's position for birth and conversations that not everyone is having about laboring with a less than optimally positioned baby.
And on that subject, just a quick reminder that everything on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not meant to replace the care of your provider. Why I bring this up is that especially when it comes to birth, when you are inviting a care provider or birth provider of any sort into your birth space, there will be a line of comfort somewhere, so for instance in this case with Marie-Eve's baby, I suggest she open a conversation with her midwife about what it could look like to approach this situation differently, but if a midwife responds with fears and concerns and does not feel confident that you can have your baby this way, then her fears can be the very thing that interferes with your birth process and causes a level of danger that may not have existed until then. 
It's very easy for us to partition aspects of birth into black and white, yes and no, safe and unsafe, but birth is full of gray areas, and there are so many ways babies can find their way out if we look up and peer over the edge of the box we put birth into. As a society, most people aren't here yet, most birth providers wouldn't dream of assisting a malpositioned baby, but the more we consider these kinds of things here on this podcast and in larger birth communities , the more we break down the walls and talk about it, the more possibility there is to help more babies come into the world in the way they are supposed to get here. 
And before I go further on this tangent that will become a whole episode of it's own before this year is out I'm sure, let's get back with Marie-Eve and her Journey to Birth. 
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Further info & opportunities:
Learn how to awaken the magic of homebirth with Circle Magic for Homebirth: A Mini-Birth Preparation Course Beyond the Ordinary. Learn about  The Natural Birth Compass Online Childbirth Preparation Program to prepare for your birth by clickWatch now at NaturalBirthCompass.com/FreeClassAfter watching this 15 minute video, you will know:
What physiologic birth really is and why stages of labor, lists of hormones, and cervical dilation rates are not enoughThe most common points in labor where tissue damage occurs and how to prevent the causes of tears or episiotomiesThe difference between being 10 cm and being ready to push_______________________

Further info & opportunities:
Open your breath, connect to your pelvic floor, and prepare to relax with the Stillpoint Prenatal Breathwork Worshop Recording for free at NaturalBirthCompass.com/BreatheFree. Learn about The Natural Birth Compass Prenatal Wellness Program Here