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Can I get through labor without an epidural?
You ask: I want to deliver unmedicated, and I've been planning on using pain management techniques so I won't need to get one, but everyone tells me I’ll end up getting the epidural. It's making me doubt myself. Can I get through labor without an epidural? I answer: Of course you can get through...
Orgasmic Birth podcast: The Transformational Power of Birth
World-renowned inspirational speaker, filmmaker, doula trainer, childbirth educator, and author Debra Pascali-Bonaro and I go way back, and it was a joy to join her in conversation on her podcast, Orgasmic Birth. We talked about the transformational power of birth and what factors made for a...
Is Routine Induction at 41 Weeks Superior to Expectant Management?
For some time, it has been taken as established fact that routine induction at 41 weeks reduces perinatal mortality while not increasing—and probably decreasing—cesarean rates. Three years ago, I did a guest post for Lamaze examining whether the research on those points was as indisputable as it...
Do I need a doula at a birth center birth?
You ask: I have a birth center birth planned this time around, and I just love my midwife and her assistant! Do you think I still need to hire a doula if I am using a midwife this time? I answer: It depends. Labor doulas provide one-on-one continuous physical support to you and emotional and...
Birth Worker podcast: The Fallacy of “Unbiased Maternity Care”
Kyleigh Banks on an episode of the Birth Worker podcast entitled: The Fallacy of "Unbiased Maternity Care": An Interview with Author Henci Goer.
Take Charge of Your Birth
The first in Henci’s new Take Charge of Your Birth Series, Labor Pain: What’s Your Best Strategy? delivers up-to-date access to the best medical research plus practical strategies for developing your plan and putting it into action. Also available in audiobook.
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