298 | Our Birth Story

The birth story. It’s here! DocJen and Dr. Dom walk the path of the birth of Dante one month after the labour process. Still fresh in their mind and feeling the emotions of birth, they describe the ins and out of how their hopes and plans for labour changed, describing the emotions and physical process surrounding the realities of the birthing process. Let’s dive into true emotional and physical vulnerability as we learn to explore the importance of intuition, education, and advocacy around pregnancy plans and the process of labour. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEN HEALTH - 50% This week only, everyone will have access to 50% off the annual subscription. This is your last week, the last opportunity to get in at 50% off the annual membership. This is your chance to commit to your body, committing to a year and long-term goal. There’s no quick fix to your body unless you start to make active changes consistently to make you feel something different in the long term. With curated plans, movement challenges, webinars, and searchable quick tips! Discount ends this week (04/07)! To get your discount sign up here: https://jen.health/freetrial What You Will Learn In This PT Pearl: 5:39 – Pregnancy Plan A - How things didn’t go as plan 10:43 – Midwife experience & transferring OBGYNs 15:33 – Home birth, mental preparation for birth & Doulas: what setting boundaries looks like 21:32 – Braxton hicks vs prodromal labour 28:35 – Partner perspectives on early vs late labour + labour positions transition to labour 32:15 – Movement protocols to promote dilation of the cervix 41:15 – The physical and mental of true contractions and relaxation during + The go bag 49:20 – Journey to the hospital to get an epidural 55:04 – Dr. Dom fainted! - vagal syncope experience & autonomic flip 59:50 – Epidural experience + consequences on baby 1:011:19 – The C-section process 1:17:16 – Microbiome seeding + grieving the process of labour not going to plan 1:20:19 – Four most important takeaways! 1:24:30 – Rapid fire question: Emotions of first-time mom, balancing business and labour, doctors advice for rehab, best parts of the to-go bag, surprises through the journey, what’s normal and of concern when addressing the pelvic floor around pregnancy, what we need to normalise as women in the medical system 1:46:01 – Dr. Jen’s words to Dr. Dom To Watch the PT Pearl on YouTube, click here: ⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/watch/⁠⁠⁠ Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Optimal Body Podcast. If you haven’t done so already, please take a minute to ⁠⁠⁠subscribe⁠⁠⁠ and leave a quick rating and review of the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tobpodcast/message