"Pregnancy and birth is an opportunity to get real with yourself and to help you be the mother you want to be, the mother that you never had, or be a different version of the amazing mother you had." - Eyla Cuenca.
In today's episode, Eyla Cuenca joins us to tear down the myths around natural childbirth, discuss her work as Childbirth Educator and Doula, and reconnect with the wisdom of women's bodies. Eyla is also a Holistic Birth Guide, Health Freedom Advocate, and Birth Trauma Alchemist. She attended over 200 births as a Doula in both hospital and home settings and is passionate about providing guidance and support to women and men in their return to their deepest knowing about birth and the body's natural intelligence.
We had a thought-provoking conversation about birth fears, their origins and consequences, Eyla's journey into becoming a midwife, and the impact of medical interventions in childbirth. Eyla also talks about the myth that birthing at hospitals is safer, reveals mindboggling details about the origin of this notion, explains why we see so many C-section surgeries, and much more.
Tune in to episode 13 of Rekindling Ancient Wisdom, and give your ancient wisdom a chance to remember everything it knows about birthing the old-fashioned way.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
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Eyla talks about her journey into natural childbirth (5:50)
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How Eyla guides and supports women in their pregnancies (13:00)
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"Birthing in hospitals is safer." Where does this idea come from? (18:10)
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Sometimes, Western medicine creates a problem for which it happens to have a solution (25:00)
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When is cord cut at home births, and why? (31:10)
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The trauma-informed decisions cycle (41:00)
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Eyla offers beautiful advice for women who just found out they're pregnant (46:40)
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