Matrescence Part 1: Self-nurture, Compassion, healing from C-section

Our baby girl is turning one! In celebration of her 1 year birthday, I am sharing a glimpse into my pregnancy journey and birth experience, what I learned about self-nurture (and what it is NOT!) in the process of becoming a mother. To be honest, I struggled with a lot of disappointment and guilt for myself with the outcome of the birth experience, and I did a lot of inner work to turn myself around from that. 

 

LISTEN IN to this episode on:

• My experiences on pregnancy, labor, and having had to transition to unplanned C-section
• Grief over not having had the birth experience I had envisioned
• Reframing my definition of self-nurture towards myself to resolve the disappointment around the unplanned C-section
• The importance of accepting the imperfect nature of self-nurture, that it is always an evolving relationship with yourself

 

This is Part 1 of my episodes on my personal journey of Matrescence. Matrescence is the process, changes, and transformations that a person goes through during pregnancy, birth, postpartum period, and beyond. In Part 1, I share some details about how our baby girl came Earth side and the self-nurture lesson I learned. In Part 2, I share my personal experiences thus far 1 year into motherhood.

 

Elaine Oyang is an IAYT-certified yoga therapist and a self-nurture advocate. Throughout her 12+ year of teaching yoga in studios and private practice, she works to help others restore balance in their bodies from their over-busy lives. She's worked many years in private practice to help clients through their journeys of chronic pain, chronic illness, anxiety, insomnia, and loss of sense of self. With her podcast, Sacred Listening, Elaine shares with a wider audience on her personal experience, and that of her clients', on how to reclaim self-care and self-love.

 

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This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Information contained in this episode is not to be replaced with medical advice.