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Commune with Jeff Krasno

502. Pain, Ecstasy, and Kiddie Pools: Four Journeys Through Childbirth

Commune with Jeff Krasno

Commune Media

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6654 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Daniela, Christina, Dr. Jolene, and Danielle discuss their diverse experiences giving birth, revealing the full spectrum of pain, humor, ecstasy, and loss. Through their candid accounts we hope to encourage women to trust their bodies, find humor in challenging moments, and embrace unpredictability.

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In this episode we cover:

0:02:10 – Daniela's Birth Story
0:11:04 – Christina's Birth Story
0:19:19 – Dr. Jolene's Birth Story
0:29:30 – Danielle's Birth Story

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Transcript

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0:00.0

So I had a wonderful pain-free orgasmic birth.

0:04.0

I'm just kidding. I wish.

0:07.0

In fact, I was in active labor for birth to the challenges of facing unexpected circumstances.

0:41.1

In the first segment, Daniela reminds us of the importance of not only trusting our bodies,

0:47.4

but also having the right emotional and physical support.

0:52.2

Our second guest, Christina, has a heart-wrenching tale of what it was like to face

0:57.6

unexpected complications during the 20-week ultrasound. The third story is from Dr. Jolene, who is bound to make you

1:07.7

laugh, cringe, and maybe even shed a tear.

1:12.0

And last but not least, my good friend Danielle has an extraordinary story

1:17.3

that will challenge your perceptions of the possibilities of labor, joy, and the wisdom of the

1:25.5

birthing process.

1:27.3

These segments are from my wife, Skyler's 21-day course Empowered Birth,

1:33.1

which encourages you to own the power you have to make the request of your partner,

1:39.9

your extended family, your wider culture, and yourself

1:42.9

for what you want for your pregnancy,

1:46.7

labor, and delivery. You can go to onecom slash trial to take the full 21-day empowered birth

1:56.0

program. Okay, so without further delay, I present to you, Daniela, Christina, Dr. Jolene, and Danielle Lapport with their childbirth stories.

2:09.6

So my first birth, I was 25 when I got pregnant.

2:15.6

So I was pretty young, and I spent the entire pregnancy reading about parenting.

2:21.3

I wanted to figure out how to be a good mother.

2:25.3

There is so much amazing research in neuroscience and all this information about how the brain develops.

2:31.3

And I was really, really interested in that part. So I read a lot about that, but it never occurred to me to read about birth.

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