Dealing with Birth Fears
Birthful
Adriana Lozada
4.7 • 706 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2017
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Birth is filled with uncertainty, and with that come the fears and what ifs: what if something goes wrong, what if the pain is too much, what if my wishes aren’t respected, What if I need a cesarean, what if I poop? All are valid, but not very helpful feelings. So how can you deal with them? Alexia Leachman has answers.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the birthful podcast. I'm Adriana Lozada and today we're talking about dealing with birth fears. |
| 0:18.6 | Birth is filled with uncertainty and with that come the fears and what ifs. |
| 0:23.1 | What if something goes wrong? |
| 0:24.6 | What if the pain is too much? |
| 0:26.0 | What if my wishes aren't respected? |
| 0:28.0 | What if I need a cesarean? |
| 0:29.6 | What if I poop? |
| 0:30.8 | All are valid, but not very helpful feelings. |
| 0:33.9 | So how can you deal with them? |
| 0:35.9 | Alexia Leachman has answers. |
| 0:38.1 | Stay tuned. |
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| 0:48.1 | while rebuilding your whole body's strength and tone because no one should pee when they sneeze. |
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| 0:58.1 | The Birthful podcast, talking to maternity pros to inform your intuition. |
| 1:05.3 | Hello, mighty mamas and mamas to be and mighty dads to be. |
| 1:09.4 | As always, thank you so much, so so much for listening |
| 1:13.1 | and for all the love you give the show. I appreciate your comments, requests, and of course, |
| 1:17.8 | your reviews, since those help get the show in front of even more parents. So if you enjoy what |
| 1:23.7 | you hear, then please consider subscribing and leaving a review in iTunes even if |
| 1:28.9 | that's not how you usually listen to it because it really does help so my guest |
| 1:34.4 | today is a fellow podcaster and therapeutic coach Alexia Leachman alexia |
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