EBB 228 - Uplifting Radicalized Birth Work with Anna, The Pocket Doula
Evidence Based Birth®
Rebecca Dekker
4.6 • 978 Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
On today's podcast, we're going to talk with the founder of The Pocket Doula, Anna Balagtas, about uplifting queer, and trans-care.
Anna Balagtas (she/siya) is a queer, Pinay full circle birth worker, educator, facilitator, energy worker, and pleasure advocate. Her practice is rooted in the decolonization of birth work, radical QTBIPOC care, and queer reproductive justice, taught to her by king yaa. Anna's deepest joy comes from witnessing her communities thrive through community care, mutual aid, and abolition work.
We talk about how Anna started The Pocket Doula and her journey to decolonized birth work. We also talk about Anna’s experience with radicalizing perinatal care for QTBIPOC communities by creating empowering spaces centered on queer reproductive justice.
Content warning: We mention abortion, the upcoming Supreme Court decision on abortion, queerphobia, transphobia, medical trauma, medical racism, death, miscarriage, and loss.
Learn more about the founder of The Pocket Doula, Anna Balagtas, here. Follow Anna, The Pocket Doula, on Facebook and Instagram.
Learn more about Decolonization is for Everyone here.
Learn more about Birthing Beyond the Binary by king yaa here.
Learn more about Cornerstone Birthwork Trainings here.
Learn more about Whole Body Pregnancy here.
Learn more about Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings here.
Learn more about Gender Affirming Birthwork + All Genders Birth Class by Moss Froom here.
Learn more about king yaa here.
Learn more about Teaching Resistance by John Mink here.
Learn more about The Care We Dream Of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health by Zena Sharman here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with the founder of the pocket |
| 0:04.4 | dula Anna Bilactus about uplifting queer and trans care. |
| 0:12.4 | Welcome to the evidence Based Birth Podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a |
| 0:16.8 | nurse with my PhD and the founder of Evidence Based Birth. Join me each week as we |
| 0:22.3 | work together to get evidence-based information |
| 0:24.9 | into the hands of families and professionals around the world. As a reminder, this |
| 0:29.8 | information is not medical advice. See EB Birth.com |
| 0:34.0 | slash disclaimer for more details. |
| 0:37.0 | Hi everyone, my name is Rebecca Decker, |
| 0:41.0 | pronouns she her, and I will be your host for today's episode. is |
| 0:43.9 | Pronouns, she her and I will be your host for today's episode. |
| 0:47.7 | Today we are so excited to welcome the founder of the pocket dula Anna Balactus. |
| 0:49.2 | Before we interview Anna I want to let you know that we will discuss |
| 0:52.3 | abortion bans abortion |
| 0:54.0 | as medical care racism the history of attempted genocide in the US and transphobia |
| 0:59.3 | if there are any other detailed content or trigger warnings, |
| 1:02.7 | we'll post them in the description or show notes |
| 1:05.0 | that go along with this episode. |
| 1:06.8 | And now I'd like to introduce our honored guest. |
| 1:09.8 | Anna Balactus, pronouns she, Sia, is a queer, penai, full circle, birth worker, educator, |
| 1:17.0 | facilitator, energy worker, and pleasure advocate. |
| 1:20.0 | Anna's practice is rooted in the decolonization of birth work, radical QT BiPoc care, and queer reproductive justice, taught to her by King Yaw. |
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