EBB 249 - The Joys and Challenges of Surrogacy with EBB Instructor Doula Scarlett Lynsky

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

Pregnancy, Health & Fitness, Childbirth, Parenting, Birth, Medicine, Kids & Family, Doula, Obstetrician, Midwife

4.6 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we are talking with Scarlett Lynsky (she/her) from Hatchings Doula all about her experiences as an Evidence Based Birth® Instructor and two-time gestational surrogate.

Scarlett Lynsky was born, raised, and practices as a doula and childbirth educator in Portland, Oregon. Fascinated by childbirth from an early age, and inspired by Grantly Dick-Read's Childbirth Without Fear, she decided to become a Childbirth Educator and Doula in 2009. Over the last 13 years, Scarlett has attended over 200 births. She is passionate about informed consent, bodily autonomy and tuning in to each birthing person's needs at any given moment. Scarlett has two children of her own as well as completing two "extra credit births" in the form of gestational surrogacy. She continues to be in awe of the transformative power of birth and the strength and bravery of every birthing person.

In this episode, Scarlett shares how she came into birth work and why she chose to pursue two very different but equally beautiful surrogacy journeys. We discuss the nuances of being a surrogate and the importance of open and clear communication between the gestational carrier, the intended parent(s), and their support and care teams.

Content Warnings: fertility/infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, bleeding in pregnancy, subchorionic hemorrhage, abortion, pregnancy termination, assisted reproduction, IVF, 3rd party reproduction, gendered language, adoption, maternal mortality, high risk pregnancy, discussion of down syndrome, pregnancy complications related to uterine loss

Resources and References:

Find out more about Scarlett’s EBB Childbirth Class and Doula services on her website here and follow her on Instagram here.

Childbirth Without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth by Grantly Dick-Read (1959), find a copy here

Learn about agency Scarlett worked with in Oregon, Northwest Surrogacy Center here.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with Scarlet
0:03.7	Linsky, Birth Dula, an evidence-based birth childbirth educator and two-time
0:08.3	gestational surrogate about the importance of birth education and the
0:12.0	challenges and joys of surrogacy.
0:14.0	Welcome to the Evidence-Based Birth Podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse
0:19.2	with my PhD and the founder of Evidence Base Bird.
0:22.8	Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based information
0:26.9	into the hands of families and professionals around the world.
0:30.8	As a reminder, this information is not medical advice.
0:34.0	See Eviebirth.com slash disclaimer for more details.
0:40.0	Hi everyone, my name is Rebecca Decker,
0:42.0	pronouns she, her, and I will be your host for today's episode
0:45.4	Today I'm so excited to talk with scarlet lensi of hatchlings dula service
0:50.4	Before we interview scarlet I want to let you know that we will be talking about supporting family building, especially for those experiencing infertility or miscarriage and those who are seeking assisted reproduction.
1:02.0	If there are any other detailed content or
1:03.8	trigger warnings we'll post them in the description or show notes that go along with
1:07.3	this episode. And now I'd like to introduce our honored guest.
1:11.0	Scarlet Linsky, pronouns she- her, is an evidence-based
1:15.0	birth instructor who teaches our childbirth class and a spinning babies trained
1:19.3	birth dula. Scarlet services can be found online at hatchling SPDX.com.
1:25.0	Scarlet lives in Portland, Oregon with her partner and two children where she shares
1:30.0	her passion with laboring people as a dula now having attended well over 200
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