EBB 52 - What role should men play in birth?
Evidence Based Birth®
Rebecca Dekker
4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2018
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Lisa Marie Sanchez Oxenham has been a birth worker for over 25 years, serving the last 10 as a licensed midwife. She works full time with her husband, Richard, who is currently pursuing his CPM. They specialize in water birth and past trauma, and travel all over Southern California to provide in-home care. Together, they work to include the partner in birth - especially men, who are often mis-portrayed in birth environments in the media. Lisa and Richard support all birthing parties with comprehensive relationship building with a focus on trust. They find that utilizing both men and women in birth seems to really help men - which helps their birthing partners - and dispels the belief that brith belongs only to women. They also believe that water birth is particularly helpful for victims of rape and sexual abuse.
Listen in as we discuss Lisa's journey and mission, as well as the evidence on misoprostol for induction and details about water birth.
Contact Lisa Marie on Instagram, Facebook, and at sacredjourneymidwifery.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with Lisa Marie |
| 0:03.6 | Sanchez Oxenham about her passion for including men and birth partners in the |
| 0:08.4 | birthing process. |
| 0:11.4 | Welcome to the Evidence Based Birth Podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse |
| 0:17.9 | with my PhD and the founder of Evidence Based Birth. Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based |
| 0:24.8 | information into the hands of families and professionals across the world. |
| 0:29.4 | As a reminder this information is not medical advice. See EB Birth.com |
| 0:35.0 | slash disclaimer for more details. |
| 0:39.0 | Hi everyone today. I'm so excited to welcome Lisa Marie-Sanchez-Oxonham to the Evidence-based Birth |
| 0:45.8 | podcast. Lisa Marie has been a birth worker for over 25 years, the last 10 as a licensed midwife in California. |
| 0:54.4 | She is also an evidence-based birth professional member. |
| 0:57.7 | Lisa Marie works full-time with her husband Richard, who is currently pursuing |
| 1:01.8 | his CPM as a certified professional midwife. Richard who is currently pursuing his |
| 1:02.6 | CPM as a certified professional midwife. |
| 1:06.0 | And Lisa Marie and her husband specialized in water birth |
| 1:09.2 | and past trauma, and they travel all over Southern California to provide in home care. |
| 1:15.0 | Lisa Marie, welcome to the Evidence Space Birth Podcast. |
| 1:19.0 | Hello Rebecca and thank you for having me. What a privilege. |
| 1:22.0 | So tell me a little bit about Rebecca and thank you for having me what a privilege. |
| 1:22.9 | So tell me a little bit about why you got into birth work and feel free to share your personal |
| 1:28.6 | story if you feel comfortable doing so. |
| 1:31.8 | Well I think it has a lot to do with combing my grandmother's |
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