EBB 71 - Birth and Positive Masculinity with Ben Atkinson

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

Kids & Family, Medicine, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.3 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I interview Ben Atkinson. Ben has been married for 20 years, and has four children and one angel baby. He attended all five of his children's births, and caught the last two himself. He has been exploring the masculine role in birth since his first child was born. With encouragement from a group of birth professionals, he developed a course for expectant fathers, to help them use this vulnerable time in their lives to explore and activate positive masculine traits and step into their best selves.

Ben believes that modern society has knocked down most of the signposts for healthy masculinity, and he believes by accessing the wisdom of older men and practicing some time-honored traits, expectant fathers can become the men their families truly need.

We discuss the start of Ben's teaching journey in a local correctional center - the lessons he learned on what men take through life via their experiences and relationships - and the course he is developing for young and first-time fathers. We also cover the research on the experience of childbirth for fathers and partners, how they are regarded in the health care system, and how they can be supported.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with Ben Atkinson about how much he rapidly learned during his birth experiences and positive masculinity.
0:17.0	Welcome to the Evidence-Based Birth Podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker, and I'm a nurse with my PhD and the founder of Evidence-Based Birth.
0:23.0	Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based information
0:27.0	into the hands of families and professionals around the world.
0:31.0	As a reminder, this information is not medical advice. See EB Birth.com
0:36.1	slash disclaimer for more details.
0:38.6	Hi everyone today I'm super excited to welcome Benjamin Atkinson to the
0:44.9	Evidence-based Birth Podcast. Ben has been married for 20 years and he has four
0:49.6	children and one angel baby. He attended all five of his children's births and he got to catch the last two
0:56.4	while the midwives were stuck in traffic. Ben has been exploring the masculine
1:00.9	role in birth since his first child was born. With encouragement for the fathers and the goal is to help expectant fathers use this vulnerable time in their lives to explore and activate positive masculine traits and step into their best selves.
1:21.0	Ben believes that modern society has knocked down most of the sign
1:24.7	posts for healthy masculinity and he believes that by accessing the wisdom of
1:29.5	older men and practicing some time-honored traits,
1:33.0	expectant fathers can become the men their family truly needs.
1:36.6	Welcome Ben to the Evidence-Based Birth Podcast.
1:39.7	Hello, Rebecca.
1:40.3	Thank you so much for having me.
1:41.8	So I met you, Ben at a local gathering for Doolas and one of our evidence-based birth instructors
1:48.2	Chante had met you online and invited you to come so you could kind of share with us your story.
1:55.0	And so we were at Cracker Barrel and it was really noisy and crowded and so Ben sat at
2:00.0	our end of the table first and then later on he moved to the other end of the table and he kind of gave a
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