If you want a positive natural home birth, how can you overcome the fears you might have grown up with to experience the birth you desire and believe is possible?
In this episode of Held and Heard, I sit down with naturopathic doctor and Rewire for Birth co-founder Dr. Cindy Tahhan to hear the story behind her two incredibly positive natural home births.
Cindy didn't grow up assuming she would give birth at home. In fact, even after becoming a naturopathic doctor, much of what she had learned about birth still followed the conventional model.
Then she watched two highly trained medical professionals choose home birth for their own family.
It made her wonder: What do they know that I don't?
That question began a much deeper journey into physiological birth, the nervous system, intuition, fear, surrender, and what can happen when we learn to work with our bodies instead of assuming they're something we need to control.
We talk about how to prepare your nervous system for birth, why surrender matters, the role your birth environment can play in physiological labor, how to recognize fears and beliefs you've absorbed about childbirth, and why Cindy believes we should prepare for the birth we desire without attaching our worth or success to a particular outcome.
If you’re hoping or preparing for a natural unmedicated home birth, Cindy’s positive birth stories are exactly the encouragement you need.
Learn more from Dr. Cindy Tahhan:
Visit CindyTahhan.com or find the Rewire for Birth podcast to learn more about Cindy's work around birth preparation, nervous system regulation, and motherhood.
And if Cindy's story about elimination communication made you wonder what your baby might already be trying to tell you, you can learn more about my work right here on Held & Heard ;)
Connect with Cindy on Instagram @drcindytahhan
Keywords: positive birth stories, natural home birth, free birth, midwives, matrescence, unmedicated birth
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