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What Can you Do to Increase your Chances of Having an Empowered Birth: Kelly's Birth Story, Part III

What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights

English - January 02, 2024 08:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
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In today's episode we talk about: Kelly's second birth, which was at home.
As a BIRTH EDUCATOR & LACTATION CONSULTANT, she shares:

*Some critical ingredients for an empowered birth (hint: the setting doesn't necessarily matter)

*What clues might suggest  that you need breastfeeding help and how to find it

* Autoimmune issues that are not uncommon to confront in the postpartum period and what to do about them

You Can Find Kelly's Book here: https://www.amazon.com/Protecting-Potential-Breastfeeding-Kelly-Durbin/dp/1946665665/ref=sr_1_2?crid=BN31OXY3SLPX&keywords=kelly+durbin&qid=1702852134&sprefix=kelly+durbin%2Caps%2C177&sr=8-2

Article about Birth as a Neuro-Psycho-Social event: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/authors?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0230992

Stat's on Gestational Diabetes and Postpartum Thyroiditis
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/gestational.html#:~:text=Gestational%20diabetes%20is%20a%20type,pregnancy%20and%20a%20healthy%20baby.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15294-postpartum-thyroiditis

Institute of Functional Medicine: https://www.ifm.org/