In this episode I'm joined by Tracy Awere, founder of Sankofa Hypnobirthing who debunks the myths of what hypnobirthing really is. In addition how it can be used as a powerful tool to encourage informed consent during antenatal care, pregnancy and birth among Black women and birthing people to help make better choices and build confidence. We discuss how hypnobirthing taps into the ancestral knowledge we hold on birth and how women, birthing people and their birth partners can ask questions, giving them tools to navigate through health systems.

THIS WEEKS SPOTLIGHT: AIMS, an organisation which works towards better births for all by campaigning and information sharing, protecting human rights in childbirth and helping women and birthing people to know their rights, whatever birth they want, and wherever they want it.

Sankofa Hypnobirthing: sankofahypnobirthing.co.uk/

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Intro Music: MidnightLofi by Liquify