Unmedicated childbirth. Natural childbirth. What images , thoughts or feelings spring to mind upon reading these words?
This conversation is the result of a series of talks and explorations with guest and close friend Mandy Cai, host of podcast Nurtured Perspectives.
Mandy shares her unmedicated childbirth experience with me and this really led to us asking deeper questions about what we (and medical professionals) truly understand about the physiology of a woman's body,  beyond the physical and technical  workings of how a child is birthed.  I found it remarkable to hear about what takes place and to realise that there is so much we don't understand. And what became even more evident, and I have always believed this, is that as marvellous as modern science is, it can never replace the genius of the human body, nor can we even begin to grasp what levels of consciousness are tapped into during this process and how this can impact the parent-child relationship going forwards.

ABOUT MANDY CAI
Mandy Cai is a documentary family photographer based in Shanghai. Passionate about childbirth and breastfeeding advocacy, she believes in birth as a powerful rite of passage to love, heal, connect, grow and transform. 

Nurtured Perspectives Podcast Link
https://anchor.fm/nurturedperspectives/

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