Birth With Joy: Recent Episodes
Joy Horner Birth Joy
I've been a registered Midwife and antenatal educator for over 20 years. I have worked in hospitals, birth centres and mainly in homebirths practice. I now am no longer on the midwifery register but am a pregnancy, birth and Postnatal coach, antenatal educator and professional birth attendant. Join me as I share my wisdom gained from having served hundreds of families, and shares experiences with many birthworkers. I am also a mum to 2 grown up children, former nurse, and artist. My passion for birth work is deep rooted in my desire to prevent birth trauma, and to enable empowered and joyful birth experiences. Gentle birth leads to gentle parenting and happier babies. Join me to find out how. X
Physiological labour and birth are the processes our bodies do naturally to give birth to our babies. We've been well designed for labour and birth and many people can give birth safely and without medical intervention. In this episode I will explain what I mean by physiological birth, the environmental and hormonal factors which enhance the natural processes, and how to optimise your chances of having a straightforward physiological birth. Of course medical interventions are sometimes needed for medical reasons, but make sure there are good reasons before agreeing to any induction or intervention in your labour. Accepting interventions without good medical reasons can sometimes lead to worse outcomes.
Being a birth partner is a really special thing to do. In this episode you will learn how to support your partner, whilst being able to remain calm and enjoy the experience yourself. I will give you tips to aid effective communications with health professionals and practical ways you can support your friend or partner throughout labour and birth.
In this episode I introduce myself, my experience and what I hope to share with you in future episodes