Podcasts about hormonal physiology

Dr Sarah Buckley is trained as a GP/family physician and has further qualifications in GP-obstetrics and family planning. She is the mother of four adult children, all born at home, and lives in Brisbane, Australia. She is the author of “Gentle birth, Gentle mothering, and Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing  Dr Buckley has been writing and lecturing on pregnancy, birth and parenting since 1997 and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland, where her research is focused on oxytocin in labour and birth and the impacts of interventions. Dr Buckley's work critiques current practices in pregnancy, birth, and parenting from the widest possible perspectives, including scientific, anthropological, cross-cultural, psychological, and personal.  Today Sarah talks to us extensively about the hormone of oxytocin during labour, breastfeeding and parenting. Our talk reminded me of the intricacies of mother nature's blueprint, and just how well she has set us up for birth and parenting. It left me wondering - when we interfere with birth - at what cost? She encourages us to be fully informed in our decision-making; to listen to our hearts and our intuition; and to claim our rightful role as the real experts in our bodies and our children. This episode is dense in detail, and yet left me feeling in awe of the human journey of reproduction. Learn more about Sarah   Links: Transform Parenting website Transform Your Birth Today Better Birth: Mini Gift Free resource: Medical Necessity vs Choice  

In today's episode we speak with Dr. Sarah Buckley on the science of natural and undisturbed birth. Dr. Sarah Buckley is the author of the best selling book Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering, the author the report Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing (January 2015), and all around natural childbirth expert.  We are honored and grateful to have Dr. Sarah Buckley join us on the Doing It At Home Podcast for many reasons. To start, her book "Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices" was a huge influence on us during our pregnancy. Sarah (our Sarah...Sarah Bivens that is) started reading Dr. Buckley's book while we were still planning for a birth with an OBGYN in a hospital. We learned about Dr. Buckley from her appearances in a DVD series called "Happy Healthy Child" (another resource we highly recommend and link to in the show notes.) Dr. Buckley's extensive research and evidence based information on pregnancy and birth, along with her own accounts of her 4 home births left quite the impression on us. It got the wheels turning and prompted us to think about the elements we wanted in our birth. Overtime we found that the best way to experience all of that would be at home. So we're very grateful to Dr. Buckley and the work that she does, because it's like she's been a part of our journey. Dr. Buckley integrates what would seem like differing philosophies at first glance: in the mindset of a medical background, training, practice and care, and natural, holistic, unassisted, physiological birth. Dr. Buckley talks about physiological birth as the type of birth that's in alignment with how the body is designed to work. And low tech models of care support this process. Home birth is an ideal situation to allow for this. We also talk about the core requirements for birth and what a woman needs to feel private, safe and unobserved. And if you didn't know or fully understand the hormonal cocktail that a woman experienced in natural birth, you will by the end of this episode. Want to know what ecstatic birth is? Listen to this episode. One of the key takeaways here is the potential to reclaim power in the experience of birth. That with a healing birth, we can heal the earth! Links From The Episode: SarahBuckley.com Sarah Buckley on Facebook HappyHealthyChild.com Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices by Sarah Buckley Hormonal Physiology Of Childbearing (report) Pain In Labor (ebook) Ecstatic Birth (ebook) Offers From Our Awesome Partners: Needed: https://bit.ly/2DuMBxP - use code DIAH to get 20% off your order Splash Blanket: https://bit.ly/3JPe1g0 - use code DIAH for 10% off your order Esembly: https://bit.ly/3eanCSz - use code DIH20 to get 20% off your order More From Doing It At Home: Send us your birth story: https://bit.ly/3jOjCKl Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vJcPmU DIAH Website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/ DIAH Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingitathome/ DIAH YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pzuzQC DIAH Merch: www.diahpodcast.com/merch Give Back to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(Rebroadcast) You hear about physiological birth but do you really KNOW what it is that makes birth physiological? Have you ever wondered, "How does the baby know when to be born?" "How can I have a pain-free and peaceful birth?" "How do I bond with my baby?" Well friends... it all comes down to the hormonal cascade. Dr. Sarah has done a lot of research and really has dived into what physiological birth is an how to facilitate it. After having 4 home births herself and years of research she comes on the show to share her expertise and knowledge about hormones in labor and birth. About Dr. Sarah Buckley: Sarah Buckley is trained as a GP/family physician with qualifications in GP-obstetrics and family planning. She is the mother of four home-born children and lives in Brisbane, Australia, where she is a PhD candidate as well as writing and lecturing on pregnancy, birth, and parenting.  Dr Buckley's work critiques current practices in pregnancy, birth, and parenting from the widest possible perspectives, including scientific, anthropological, cross-cultural, psychological, and personal. She encourages us to be fully informed in our decision-making; to listen to our hearts and our intuition; and to claim our rightful role as the real experts in our bodies and our children. She is also a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland,, where her research is focused on oxytocin in labour and birth and the impacts of interventions. See her professional, peer-reviewed publications as part of her PhD here Her bestselling book Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices, published by Celestial Arts/PenguinRandomHouse (US, 2009), builds on her acclaimed first edition, published in Australia as Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: The Wisdom and Science of Gentle Choices in Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting (One Moon Press, Brisbane, 2005, available as ebook here ). Dr Buckley has an ongoing interest in the hormones of labour and birth, and this has culminated in her groundbreaking report Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing (2015 Childbirth Connection, a program of the National Partnership for Women and Families). This report, available for free online,  has been described as “…one of the most revolutionary and influential publications on maternity and newborn care ever issued.”   Grab your free homebirth checklist: bit.ly/homebirthessentials      Join Our FB Community: Facebook.com/groups/peacefulhomebirth

How significant is the role of oxytocin in our bodies during labor and after birth? Dr. Sarah Buckley joined us in Episode 4 to talk about the hormones of Love, Sex and Childbirth. Today, Dr. Buckley is back to get in-depth on the roles of hormones when interventions are needed and on how to fill the hormonal gap in labor and after birth. Today is essential information to help you make informed decisions about induction and understand the differences between natural and synthetic oxytocin.  Dr. Sarah Buckley is trained as a GP (family physician) with qualifications in GP obstetrics. She has been writing and lecturing to childbirth professionals and parents since 1997 and is the author of the internationally best-selling book Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering. Sarah has a special interest in the hormones of physiological labor and birth and the impacts of interventions. In 2015 she completed an extensive report on this topic, Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing, published with Childbirth Connection (US). She is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Queensland, researching oxytocin in labor and birth and the impacts of maternity-care interventions. She has co-authored several papers on oxytocin in labor, birth, and breastfeeding. Sarah is also the mother of four children, all born at home and now in their teenage years and beyond. She lives on the semi-rural outskirts of Brisbane. In this episode: Hormones of labor and birth include oxytocin, which is responsible for contractions, pain relief, stress reduction, and reward and pleasure activation. Oxytocin is released in the brain during labor and breastfeeding, and it helps reduce stress, and switch on dopamine receptors. Interventions in childbirth can create hormonal gaps that impact sexual arousal, orgasm, and breastfeeding. Having a birth companion, such as a midwife or doula, can help birthing moms feel safer and more secure. Low doses of oxytocin infusions do not increase the mother's oxytocin levels much above what she would naturally produce in labor. When doses get high, synthetic oxytocin could counteract the calming and natural pain relief, causing stress for the mother. Hypoxia (low oxygen levels for the baby) is inevitable during labor and babies have evolved mechanisms to protect themselves. Synthetic oxytocin can cause strong contractions to be closer together and compromise the baby's ability to cope. The physiological onset of labor is a complex process that is influenced by many different factors, including hormones. If labor is induced, the mother's readiness is not as high and she may need to use more stimulating methods to induce labor. Epidurals can interfere with the hormones that are necessary for the onset of labor, leading to a slower or even stop in the process. Skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding are important ways to fill in the gap.   Key Takeaways: Oxytocin, the well-known hormone of labor and birth, is susceptible to hormonal gaps A private and safe space is needed to release oxytocin Being in an unfamiliar place can make labor slow down Labor is designed to overall be a positive experience Be wary of synthetic oxytocin as it may disrupt hormonal balance When the mother is not ready to induce labor, stimulating methods are needed The hormonal gap needs to be filled after birth to help the mother and baby reconnect   Tweetable Quotes:   “Labor is designed to overall be a positive experience.” - Dr. Sarah Buckley   “Both skin-to-skin contact and suckling is the magic ingredient for the hour after birth, it's going to help both mother and baby to release oxytocin and reconnect.” - Dr. Sarah Buckley   There are signals that pass between mother and baby that they are ready for labor, they are coordinated. Preparation for labor includes a dramatic increase in oxytocin receptors in the uterus. The mother's uterus becomes very sensitive to oxytocin in the lead up to labor so in her natural physiologic onset she doesn't need to produce much oxytocin to trigger contractions   but when being induced it's a different scenario you don't have that peak readiness    Connect with Dr. Sarah Buckley!   Website: https://sarahbuckley.com/  Connect with Debra!   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debra.pascalibonaro  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth/  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-pascali-bonaro-1093471/  Visit https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/ for more information on how to have fulfilling and enjoyable births. Check out the film Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, the film creating buzz around the world! Orgasmic Birth Podcast: Pleasure in pregnancy, birth, and parenting. I believe pleasure is our birthright - from our sexuality, birth, parenting, and beyond, we can find pleasure when we create space for joy and intimacy in our lives. Join me to have deep conversations about breaking the taboos of Sexuality + Motherhood/Parenthood.    Listen to leading experts in sexuality, healing, and childbirth as well as stories from new parents, doulas, doctors, midwives, and nurses. We will discuss how to positively prepare for childbirth and parenting by expanding love and intimacy in your life. 

Dr. Sarah Buckley really need no introduction but for those of you who are yet to come across her work, she is a New Zealand-trained family physician with additional qualifications in obstetrics and family planning. She is the mother of four home-born children, and currently combines motherhood with her work as a writer on pregnancy, birth and parenting. Her book, Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering has played a huge role in my life and today we really just touch the surface of Sarah's work, exploring oxytocin and just how importance our hormone physiology is during labour. This is an incredible episode that takes a deep dive into birth as a neuro-psycho-social event and allows us to consider how this can continue to motherhood and beyond.  Head to https://www.stephlowe.com/podcasts/381 for show notes, episode transcripts and more.

Hormones play a huge part in our bodies and because of this, one of the things we can do is make sure in the early stages of labor, women are as comfortable as possible.   How do we ensure that our hormones help to facilitate successful labor and birth?   Dr. Sarah Buckley talks about the changes that occur in the brain during labor and birth, how hormones play a role, and how oxytocin levels are highest near the end of labor.Dr. Sarah Buckley is trained as a GP (family physician) with qualifications in GP obstetrics. She has been writing and lecturing to childbirth professionals and parents since 1997 and is the author of the internationally best-selling book Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering. Sarah has a special interest in the hormones of physiological labor and birth and the impacts of interventions. In 2015 she completed an extensive report on this topic, Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing, published with Childbirth Connection (US). She is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Queensland, researching oxytocin in labor and birth and the impacts of maternity-care interventions. She has co-authored several papers on oxytocin in labor, birth, and breastfeeding. Sarah is also the mother of four children, all born at home and now in their teenage years and beyond. She lives on the semi-rural outskirts of Brisbane. In this episode: Sarah talks about her unexpectedly fast home birth, which she describes in further detail in her book Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering. The foundation of hormonal physiology is that first, it's designed for us to conduct successful birth. We're perfectly designed for a successful labor and birth. Sarah explains that oxytocin is responsible for inducing labor, increasing the sensitivity of the uterus to contract, and causing an "ecstatic" and "orgasmic" feeling. Labor is a process that involves many preparations, including the mother's body being maximally sensitive to oxytocin in her uterus, babies also having peak oxytocin levels, and the whole process of oxytocin being magical.  Hugs, touches, and sexual activity can help to get labor started and help women get into an adequate state of readiness. Oxytocin has a pain-relieving and calming effect on the body.   Key Takeaways: The presence of oxytocin during the labor process contributes to the magical feeling Doulas can help by ensuring good oxytocin flow Sexual activities can promote the release of your own oxytocin Tweetable Quotes: “The hormonal processes of labor and birth are actually designed to change our brains.” - Sarah Buckley   “The foundation of hormonal physiology is that it's designed to be successful. Birth has evolved to be successful.” - Sarah Buckley    Connect with Sarah:  Website: https://sarahbuckley.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-j-buckley-51ab1316/?originalSubdomain=au    Connect with Debra!   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debra.pascalibonaro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-pascali-bonaro-1093471/ Visit https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/ for more information on how to have fulfilling and enjoyable births. Check out the film Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, the film creating buzz around the World!   Orgasmic Birth Podcast: Pleasure in pregnancy, birth, and parenting. I believe pleasure is our birthright - from our sexuality, birth, parenting, and beyond, we can find pleasure when we create space for joy and intimacy in our lives. Join me to have deep conversations about breaking the taboos of Sexuality + Motherhood/Parenthood.    Listen to leading experts in sexuality, healing, and childbirth as well as stories from new parents, doulas, doctors, midwives, and nurses. We will discuss how to positively prepare for childbirth and parenting by expanding love and intimacy in your life. 

On this incredible episode, we get the pleasure of picking the brain of Dr Sarah Buckley, where we go on a journey into the hormones from conception to pregnancy, birthing to feeding, bonding & attachment.Sarah Buckley is a New-Zealand-trained GP/family physician with qualifications in GP-obstetrics and family planning. She is also a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland, where her research is focused on oxytocin and the autonomic nervous system in labour and birth, and the impacts of interventions.Dr Buckley's work critiques current practices in pregnancy, birth, and parenting from the widest possible perspectives, including scientific, anthropological, cross-cultural, psychological, and personal. She encourages us to be fully informed in our decision-making; to listen to our hearts and our intuition; and to claim our rightful role as the real experts in our bodies and our children.She is well known from her incredible and bestselling book Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices.And her ongoing interest in the hormones of labour and birth, culminated in her groundbreaking report Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing This report, available for free online, has been described as “…one of the most revolutionary and influential publications on maternity and newborn care ever issued.”Sarah tells us much more about oxytocin - that marvellous feel good hormone, that really does control so much of our bodily functions. Sarah answers questions about whether oxytocin and synthetic oxytocin (syntocinon/pitocin) act the same in labour and birth. We talk contractions and how they work, pain relief in labour and the important role oxytocin plays, the effects of Epidurals on oxytocin and how they affect the mother's brain in labour. And even get time to discuss postnatal personality changes due to the hormones… And so, so much more! LINKS:Sarah's websiteBooks Dr Rachel Reed website Online CoursePatreon donationsSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/themidwivescauldron)

Dr. Sarah Buckley is author of the international best seller: Gentle Birth Gentle Mothering. If you have ever felt nervous about natural birth or questioned your motherly instincts Dr. Sarah has a way of easing those fears with facts! This is an episode you won't want to miss.    SHOWNOTES: https://www.birthblissbeyond.com/post/_ep60   Links talked about in the show: For more, see www.sarahbuckley.com Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing report https://www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/health/maternity/hormonal-physiology-of-childbearing.html Oxytocin levels in physiological labour and birth https://rdcu.be/bOg4v   Connect with Dr. Sarah:  www.sarahbuckley.com https://www.facebook.com/drsarahbuckley/ Twitter: @SarahJBuckley IG: sarahjbuckley   **If this episode was helpful fo you would you take a moment and share it with a friend?**   SIGN UP FOR GENTLE BIRTH, GENTLE MOTHERING BOOK STUDY (Feb 21st-May 30th): www.patreon.com/empoweredbirthpodcast    Connect with Aly:  IG: @empoweredbirthpodcast FB Group: facebook.com/empoweredmamastribe Website: birthblissbeyond.com Email: birth.bliss.beyond@gmail.com  

In today's episode we speak with Dr. Sarah Buckley on the science of natural and undisturbed birth. Dr. Buckley is the author of the best selling book Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering, the author the report Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing, and all around natural childbirth expert. We are honored and grateful to have Dr. Sarah Buckley join us on the Doing It At Home Podcast for many reasons. To start, her book "Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices" was a huge influence on us during our pregnancy. Sarah (our Sarah...Sarah Bivens that is) started reading Dr. Buckley's book while we were still planning for a birth with an OBGYN in a hospital. We learned about Dr. Buckley from her appearances in a DVD series called "Happy Healthy Child" (another resource we highly recommend and link to in the show notes.) Dr. Buckley's extensive research and evidence based information on pregnancy and birth, along with her own accounts of her 4 home births left quite the impression on us. It got the wheels turning and prompted us to think about the elements we wanted in our birth. Overtime we found that the best way to experience all of that would be at home. So we're very grateful to Dr. Buckley and the work that she does, because it's like she's been a part of our journey. Dr. Buckley integrates what would seem like differing philosophies at first glance: in the mindset of a medical background, training, practice and care, and natural, holistic, unassisted, physiological birth. Dr. Buckley talks about physiological birth as the type of birth that's in alignment with how the body is designed to work. And low tech models of care support this process. Home birth is an ideal situation to allow for this. We also talk about the core requirements for birth and what a woman needs to feel private, safe and unobserved. And if you didn't know or fully understand the hormonal cocktail that a woman experienced in natural birth, you will by the end of this episode. Want to know what ecstatic birth is? Listen to this episode. One of the key takeaways here is the potential to reclaim power in the experience of birth. That with a healing birth, we can heal the earth! Links from this episode: SarahBuckley.com Sarah Buckley on Facebook HappyHealthyChild.com Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices by Sarah Buckley Hormonal Physiology Of Childbearing (report) Pain In Labor (ebook) Ecstatic Birth (ebook)

On today's show I have the privilege of interviewing Dr Sarah J. Buckley. Dr Buckley is trained as a GP with qualifications in GP obstetrics and has been writing and lecturing to childbirth professionals and parents since 1997. She is also the author of the international best-selling book "Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering" - which is available for purchase on the PBA website. Dr Buckley is well known for her groundbreaking report "Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing", the product of her ongoing interest and research on the hormones of labour and birth. Coming from a long line of GP's, she was influenced by her own experiences working in hospitals and by what she noticed with the birthing women there. Today we chat about her own four beautiful homebirths, diving deep into the hormonal blueprint of labour and birth, what types of things can interrupt that hormonal flow, and how we can fill in these hormonal gaps. Website: www.sarahbuckley.com Instagram: @sarahjbuckley Resources: Hormonal Physiology report: https://sarahbuckley.com/whats-so-great-about-hormonal-physiology/ BUY her book here: https://www.positivebirthaustralia.com/collections/all-products/products/pre-order-for-delivery-from-june-22nd-gentle-birth-gentle-mothering-by-dr-sarah-j-buckley

In this episode, we meet Dr Sarah Buckley! Dr Sarah Buckley is trained as a GP with qualifications in GP obstetrics. She has been writing and lecturing to childbirth professionals and parents since 1997 and is the author of the internationally best-selling book Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering. Sarah has a special interest in the hormones of physiological labour and birth and the impacts of interventions. In 2015 she completed an extensive report on this topic, Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing, published with Childbirth Connection (US). She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland, researching oxytocin in labour and birth. She has co-authored several papers on oxytocin in labour, birth and breastfeeding. Sarah is also the mother of four children, all born at home and now all adults. She lives on the semi-rural outskirts of Brisbane. In this episode we discussed the power of hormones in undisturbed birth and how Oxytocin assisted in natural birth. As well as touching base on ecstatic birth and much, much more! Listen to this amazing episode now to help you prepare for your homebirth! You can keep in touch with Sarah on these platforms: Website www.sarahbuckley.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drsarahbuckley/ Twitter: @SarahJBuckley Instagram: sarahjbuckley Show Notes: Sarah's blog on Epidurals with the oxytocin feedback loop diagram - https://sarahbuckley.com/category/blog/ And one on having the best caesarean! - https://sarahbuckley.com/how-to-have-the-best-cesarean/ Blog with recent findings on oxytocin - https://sarahbuckley.com/pitocin-side-effects-part1/ Blog from Gloria about the importance of parasympathetic (quiet and dark) - Gloria Lemay blog: - http://wisewomanwayofbirth.com/vbac-and-the-doula/ Study from British Colombia about VBAC at home BC midwifery guidelines allow VBAC with midwives and at home https://www.bccnm.ca/Documents/standards_practice/rm/RM_Policy_Statement_on_Planned_VBAC.pdf This is quite good too - http://www.midwiferygroup.ca/downloads/vbac/CMBC%20VBAC%20guidline.pdf Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing https://sarahbuckley.com/whats-so-great-about-hormonal-physiology/ Join our free Facebook Support Group HERE! And if you would like support during your pregnancy leading to your homebirth/ freebirth you can get in touch with Ashley on Insta or Facebook by sending a quick message @themotherhoodcircle HAPPY BIRTHING GODDESS! Ashley xx

In this conversation, Dr Sarah Buckley, Ms Karen McClay and Dr Pamela Douglas discuss what you might do to prepare for birth, and what you might expect. In the extraordinary passageway of birth, our mind, body, and spirit embark upon a liminal journey, a heroic journey of great significance in most women's lives. Sarah and Karen draw on their formidable knowledge of the Australian health system and women's birth experiences to help you navigate your own way through, so that you feel confident and empowered. Dr Sarah Buckley is a GP with qualifications in GP-obstetrics and family planning (www.sarahbuckley.com). She is author of the bestselling book http://www.sarahbuckley.com/gentle-birth-gentle-mothering/ (Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices). Sarah has an ongoing interest in the hormones of labour and birth, which culminated in her groundbreaking report http://transform.childbirthconnection.org/reports/physiology/ (Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing )(2015 Childbirth Connection, a program of the National Partnership for Women and Families). She has presented at over 120 workshops and conferences in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the UK, the US and Canada. Sarah is also a PhD candidate at the https://www.uq.edu.au/ (University of Queensland,) where her research is focused on oxytocin and the autonomic nervous system in labour and birth, and the impacts of interventions. Ms Karen McClay is an experienced midwife and the Director of Calmbirth (http://www.calmbirth.com.au/ (www.calmbirth.com.au)). Calmbirth was the first Australian childbirth education program to recognise the interrelationship between mind and body in birth. Calmbirth® uses this mind-body connection to help couples replace fear, stress and anxiety about giving birth with the knowledge and skills to birth their baby calmly, fearlessly, safely and confidently. There are now about 100 registered Calmbirth educators in Australia, New Zealand, and France. Dr Pamela Douglas is a GP-researcher and https://education.possumsonline.com/ (founder of the evidence-based Neuroprotective Developmental Care (or 'Possums') programs) http://www.possumsonline.com/ (www.possumsonline.com), which offer care for new families facing breastfeeding, baby cry-fuss, and sleep challenges. All NDC programs integrate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy strategies, especially adapted by Possums for the perinatal period to support parental emotional well-being. Pam is also author of https://www.amazon.com.au/Discontented-Little-Baby-Book-ebook/dp/B00M6G1ABO (The discontented little baby book: all you need to know about feeds, sleep, and crying).  Support this podcast

In this episode Lauren McClain and Dr. Brendan Riordan will discuss Dr. Sarah Buckley's article in issue 68 of the Pathways to Family Wellness Magazine titled "Healing Birth, Healing the Earth." Dr. Sarah Buckley's Report on The Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: https://www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/health/maternity/hormonal-physiology-of-childbearing.html Digital and print issues of the magazine can be ordered here: https://store.pathwaystofamilywellness.org/content/subscribe

Our guest: Dr Sarah Buckley is a New-Zealand trained GP, with training in GP obstetrics. She is the author of the internationally best-selling book Gentle Birth. Gentle Mothering and the scientific report Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing, published with Childbirth Connection (US) in 2015. Sarah is also mother to four children, all naturally born and raised, now happy and healthy in their teens and twenties. Sarah's work supports parents to be well informed, and to listen to their hearts and instincts, and take their rightful place as the real experts in their bodies, babies, and families. Sarah is currently combines mothering with her work as a writer and lecturer on pregnancy, birth and parenting, and is also a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. See www.sarahbuckley.com and her Hormonal Physiology report at http://transform.childbirthconnection.org/reports/physiology/ Topics covered include: - What happens hormonally through the birthing process and what the role of these hormones are - What impacts oxytocin during labour or after birth - What happens to our hormones after giving birth? and how this relate to how women FEEL - What an ecstatic birth is - The main ways women can achieve an empowered ecstatic birth - Helpful resources for Mums to be

Maternal Mental Health Matters talks Birth Trauma with Dr Sarah Buckley.Birth Trauma Awareness Week 2020 runs from 7-13th September. Throughout the week, tune in to insightful, thought-provoking and deeply honouring stories and discussions with people who have experienced birth trauma, clinicians and researchers in this area and maternity advocates working to change the system.Sally speaks with Dr Sarah Buckley about the hormones of birth and how we can maximise them for the most efficient (and maybe even enjoyable) birth. The key to this is to feel private, safe and unobserved, then we instinctively release the right cocktail hormones at the right time.Dr Sarah Buckley on the hormones of birth. Dr Buckley is a GP/family physician with qualifications in GP-obstetrics and family planning. She is the mother of four home-born children, and is also a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland,, where her research is focused on oxytocin and the autonomic nervous system in labour and birth, and the impacts of interventions. She is the author of the groundbreaking report Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing, which you can download for free at sarahbuckley.com. She is also the author of Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering.Dr Buckley can be found at:www.sarahbuckley.comProduced and presented by Sally CusackGuest: Dr Sarah BuckleyOriginal score by Romy Agam Rom - 'Openings'Copyright 2020 PBB Media and Sally CusackAll rights reserved.www.pbbmedia.org

Maternal Mental Health Matters talks Birth Trauma with Dr Sarah Buckley.Birth Trauma Awareness Week 2020 runs from 7-13th September. Throughout the week, tune in to insightful, thought-provoking and deeply honouring stories and discussions with people who have experienced birth trauma, clinicians and researchers in this area and maternity advocates working to change the system.Sally speaks with Dr Sarah Buckley about the hormones of birth and how we can maximise them for the most efficient (and maybe even enjoyable) birth. The key to this is to feel private, safe and unobserved, then we instinctively release the right cocktail hormones at the right time.Dr Sarah Buckley on the hormones of birth. Dr Buckley is a GP/family physician with qualifications in GP-obstetrics and family planning. She is the mother of four home-born children, and is also a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland,, where her research is focused on oxytocin and the autonomic nervous system in labour and birth, and the impacts of interventions. She is the author of the groundbreaking report Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing, which you can download for free at sarahbuckley.com. She is also the author of Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering.Dr Buckley can be found at:www.sarahbuckley.comProduced and presented by Sally CusackGuest: Dr Sarah BuckleyOriginal score by Romy Agam Rom - 'Openings'Copyright 2020 PBB Media and Sally CusackAll rights reserved.www.pbbmedia.org

#150 Dr Sarah Buckley is trained as a GP (family physician)  with qualifications in GP obstetrics. She is the author of the internationally best-selling book Gentle Birth. Gentle Mothering and the scientific report Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing, published with Childbirth Connection (US) in 2015. Sarah is also mother to four children, all naturally born and raised, now happy and healthy in their teens and twenties. Sarah’s work supports parents to be well informed, and to listen to their hearts and instincts, and take their rightful place as the real experts in their bodies, babies, and families. Sarah currently works as a writer and lecturer on pregnancy, birth and parenting and is also a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.  See www.sarahbuckley.com  and her Hormonal Physiology report at http://transform.childbirthconnection.org/reports/physiology/ Sarah speaks so passionately about gentle birthing and gentle mothering that my pregnant self can not help but get excited for now and what's to come. I am so very grateful that pioneers like Sarah exist to empower women and families in what could be one of the most glorious times in their lives. In the episode we cover Where the passion for pregnancy, gentle birth and parenting came from What is an ecstatic birth The four major hormonal systems active during labour and birth The role of oxytocin during labour and postpartum and the practices that negatively impact their function How mum’s giving birth during the covid - 19 pandemic can still have an ecstatic birth How our hormones ‘behave’ in that first hour after birth and how can we work with them harmoniously And so much more

Sarah Buckley was born in & grew up in Whangarei [faŋaˈɾɛi]), New Zealand and currently lives in the semi-rural outskirts of Brisbane, Australia with her husband Nicholas. They have four children, Emma, Zoe, Jacob and Maia. Dr Buckley is a New-Zealand-trained GP family physician, with qualifications in GP-obstetrics and family planning. She is also a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland, where her research is focused on the hormone systems of labour and birth and the impacts of interventions. Show Notes: Ina May Gaskin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ina_May_Gaskin Michel Odent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Odent Robbie Davis-Floyd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Davis-Floyd The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Friendly_Hospital_Initiative Darcia’s Episode: https://anchor.fm/emily033/episodes/1--Darcia-Narvaez-What-Does-A-Human-Really-Need-e451ef Delayed Cord Clamping: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190211105402.htm The Breast Crawl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_crawl Contact Sarah: Sarah's Book - Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: https://gentlenaturalbirth.com/product/gentle-birth-gentle-mothering-2nd-ed-australia-only/ Sarah's Website: https://sarahbuckley.com/ Sarah's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/drsarahbuckley/ Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing Report: http://www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/resources/health-care/maternity/hormonal-physiology-of-childbearing.pdf Ecstatic Birth PDF: https://sarahbuckley.com/newsletter/ Sarah's Newsletter: https://sarahbuckley.com/newsletter/ Untaming Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Untaming-396582437559159/ Untaming Instagram Handle: untaming_podcast Untaming Email: untaming.podcast@gmail.com https://anchor.fm/emily033 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Through untold eons mammals have evolved a beautiful birth-giving physiology based around a complex cascade of hormones that are released during labor. We give both mother and baby the best chance at a peaceful, ecstatic birth and postpartum period when we remember and respect this ancient dance. IN THE INTRO: Complex parenting topics: sleep, immunity, birth IN THE INTERVIEW: Sarah’s mainstream doctor grandfather and how she got interested in natural birth The exquisitely designed ancestral/mammalian hormonal blueprint of labor  The impact of (unnatural, external) stress on a laboring woman and how it disrupts the optimal hormonal flow Creating optimal conditions for birthing and for bonding The hormonal consequences of bypassing the natural physiological onset of labor (such as by induction or scheduled C-section) How feeling unsafe (at a subconscious, limbic system level) disrupts the flow of birth The irony of how we treat animals in labor v how we treat human women in labor The ecstatic, altered state of mind we enter into during labor  What first time mothers need to know but are often not told Fear and mystery in birth The body is designed to transcend the (natural, intrinsic) stress and pain of labor and they play a critical role in bonding The role of vocalization in labor Newborns need placental blood: cord clamping and how our cultural beliefs around that have changed over time What “No hatting, no patting, no chatting” means for the postpartum period Ancestral family sleep and motherbaby biological regulation: the many reasons that co-sleeping is best for babies and the science that backs it up The fascinating phenomenon of some birth attendants being able to smell the moment before the baby is born LINKS Dr. Buckley’s website Dr. Buckley on Facebook Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses!) My website MythicMedicine.love  Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering book Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing report Medicine Stories Podcast Episode 30: The Innate Intelligence of the Immune System with Cilla Whatcott Medicine Stories Podcast Episode 48: Matriarchy in Action & Ancestor Assisted Birth with Emilee Saldaya Jeanine Parvati Baker CO-SLEEPING RESEARCH- James McKenna’s Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory at the University of Notre-Dame Sara Wichkam’s website Midwifery Today’s website  Take my fun Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? quiz Medicine Stories Facebook group Mythic Medicine on Instagram Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)

Guest: Dr. Sarah Buckley, a family physician in Brisbane, Australia, trained in family physician obstetrics and an authority on the hormonal physiology of childbearing. In this episode, we will cover: the 4 main hormones of birth and how each plays a role in "Mother Nature's Superb Design" for mother-baby bonding and mother healing how skin-to-skin, the baby's the breast crawl and cord clamping are hormone mediated and can be affected if the natural hormonal cascade is interfered with during birth the importance of the "Baby Moon" after birth - for both you and baby Resources mentioned in the conversation: Dr. Sarah Buckley's website: www.SarahBuckley.com her Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing report - http://transform.childbirthconnection.org/reports/physiology/ sign up to get her free eBook, Ecstatic Birth and other updates: http://sarahbuckley.com/subscribe-to-sarahs-updates get Dr. Buckley's free ebooks for parents:  About Dr. Sarah Buckley: Dr. Sarah Buckley is a family physician in Brisbane, Australia, trained in family physician obstetrics. She is the author of the internationally best-selling book Gentle Birth. Gentle Mothering and the scientific report Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing, published with Childbirth Connection. Sarah’s work supports parents and professionals to be well informed, to listen to their hearts and instincts, and to acknowledge the rightful place of parents as the real experts in their bodies, babies and families. Sarah is currently combines mothering her four children with her work as a writer and lecturer on pregnancy, birth and parenting. See www.sarahbuckley.com and www.gentlenaturalbirth.com

In today’s episode we speak with Dr. Sarah Buckley on the science of natural and undisturbed birth. Dr. Buckley is the author of the best selling book Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering, the author the report Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing, and all around natural childbirth expert. We are honored and grateful to have Dr. Sarah Buckley join us on the Doing It At Home Podcast for many reasons. To start, her book "Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices" was a huge influence on us during our pregnancy. Sarah (our Sarah...Sarah Bivens that is) started reading Dr. Buckley's book while we were still planning for a birth with an OBGYN in a hospital. We learned about Dr. Buckley from her appearances in a DVD series called "Happy Healthy Child" (another resource we highly recommend and link to in the show notes.) Dr. Buckley's extensive research and evidence based information on pregnancy and birth, along with her own accounts of her 4 home births left quite the impression on us. It got the wheels turning and prompted us to think about the elements we wanted in our birth. Overtime we found that the best way to experience all of that would be at home. So we're very grateful to Dr. Buckley and the work that she does, because it's like she's been a part of our journey. Dr. Buckley integrates what would seem like differing philosophies at first glance: in the mindset of a medical background, training, practice and care, and natural, holistic, unassisted, physiological birth. Dr. Buckley talks about physiological birth as the type of birth that's in alignment with how the body is designed to work. And low tech models of care support this process. Home birth is an ideal situation to allow for this. We also talk about the core requirements for birth and what a woman needs to feel private, safe and unobserved. And if you didn't know or fully understand the hormonal cocktail that a woman experienced in natural birth, you will by the end of this episode. Want to know what ecstatic birth is? Listen to this episode. One of the key takeaways here is the potential to reclaim power in the experience of birth. That with a healing birth, we can heal the earth! Links from this episode: SarahBuckley.com Sarah Buckley on Facebook HappyHealthyChild.com Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices by Sarah Buckley Hormonal Physiology Of Childbearing (report) Pain In Labor (ebook) Ecstatic Birth (ebook)

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Dr Sarah Buckley. Dr Sarah Buckley is a family physician (GP), trained in GP-obstetrics. She is the author of the internationally best-selling book Gentle Birth. Gentle Mothering and the scientific report Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing, published with Childbirth Connection (US) in 2015.  Sarah’s work supports parents and professionals to be well informed, to listen to their hearts and instincts, and to acknowledge the rightful place of parents as the real experts in their bodies, babies and families. Sarah is currently combines mothering her four children with her work as a writer and lecturer on pregnancy, birth and parenting. She is also a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland. See www.sarahbuckley.com and www.gentlenaturalbirth.com this episode Q&A includes: • adaptogens- non toxic, nonspecific and normalizing.. • codonopsis- healer of the intestines and stomach.. • treating ongoing infection and possibility of STD.. • no product approach to dental health and using yarrow tincture to brush with.. • white pine vinegar and using other species.. • persistent cervical dysplasia- vegetarian diet- need to eat red meat to be healthy.. • no disease from excess mucous, pleanty of disease caused by lack of mucous...       

In this episode Deb talks to Dr Sarah Buckley. She’s a family physician (GP) with training in family physician obstetrics, and author of the internationally best-selling book Gentle Birth. Gentle Mothering, (Celestial Arts/Penguin Random House, 2009). We discuss Undisturbed Birth- how the hormones of birth need to be in balance and well supported to facilitate a functional birth. Sarah has amazing insight on how a woman can find deep satisfaction and reward with her birth. Sarah also offers suggestions for women to honor the physiological response of her body in labor when she may be facing common disturbances of a hospital setting or pressure to stay within a certain schedule. She also reveals other practical tips for the laboring mother to keep her physical and mental space undisturbed.  Sarah discusses the impact she has seen since the publication of  “Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing” has made with the general practice of obstetrics.  Please enjoy this powerful episode!   For more about Sarah and her work see www.sarahbuckley.com and her membership website www.gentlenaturalbirth.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices