Ep 125: Setting Up Your Birth Cave

During labor, there’s this beautiful dance between oxytocin/endorphins and adrenaline/cortisol.  The innate wisdom of the body craves calmness and peace and safety and security during labor.  When those feelings are achieved, labor has an easier time progressing and the hormones dance more efficiently.  

Sometimes the sights, sounds, and smells of hospitals can interrupt the flow of your birth hormones and it can be harder to get into the right headspace or “labor land” where you feel safe, comfortable, and private. 

There are many things you can do for a home or hospital birth to create a peaceful and safe space to birth…one where birth flows freely and efficiently. In this episode, Dr. Shannon and Doula Rachael discuss several ways you can promote an environment during your birth that supports the hormones of labor - be sure to grab a pen and make some notes!

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