In this Episode Shellie and Kemi are joined by Amelia. They explore art, blood, life, death, the times it is helpful to reach out to people to hold space for you and when that may not be useful. Finding your power of no. Taking what you need from the system whilst holding boundaries for what you don't want or need. We explore spirit, ceremony and ritual in integrating loss, life, death, birth and growth. We also touch on some of the unethical practices of the formula industry as well as the sacred nature of breastfeeding.
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In this episode Shellie and Kemi dive into the anatomy of the umbilical cord, speak about the blood flow through placentas and how the levels in babies blood change due to the transition to live outside of the uterus and what this can mean. We debunk some cord myths, highlight the increased safety for mothers and babies in leaving the cord the F alone to do what it needs to do.
Let's stop the ritual blood letting and focus on the whole health of parents and babies.
We speak about some things that you may or may not want to do with your baby's placenta and cord after birth.
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In this Episode, Shellie and Kemi discuss avocado gate - the transfusion of blood from the placenta to the baby, waiting for a baby to have all of their blood, that they need for transitioning and for their whole health for life. We muse about maintaining an intact cord for helping transition and hear Christina's amazing story of her heroic efforts to help her daughter's transition Earth side to be as safe and smooth as possible. Please be aware that this episode contains discussion about the birth of Christina's daughter, who was struggling to transition and needed assistance, so viewer discretion is advised. We are so in awe of Christina and what she did and how what she did changed practice for the better for many other families.
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In this episode, Shellie and Kemi discuss the physiology of the immediate time after birth, the benefits of skin to skin and breastfeeding, protecting the birthing dyad in these precious and vitally important moments. We talk about placentas, umbilical cords and blood in both mothers and babies. What causes haemorrhage, what can we do naturally to help prevent it, manage if it does happen. We explore medical lack of logic in determining what a haemorrhage is in and out of the birth space, how keeping cords intact saves babies lives and promotes their long term health.If you would like to explore the further resources that we have available for deeper learning, join us over on patreon.https://www.patreon.com/c/birthuntethered/membershiphttps://www.patreon.com/c/birthuntethered/membership
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In this Episode Shellie and Kemi discuss deeper into the oxytocin spiral of labour, the Ferguson and Foetal Ejection Reflex, the wonders of champagne and the amazing design of the human body for safety during childbirth.
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In this episode Shellie and Kemi sink further into the initiation of physiological labour. We speak about oxytocin, the brown fat your baby is accumulating ready for birth, the protection of supporting physiology rather than removing safety with intervention.This is essential listening for everyone in the lead up to birth to understand the amazing things happening in your body and your baby's body and what the consequences of supporting that compared to interrupting that may be.
Shellie and Kemi discuss the physiology of the birth giver and baby in the lead up to the start of labour and what the potential consequences of choosing to interrupt that with induction and/or cesarean are. This will continue in episode 2 where we flow, much like birth from the initiation of labour into the potential beginning of labour.Join us on Patreon for the following benefits:Simple Truths: Video EpisodeReference list for papers mentioned in the podcast episode and used to make the resources for collective wisdom and untethered rebels bonus materialCollective Wisdom:Video EpisodeReference list for papers mentioned in the podcast episode and used to make the resources for collective wisdom and untethered rebels bonus materialParent pdf ebook about the physiological initiation of labour. Learn about some of the mechanisms that are happening in the baby's and maternal body in greater detail and what the consequences of disturbing these are in easy to understand language and with helpful graphs and diagramsUntethered Rebels:Video EpisodeReference list for papers mentioned in the podcast episode and used to make the resources for collective wisdom and untethered rebels bonus materialParent pdf ebook about the physiological initiation of labour. Learn about some of the mechanisms that are happening in the baby's and maternal body in greater detail and what the consequences of disturbing these are in easy to understand language and with helpful graphs and diagrams.Birth Nerd deep dive pdf ebook about the physiological initiation of labour. It goes into more detail in places than the parent ebook.
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The Pilot Episode of the Birth Untethered Podcast with Shellie Poulter and Kemi Johnson.
Shellie and Kemi discuss their motivation for creating the podcast and share their number one tips for parents, birth partners and birthworkers.
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With this episode:
What you really need for birth PDF
Video Episode
What you really need for birth PDF
Video Episode
Downloadable Pregnancy Relaxation MP3
What you really need for birth PDF
Video Episode
Downloadable Pregnancy Relaxation MP3
Birth Plan Template (canva link)
Invitation to zoom gathering 11th September at 10am GMT
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Join Shellie Poulter and Kemi Johnson for the trailer for their brand new Birth Untethered Podcast. Filled with unfiltered truths and collective wisdom around pre-conception, pregnancy, birth parenthood and beyond.
Join us at birth untethered on patreon for extra resources, a growing community of birth rebels, connection, learning, unfiltered truths and collective wisdom.
With the first episode coming to you on 1st September:
What you really need for birth PDF
Video Episode
What you really need for birth PDF
Video Episode
Downloadable Pregnancy Relaxation MP3
What you really need for birth PDF
Video Episode
Downloadable Pregnancy Relaxation MP3
Birth Plan Template (canva link)
Invitation to zoom gathering 11th September at 10am GMT
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