20. Born Through Movement: The Biomechanics of Birth with Adelaide Meadow

The Well-Nourished Mother: Helping You Thrive in Pregnancy, Birth & Motherhood

What do biomechanics have to do with birth?!
Everything.
And yet, it's often left out of the birth conversation and pre-natal education entirely.
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“You’ll never hear me say I trust birth.”
Those are the words that caught my attention last week on social media and ignited my fascinating conversation with this week’s guest Adelaide Meadow, but the conversation goes much deeper than this.
Adelaide is a physiologist, yoga teacher, bodyworker, and homebirth attendant who is passionate about the radical feminist reclamation of the body. Her genius is her ability to read the female body- specifically, women's sacred posture and the magic of the female pelvis. She is passionate about liberating movement practices from biologically inaccurate and harmful bodily teachings that are grounded in male physiology, and rebirthing female movement practices.
Adelaide thoughtfully shares:

• Her deeper perspective and expanded definition around the phrase “I trust birth”
• The need for nuance and humanness in your decisions around what type of birth experience is right for you
• Her definition of "Physiological Womanhood" and the mismatch between what you believe about idealized physiological birth and the common capabilities of your modern body
• The effects of the "hands-off" birth movement and the loss of wise, gentle and skilled hands on care

Adelaide seeks to answer the question "What can we learn from the patterns we see within the births we experience or witness?".

She paints a beautiful picture of the synergy between hormones and body mechanics, giving you a new, deeper understanding of how birth unfolds in the body. She shares some of the modern root causes of pelvic issues and more difficult births and offers a new way forward through a deeper understanding of individual biodynamics and body mechanics.

Her insights promise to deepen your understanding and preparation for childbirth, and shift your perspective around how birth unfolds within the body whether you're pregnant yourself, or providing care to perinatal women.
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Follow Adelaide on Instagram: @adelaidemeadow_
Check out Adelaide's newest course, as mentioned in the episode:
Born Through Movement A study of birth biomechanics, prenatal movement, & actionable ways to support baby’s pathway through the pelvis.
(SAVE 100$ off and get one month in her True Core Health Membership FREE if you sign up before September 16, 2024)
Don’t forget to use discount code LAUREN for 10% off any of Adelaide’s courses and programs.

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