6: Episode 6: Ariana Youmans Keenahan

08/19/20 • 30 min

On today’s podcast we’re going to take a change of pace and instead of talking to a healthcare professional, we are with documentarian, director and artist, Ariana Youmans Keenahan. Ariana is compiling a coffee table book on breastfeeding which contains photos of mums and their breastfeeding stories. What I think is particularly worthwhile about this book is its inclusivity and celebration of diversity. I am delighted to have Ariana on the show to talk about her book and also about her own journey through pregnancy, birth and beyond.

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4: Episode 4: Dr. Michel Odent

For our fourth episode, we have the man the Lancet called “one of the last real general surgeons”, the world-renowned obstetrician, Dr. Michel Odent. While in charge of the surgical and maternity units of a hospital just outside Paris from 1962 to 1985, our guest developed a special interest in environmental factors influencing the birth process. He introduced the concepts like home-from-home birthing rooms, birthing pools and singing sessions for pregnant women. After his hospital career he was involved in home birth, He founded the Primal Health Research Centre, and designed a database, primalhealthhresearch.com, in order to compile epidemiological studies exploring correlations between what happens during the “Primal period” and health later on. Today we’ll be talking about the science of birth and our relationship with nature.