Thank you, Regina and Scott, for covering this important topic. It’s a critical “dot” (as in connecting dots) in understanding how nearly all of our psyches have trauma as an underlying driver.
This information is relevant not only to birthing couples, but to all of us. The first time I heard Jeanice, I made a point to find out more about my own birth story. It gave me tremendous insight into lifelong isolating patterns and behaviors that I didn’t realize were trauma-based (from isolation at birth), opening a new path to clarity. Even if we meditate daily for hours, until we clear our own subconscious trauma, we cannot function at our highest potential — our capacity to give and receive love is compromised.
I really appreciated your personal story as well, Regina. This interview was a good introduction to this subject and I hope that you are able to do a video follow-up at some point with Jeanice and delve even deeper.
Pitocin was given to me because this being my first birthing, I was so worn out emotionally and physically by contractions that started on Saturday evening, lasted off and on until Sunday and all through Sunday til Monday morning when my little girl finally came at 8:55am. I went into the hospital, into the natural birthing unit first, on Sunday night. But after 4 hours of natural birthing (waiting) I progressed from 3 to 4 cm and by this point it was 3am Monday morning and I could no longer handle the constant off and on contractions that left me feeling cold and shivering. After little sleep from Saturday to Sunday and NO sleep from Sunday to the early Monday hours, I felt like I had no choice left but to get the Petocin and Epidural. I was worn out and in tears by 3am and being only at 4 cm I had no idea how I would ever progress to 10 and then to even push. Throughout all of this I never once became hysterical or loud. I tried to be calm, quiet, and focused on how to get through this new experience.
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The Yuga Cycles of the Ages,Nevada City, May 25-28
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Thank you, Regina and Scott, for covering this important topic. It’s a critical “dot” (as in connecting dots) in understanding how nearly all of our psyches have trauma as an underlying driver.
This information is relevant not only to birthing couples, but to all of us. The first time I heard Jeanice, I made a point to find out more about my own birth story. It gave me tremendous insight into lifelong isolating patterns and behaviors that I didn’t realize were trauma-based (from isolation at birth), opening a new path to clarity. Even if we meditate daily for hours, until we clear our own subconscious trauma, we cannot function at our highest potential — our capacity to give and receive love is compromised.
I really appreciated your personal story as well, Regina. This interview was a good introduction to this subject and I hope that you are able to do a video follow-up at some point with Jeanice and delve even deeper.
ana
Pitocin was given to me because this being my first birthing, I was so worn out emotionally and physically by contractions that started on Saturday evening, lasted off and on until Sunday and all through Sunday til Monday morning when my little girl finally came at 8:55am. I went into the hospital, into the natural birthing unit first, on Sunday night. But after 4 hours of natural birthing (waiting) I progressed from 3 to 4 cm and by this point it was 3am Monday morning and I could no longer handle the constant off and on contractions that left me feeling cold and shivering. After little sleep from Saturday to Sunday and NO sleep from Sunday to the early Monday hours, I felt like I had no choice left but to get the Petocin and Epidural. I was worn out and in tears by 3am and being only at 4 cm I had no idea how I would ever progress to 10 and then to even push. Throughout all of this I never once became hysterical or loud. I tried to be calm, quiet, and focused on how to get through this new experience.