Show Notes
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.
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Dr. Deirdre Daly is the lead researcher on the MAMMI study (www.mammi.ie) and an Assistant Professor of Nursing & Midwifery at Trinity College, Dublin. In this episode, we talk about the MAMMI Study, The WHAM course (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/womens-health-after-motherhood), maternal mental health, maternal incontinence and sex after childbirth. Here is a list of supports put together by Cuidiú to support women's mental wellbeing. There are great resources out there. https://www.cuidiu.ie/Supports_Parenthood_PostnatalDepression I hope you enjoy the show. Carolyn
The mission of this podcast is to empower pregnant women with the most up-to-date information on all things pregnancy & birth by interviewing maternity health care professionals on a different topic every episode.