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Guest: Dr. Sarah Buckley, a family
physician in Brisbane, Australia, trained in family physician
obstetrics and an authority on the hormonal physiology of
childbearing.

In this episode, we will cover:

1. the 4 main hormones of birth and how each contributes to a
   natural and safe experience for both mom and baby
2. how birth was really meant to be private, safe and
   unobserved and how disturbing the labor process slows things
   down
3. Recommendations on how to keep this normal flow of hormones
   going so labor progresses naturally and quickly

Resources mentioned in the conversation:

• Dr. Sarah Buckley's website: "http://www.SarahBuckley.com">www.SarahBuckley.com
• her Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing report
  -  "http://transform.childbirthconnection.org/reports/physiology/">http://transform.childbirthconnection.org/reports/physiology/
• sign up to get her free eBook, Ecstatic Birth and other
  updates: "http://sarahbuckley.com/subscribe-to-sarahs-updates">http://sarahbuckley.com/subscribe-to-sarahs-updates
• Dr. Buckley's Gentle Natural Birth Pregnancy program
  -  "http://www.gentlenaturalbirth.com/">http://www.gentlenaturalbirth.com/

About Dr. Sarah Buckley:

Dr. Sarah Buckley is a family
physician in Brisbane, Australia, trained in family physician
obstetrics.

She is the author of the
internationally best-selling book "font-weight: 400;">Gentle Birth. Gentle Mothering
and the scientific report
"http://transform.childbirthconnection.org/reports/physiology/">
Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing "font-weight: 400;">, "font-weight: 400;">published with Childbirth
Connection.

Sarah's work supports parents
and professionals to be well informed, to listen to their hearts
and instincts, and to acknowledge the rightful place of parents as
the real experts in their bodies, babies and families.

Sarah is currently combines
mothering her four children with her work as a writer and lecturer
on pregnancy, birth and parenting.

See "http://www.sarahbuckley.com"> "font-weight: 400;">www.sarahbuckley.com "font-weight: 400;">and "http://www.gentlenaturalbirth.com"> "font-weight: 400;">www.gentlenaturalbirth.com