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Fanny ChatBetty on vaginisumus, postnatal tending and birthBetty Sharpe is a Kent doula who actively supports at births around East Kent. She runs Folkey Birth Club which is a local CIC holding birth cirles and nourishment circles. Betty chats about her experience of vaginismus and what it looked like to have the birth she wanted but the lack of postnatal care she realised she needed. Within this episode we discuss tears, childborth, tending to ourselves and just the general culture around the system- whether we are having painful sex or having a baby. Betty Sharpe: https://www.kentdoulacollective.com/betty-sharpe Folkey Birth Cl...2025-02-1158 minFanny ChatBetty Sharpe and unknown pain and postpartum careWe walk through three pelvic-based stories. Betty walks us through her journey to this point as a homebirth doula. We discuss her physical pain and how that informs her work. We look at her postpartum care, tears, recovery and the system. What does she feel the system needs to acknowledge more. Why are they stitching women after birth. Is lotus birth the answer. And how can we be more informed around birth. Website www.thisisnaomigale.co.ukBuy In Your Vagina bookUseful social linksYouTubeSubstack In...2024-11-2658 min