Episode 10: A Better Birth with Rebekah Wheeler

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Episode 10: A Better Birth with Rebekah Wheeler

The Mother of it All

Jan 15, 2024

Midwife, birth trauma healer, and beloved big sister Rebekah Wheeler breaks down what we get wrong about birth trauma, why there is no wrong way to give birth, and what we can do to truly support people through the birth process. Also, Sarah confronts her about never letting her borrow her Oasis t-shirt in middle school, and Miranda gets some free birth healing.

Links:

Rebekah’s website

Review of Alison Yarrow’s Birth Control in The Nation

The Body Keeps The Score

Recs for kids:

Half Magic

Wayside School Books

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The Mother of it All

We are Miranda Rake and Sarah Wheeler, two friends, mothers and professional writers on the parenting beat. The Mother of it All is our place to go deep into the culture of modern motherhood and have the conversations that truly challenge, feed and excite us. Expect warmth, humor and over-considered takes on hot topics, fresh takes on old ones, expert guests and good times. We're diving into the grey areas beyond the tropes — the wine moms, the rage moms, the anything moms — and instead spending real time with the ideas that help us grow as mothers and people in this cultural moment.

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