036: Dr. Sarah Buckley | Nature's Hormonal Blueprint for Labor

<p><strong>Guest:</strong> Dr. Sarah Buckley, a family physician in Brisbane, Australia, trained in family physician obstetrics and an authority on the hormonal physiology of childbearing.</p> <p><strong>In this episode, we will cover:</strong></p> <ol> <li>the 4 main hormones of birth and how each contributes to a natural and safe experience for both mom and baby</li> <li>how birth was really meant to be private, safe and unobserved and how disturbing the labor process slows things down</li> <li>Recommendations on how to keep this normal flow of hormones going so labor progresses naturally and quickly</li> </ol> <p><strong>Resources mentioned in the conversation:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Dr. Sarah Buckley's website: <a href= "http://www.SarahBuckley.com">www.SarahBuckley.com</a></li> <li>her Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing report - <a href= "http://transform.childbirthconnection.org/reports/physiology/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://transform.childbirthconnection.org/reports/physiology/</span></a></li> <li>sign up to get her free eBook, Ecstatic Birth and other updates: <a href= "http://sarahbuckley.com/subscribe-to-sarahs-updates">http://sarahbuckley.com/subscribe-to-sarahs-updates</a></li> <li>Dr. Buckley's Gentle Natural Birth Pregnancy program - <span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "http://www.gentlenaturalbirth.com/">http://www.gentlenaturalbirth.com/</a></span></li> </ul> <p><strong>About Dr. Sarah Buckley:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Sarah Buckley is a family physician in Brisbane, Australia, trained in family physician obstetrics.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She is the author of the internationally best-selling book</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Gentle Birth. Gentle Mothering</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and the scientific report</span> <a href= "http://transform.childbirthconnection.org/reports/physiology/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,<