What if birth began long before labor ever started? In this powerful conversation, Pauline Goossen shares her conscious conception journey, the intentional preparation she and her partner made before pregnancy, and the deeply embodied birth of her breech baby. Together, Pauline and Debra explore cycle wisdom, tantra, oxytocin, privacy in labor, and the transformational power of surrender.

Pauline describes pregnancy as a long luteal phase, and birth as something that is supported by the way we care for our hormones, our relationships, and our bodies over time. She also shares how her understanding of pleasure, love, and embodiment shaped her labor, including the moment she asked for space, turned inward, and opened from 0 to 4 centimeters.

Her birth story unfolds with honesty and awe: a breech baby, an experienced midwifery team, a trance-like labor state, and a delivery that left her exhausted, empowered, and grateful. This episode is a moving reminder that birth can be both intense and beautiful, and that deep trust in the body can make all the difference.

In this episode, you'll hear about:
-Conscious conception and preparing for pregnancy months in advance.
-How cycle awareness and hormone health shape fertility and birth.
-Tantra, pleasure, and intentional intimacy as foundations for family life.
-The role of privacy, space, and surrender during labor.
-Pauline's breech birth experience and the support of her birth team.
-Why oxytocin matters in love, labor, breastfeeding, and recovery.
-Seeing birth as a rite of passage and a deeply transformational experience.

About Pauline Goossen
Pauline Goossen is a women's fertility and holistic hormone health coach who teaches that pregnancy and birth begin long before conception. Through cycle-based hormone balance, she helps support PMS, period pain, fertility, and reconnection to the wisdom of the body. She works online with women around the world and offers programs focused on cycle health, fertility, and hormonal balance.

Connect with Pauline
Learn more about Pauline's work at: https://omcyclewithpauline.com
https://www.instagram.com/paulinegisele

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In this episode of The Orgasmic Birth Podcast, Debra Pascali-Bonaro speaks with Joni Edelmann, a birth guide, educator, and former labor and delivery nurse who brings together science, sacredness, and decades of birth experience. Together, they explore how safety, nervous system regulation, privacy, and trust can create the conditions for ecstatic birth in any setting, including the hospital. Joni shares the story of her own births, including how her fifth birth became the first she experienced as truly not painful, but deeply intense, joyful, and transformative. She also reflects on how pregnancy, birth, trauma awareness, and support from trusted care providers can shape not only birth outcomes, but a person's sense of power and possibility.

This conversation offers practical insight into:

• What safety really means in birth.
• How trauma can affect the nervous system and labor.
• Ways to support parasympathetic regulation.
• Why privacy, quiet, and trust matter so much.
• How to process birth experiences that were difficult or disappointing.
• Why the birth you dream of may be more possible than you think.
• Joni also reminds listeners that choosing the right support team matters, and that people deserve care aligned with their values, goals, and vision for birth.

Joni Edelman is a birth guide, educator, and former labor and delivery nurse who holds science and sacred at the same altar. With three decades of experience supporting birth in hospitals and homes, she helps families reconnect with the innate intelligence of the body and approach birth as a powerful, transformative, and potentially ecstatic experience.

https://www.13moonsbirthwork.com
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/13moonsbirth

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