Our birthing scars stay with us forever.

Abdominal scars from caesarean sections run deep.

Layers of various tissues need to heal and lay down scar tissue, and this scar tissue has an effect on overall health.

With the caesarean section rate so high, there will be many mothers living with abdominal scars. This episode is for you, and for your care givers.

Understanding your scar and how it can affect your health is an important part of recovery.

Learning to care for our scars will help us return to vitality.

Listen to this episode to find out:

• how scar tissue forms
• what adhesions are
• how to care for your scar in the first 6 weeks after birth
• how massage helps
• how scars impact health

Jo can be found at https://www.joanna-anderson.co.uk/

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The Mother Podcast is produced by Garry Finlayson and Suzanne Maier

In this episode Suzanne speaks with Tami Lynn Kent.

Tami is a holistic women’s health care provider with a master’s degree in physiotherapy, advanced training in multiple bodywork techniques, and the ability to read energetic patterns of the body. She is the creator and founder of Holistic Pelvic Care™, and she runs a training program in this from Portland Oregon (where she lives) and also travelling internationally to train practitioners around the world.

Tami’s work helps women to understand the wisdom that is in their pelvic bowl, and to work with the healing – or the medicine – that this understanding brings. She is also the author of 3 books - Wild Feminine, Wild Creative, and Wild Mothering.

Listen to this episode to find out about

• how Tami developed Holistic Pelvic Care™
• recognising patterns of blockage and flow in the body in the pelvis for health
• including ovaries and womb as part of pelvic medicine
• the power of the medicine in the pelvic bowl
• how Tami began to use energy work alongside physical work
• birth field energetics
• healing the birth field when the birth is interrupted or traumatic
• how to mother without becoming depleted
• mothering in a patriarchal culture
• mothering as a creative act
• connection between the heart and the womb
• reconnecting the love and creativity for mothering
• how tuning in to the support of the Great Mother energy (Earth) can help with modern mothering
• reasons why accepting imperfection in mothering is important
• tapping into ancestral wounding and strengths
• effective ways of using worry in motherhood
• using blessings in motherhood

Tami's work, courses and books can all be found at www.wildfeminine.com

Her Ted talk The Vagina Whisperer: Moving from Shame to Honour in the Female Body can be found on YouTube

If you are interesting in training in-person with Tami in Scotland, please contact Suzanne at MotherHeal

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music by Shooglenifty with Dhun Dhora
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The Mother Podcast is produced by Garry Finlayson and Suzanne Maier

Have you considered having a home birth?
A few generations ago, birth was moved from primarily the home into the hospital. We are now facing record high numbers of medical interventions in birth including caesarean sections and instrumental deliveries. The research is clear that for "low risk" pregnancies home birth is just as - if not more - safe than hospital birth.

Home birth is on the rise in Scotland, but still only makes up just over 1% of all births. Why?
In this episode Suzanne speaks with women who have recently given birth at home, midwives who work in a dedicated home birth team, and the Chief Midwifery Officer for Scotland to explore the reality of home birth in Scotland.

We discuss

• reasons for choosing a home birth
• having your first baby at home
• home birth to avoid the cascade of intervention
• using hypnobirthing, and how that works well with home birth
• government strategy supporting choice of place of birth
• how midwives work in a dedicated home birth team
• what the midwifery care is like for a home birth
• how choosing a home birth results in less fragmented care
• practicalities of preparing for a home birth
• pain relief at home
• having other children, or pets, at your birth
• the postpartum care at home
• birth as a mainstream choice
• the safety of home birth from the midwifery perspective
• recommendations for choosing home birth

The mothers on this podcast were Laura Somers and Simone Bowie.
The midwives were Diane Cunningham, Jenni Conway and Rachel Heron and they work in the Ayrshire and Arran Home Birth team.
The Chief Midwifery Officer for Scotland is Justine Craig.

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You can support this podcast here:
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Suzanne's website - podcast, blog, booking and resources:
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music by Shooglenifty with Dhun Dhora
https://www.shooglenifty.com/

The Mother Podcast is produced by Garry Finlayson and Suzanne Maier