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Having an empowering birth experience is one of my favorite topics of conversation. Birth is a transformative experience and we can cry and laugh and love up on each other’s stories, whether there is heartache, trauma, euphoria, or peace. All birth stories matter and there is strength to gain from listening to each other’s experiences. I sit down with my friend Jordan, who recently gave brith to her fourth baby in the comfort of her own home in Tanzania with her family. She shares the story of her most recent birth and we also revel in the evolution she’s had from her other births as well. Her birth stories are both hilarious and beautiful, chaotic yet calming, and also empowering. We found many similarities in our own lives, not just from the beautiful mess of motherhood and homeschooling and raising a big family, but also from the insights we’ve gained over the course of our different births. In this episode we cover what has helped us have the most empowering birth experiences, what hasn’t helped, and everything in between.

You can find Jordan on instagram at @pheonix.wild so you can keep up with her life journey with her family travels, homeschooling and motherhood. She is coming out with a homeschooling course soon so stay tuned for that and she also just launched an online market place to be able to find natural mother and baby products all in one beautiful place, at https://organicbabyme.com'>https://organicbabyme.com

So buckle up for some wild birth stories, I laughed a lot in this episode, probably because I find so much joy in talking about birth. I hope you enjoy our stories.

In this episode we cover:
Jordan’s story and what led her family to uproot and move to Tanzania
What she’s learned from living in Tanzania and what the culture is like
Jordan’s birth story of her most recent birth, her fourth baby who was born just 7 weeks ago
The rest of our birth stories and what we have learned from each one
What has helped us have the most empowering birth experiences, what hasn’t helped, and everything in between.
The power of the mind in creating a positive birthing experience
How to decide where you should give birth (the hospital, birth center, home birth, etc)
How we have found pleasure through brith
Orgasmic Birth, the book
Running towards the places you are most afraid to go, and relaxing in those places
Embracing the journey of labor instead of trying to hide from it for a quicker and more enjoyable labor progression
Rewriting the story that birth has to be painful and scary
Homeschooling and motherhood with 4 children
And so much more.

WHERE TO FIND JORDAN:
Instagram:   / pheonix.wild  
Organic Baby Me: https://organicbabyme.com'>https://organicbabyme.com

WHERE TO FIND ME:
Get my ebooks: https://www.ellenfisher.com/ebooks
My instagram:   / ellenfisher  
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