In this episode, I talk about how to start open conversations and communicate your expectations for your birth with your birth team.

Being able to communicate effectively with your birth team is an important skill and requirement for any team to work together.

If you don't feel safe to share your feelings, thoughts or communicate your needs this could lead to distrust, assumptions and you could start to create walls between you and your birth team.

While I don't feel it should be the womans responsibility to initiate this conversation and many people working in this space providing support would have these conversation through your pregnancy - I'm noticing that many do now.

This is such a valuable skill to have during your pregnancy and birth, but one that will also support you through life.

One of the fundemental things that makes us different to animals is our ability to speak with thousands of words - and yet, so many people are afraid to share their feelings, thoughts or expectations, afraid of causing conflict or hurting someone.

This is a skill I have been working on, and one I encourage and invite you to work on to.

Enjoy this podcast episode,

Ashley x

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