The Anatomy of Pleasure in Childbirth

My 3-minute International Confederation of Midwives Talk. Pleasure as physiology, pleasure as power, pleasure as evidence-based care, and pleasure as a human right. Reclaiming it in childbirth and in life is a path toward healing, wellbeing, and activism. The hormonal blueprint of birth, oxytocin, prolactin, beta-endorphin, adrenaline, matches the biology of org*sm. They are neurochemical…