Birth Better with Meghan

Be open to changing your mind…and your birth plan.

Nothing has humbled me and challenged my assumptions more than birth. And if someone is promising you a certain type of birth through their program, mindset, hacks, philosophy, I’m here to tell you they are full of it.

I believe a positive birth experience, requires education, flexibility, embodying your authority in the decision-making process, and unbiased support.

what assumptions about birth? Are you ready to let go of?

We’ve got beds that can do approximately 47 different things… but where are the birth stools? 👀

Women have been using birth stools for centuries. They’re a simple tool that allows for upright birthing positions, uses gravity, and gives the pelvis freedom to move.

When I attend out-of-hospital births, the birth stool is used 9 out of 10 times. They may not birth there but it certainly helps with pushing.

And yet, walk into many hospital birth rooms and what’s the centerpiece?

The bed.

Now, I’m not saying everyone should give birth on a stool. Or that hospital beds don’t have an important purpose. They absolutely do.

But here’s what I AM asking:

What would hospital birth look like if we designed birth spaces around how women actually labor, rather than expecting women to adapt to the space?

More options. More movement. More flexibility. More support for physiological birth.

Sometimes supporting birth doesn’t require revolutionary technology.

Sometimes it just requires a stool. 🪑

Did your hospital have a birth stool? Would you have wanted the option?

Join me next week at 5:30 or share with a new parent to talk and learn about Newborn Care Basics!

We will cover:
- normal newborn behavior & rhythms
- Feeding & diaper output
- Diaper demo, bathing and basic care
- How to soothe, notice hunger cues
- Newborn sleep
- What’s normal vs when to worry

I’ll also have a helpful handout for you to take home that can calm your panic in the middle of the night!

The village used to be a 10-year-old girl with a copy of Green Eggs and Ham. 😂

Apparently supporting mothers and taking care of babies was always going to be my career path.

Maybe I was never bad at sticking with things.

Maybe I just hadn’t found the thing worth sticking with yet.

Seven years later, birth still has my whole brain. 🤍

And I’m just getting started.