The Cord: Connection, Peace and Empowerment in Your Birthing Year and Beyond

The Cord: Connection, Peace and Empowerment in Your Birthing Year and Beyond


TC 016 When survivors give birth. An interview with Penny Simkin.

January 12, 2016

"A good birth is worth two years of psychotherapy." Penny Simkin & Phyllis Klaus
Your fears matter. Learn how to have your needs respected in birth.
Penny Simkin is a physical therapist, childbirth educator and doula. She has co-authored some of the best childbirth books including "The Birth Partner", "Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn" and "When Survivors Give Birth". 
In this episode we discuss the importance of respectful, compassionate care for survivors of childhood sexual abuse (and all women!), what respectful, compassionate care can look like and how you can get it.