Color And Happy : A Podcast About Creativity

Thanks for listening to Hear Motherhood.   Isn’t it funny how a series of moments in your life can have so much impact that you remember it with the intensity and detail of a favorite movie scene? Those moments when, because of the abilities of our bodies to truly soak up the important times, you are able to, in a way, detach yourself from the memory and see it as someone else may. That’s exactly the experience I felt like I was given as a part of my birth story. While not a recounting of my full childbirth experience (check the Links and Resources section for more on that) this episode zeros in on the few minutes of the “pushing” part of labor. In this episode, I also talk about how the nurses who were at my side were perfect examples of how women can support other women. In this episode you’ll learn: Why stories are so important to humans. My reaction to having approximately a dozen people in the room while I was having a baby. How the sweetness of a student nurse encoura