"I believe this is the most well-balanced, truthful, celebration of birth that I have ever viewed." - Carolyn Rafferty, RNC-OB

Orgasmic Birth: The Podcast

Guest Podcast Episodes

Melissa Ambrosini · 53: Healing Sexual Trauma, Mindful Pregnancy And Orgasmic Childbirth With Debra Pascali-Bonaro

Guest Videos

Articles

Published Papers | Debra Pascali-Bonaro

Evie | What Is An Orgasmic Birth? How A ‘Birthgasm’ Might Be The Best-Kept Secret For A Painless Labor

Insider | A Woman Who Had 2 Orgasmic Births Felt No Pain

Baby Chick | Orgasmic Birth: Is it Real?

Asking for a Pregnant Friend | All Things Orgasmic Birth

Elena Harder Podcast | Choosing a Birth Team to Support an Orgasmic Birth

Health Line | Orgasmic Labor and Birth: Could it be for you?

HelloGiggles | 6 Women Share What It’s Like to Have an Orgasmic Birth

Perinatal Quality Improvement | How One Doula’s Efforts Led to Advancing Equity, Justice and Quality Maternal Care

6 Women Share What it’s Like to Have an Orgasmic Birth | Yahoo News

Poppy Seed Health – Debunked

Pathways to Family Wellness – Keep Your Power 9 Reasons Why You Don’t Want to Hand Over Your Power In Birth

Orgasmic Birth Isn’t a Myth, It’s a Movement—Here’s What It’s About by Kelly Hoover Greenway, Yahoo Lifestyle

Stress Free Pregnancy with Susan Lopes

Whoa, You Really Can Have An Orgasm During Childbirth by Mallory Creveling, Women’s Health

5 Benefits Of Orgasm During Pregnancy You Need To Know About – By Kelly Hoover Greenway, Romper

The Beautiful Work Challenge: On Birth (Multi-Part Series)

NJ Spotlight Could Doulas Help to Reduce Racial Disparities in NJ’s Maternity Care?

Insurance coverage for doula services is also a critical component in expanding the practice, experts told the panel. Debra Pascali-Bonaro, an international childbirth educator and doula trainer — who said she might have been the first to offer doula services in New Jersey, in 1984 — said no insurance carriers currently cover this care, although some self-insured companies are exploring this option. She has been reimbursed on occasion, but only through a complicated, time-consuming appeal process, and never for more than $500, she said.

“This needs to be universal,” Pascali-Bonaro said, noting that by paying for lower-cost doula services, insurance companies can save money on more expensive treatment, like C-sections and other medical interventions. “Respectful care is medicine,” she added. “When women don’t feel respected, honored or get the dignity they deserve, they do not thrive, and birth becomes something else.”

Health Here’s How This Mom Says She Experienced an ‘Orgasmic’ Childbirth

International Business Times What is orgasmic childbirth? Woman reveals experience of intensely pleasurable child delivery

Injoy Health Education Transforming Pain to Power in Childbirth

BabyLIFE Hacks Pleasure During Birth

Reawakening Ancient Feminine Wisdom Summit Pleasurable Labor Tips

Brit + Co 6 Outrageous Pregnancy Symptoms That Could Happen to You

Healthy Mom & Baby Did You Know that Birth Can Be Pleasurable?

ReWild Yourself Dancing Babies Into the World

Lamaze “Watch a Baby’s Birth”

Doing it at Home How Orgasmic Birth Is Connecting Women To Their Power

Mommyish What Is an Orgasmic Birth and Is It Possible to Have Pleasure During Labor, Not Pain?

Romper Does Orgasmic Birth really Happen?