with Dr. Elisabeth Bolaza

Pleasure is not just a nice to have at birth – it’s a vital sign of a healthy, empowered experience. Yet for too long, our culture has suppressed and shamed the very idea of pleasure during one of life’s most transformative moments.

However, the groundbreaking research of Dr. Elisabeth Bolaza is changing that narrative. Dr. Bolaza is a reproductive anthropologist and the Principal Investigator of The Birth Pleasure Study. As the founder of Sorada Research & Consulting, she is committed to disrupting the status quo and making her work on pleasure, sexuality, and reproductive justice useful to everyday birthing people and their families.

Join this week’s conversation as Debra and Dr. Bolaza share how prioritizing pleasure, joy, and bodily autonomy at birth can transform the maternity care system, why pleasure is a fundamental part of birth justice, the 5 different forms of pleasure, how the environment and support system around the birthing person greatly impacts their ability to access pleasure and physiologic birth, an important call-to-action for medical provider, and why developing a “birth pleasure management plan” can help birthing people feel empowered and in control. 

Dr. Bolaza is a special guest expert in our upcoming Orgasmic Birth Practitioner Training. Join our global community and expand your understanding of sexuality and birth during our 10-week live online training with Debra, Dr. Bolazo, and other guest experts. Learn more and register today for instant access to previous recordings – we start live on October 21st! https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/orgasmic-birth-practitioner-training/