“Your experience and birth is more important than someone else's judgments.”
MJ Renshaw
Episode 144, orgasmic birth the podcast
Ep. 144 - Healing Power of Birth: Releasing Shame and Embracing Self-Pleasure in Childbirth
with MJ Renshaw
Welcome to Episode 144
We’ve been taught that pleasure is an indulgence, not a necessity. But what if accessing desire is the secret to profound healing during childbirth? It’s time to unlearn the shame and prioritize our needs.
As the creator of The Being Method, MJ Renshaw is a mama on a mission to revolutionize the way we approach pleasure and birth. Her own journey of using self-care practices to facilitate an empowering childbirth has motivated her to support others in releasing shame and embracing desire.
Tune in as Debra and MJ dive into releasing shame, the healing power of self-pleasure in childbirth, creating a pleasurable birth environment, the role of the partner, and the impact on postpartum intimacy.
Episode Highlights:
02:01 MJ’s First Birth
04:37 Second Birth and Pleasure as a Healing Tool
07:24 The Role of Self-Pleasure in Birth
18:25 Releasing Shame and Embracing Pleasure
20:03 Postpartum and Intimacy
23:01 Tips for Embracing Pleasure
Quotable Quotes
“The goal is not an orgasm. To have an intimate pleasurable experience is just as good.” —MJ Renshaw
“You’re not going to feel aroused and open if you don’t feel safe.” —MJ Renshaw
“There’s a lot of different programming that goes into women that can affect our birth. We have a lot of the good girl stuff where we want everyone else to be comfortable but us.” —MJ Renshaw
Website: https://www.beingmethod.ca