Overview
Listen in on this fascinating conversation with Amy (ICEA educator and doula) and Shijie (soon to be ICEA educator!). Its all about birthing in China and Thailand. Shijie goes through the lack of doula access, the lack of unbiased childbirth classes, high c-section rates and epidural usage in her region and how she had a successful VBAC, which felt like it was despite all the odds. She tells all about her first emergency c-section for “CBD” and her journey towards trusting her body again. This webinar counts towards a cultural education hour.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Amy has successfully helped grow 2 large and thriving birth and postpartum doula collectives over the last 12 years. She has also taught childbirth classes for at least that long, both independently and for one of the major hospital systems here in Austin. Amy has also been on the ICEA board for about two years now. She got her degree in Education from UT at Austin in the year 2000. She lives her best Texas life surrounded by 3 children and a husband and a dog and a 3-legged cat, and a loving childbirth teacher and doula community, all of whom she loves very much.