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Podcast: The Ultimate Birth Partner Podcast
Episode: Episode 164 - Beyond the BRAIN Acronym – Rethinking Communication in the Birth Room
Description: Send us Fan MailIn this episode, we dive deep into communication in the birth room — going beyond the widely taught BRAIN acronym. While BRAIN (Benefits, Risks, Alternatives, Intuition, Nothing) can be a helpful tool, waiting until labour to rely on it often means you’ve already been pulled into reactive decision-making. We discuss how true advocacy, sovereignty, and physiological birth are protected long before labour begins, through preparation, clear values, and embodied support.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:Why relying on BRAIN mid-labour can disrupt physiological birth.The limitations of che...