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Episode: Alec Zeck, Masculine Presence in Birth: What Women Actually Need // S5E41
Description: What role does a man truly play in the birth space?
In this grounded and eye-opening conversation, we sit down with Alec Zeck, father of three and host of The Way Forward- to talk about something rarely centered in birth stories: masculine presence. Not as control. Not as authority. But as steady, regulated, protective energy that allows a woman to soften, feel safe, and fully surrender to the physiological process of birth.
Through the story of his children’s births- from a high-intervention hospital experience to a redemptive VBAC and an intuitive homebirth- Alec reflects on w...