Ep 123: Perinatal Psychology & the Lasting Impacts of Birth with Anna Verwaal

This episode features Anna Verwaal , a maternal-child health nurse, conscious conception & birth consultant, midwifery, nursing and doula instructor, primal period & childbirth educator, UCLA certified lactation educator, and birth photographer from the Netherlands. After a 25-year nursing career in various countries in obstetric, pediatric, neonatal and home-health settings, she preferred to work with families and babies as an educator and started her own private birth consulting practice in Los Angeles, attending homebirths for over 10 years. In this episode you'll learn about: Anna's background and how she got into birth work How babies are impacted by their conception, gestation, and birth How our own births set patterns in our lives and why it's important to recognize and heal our own trauma to avoid passing it along to our children (or to our patients, for those who are care providers) Conscious conception Many stories from Anna's practice/experience that illustrate these concepts Resources mentioned: Babies Remember Birth by Dr. David Chamberlain APPPAH – The Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health Anna's TedxTalk From Womb to World The movie IN UTERO The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk The work of Bruce Lipton, PhD The documentary The Business of Being Born The resource list from Anna's website Click here for Anna's contact info and to contact her for a Skype session! --- SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Treat yourself to some amazing skincare products from OSEA Malibu . Go to for $10 off your first purchase of $50 or more. Free shipping for US orders over $75 and free samples with every order! Sign up for a subscription with Ritual Vitamins today! Get your daily multivitamin or prenatal delivered right to your door by visiting Ritual.com/kweens . Use the promo code KWEENS at checkout for 10% off during your first 3 months! Get a monthly subscription box from KiwiCo and do some fun, hands-on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) projects with your kids! Pick the box that's right for you by going to KiwiCo.com/KWEENS . Your first month is free on select crates! --- If you liked this episode of the Birth Kweens Podcast, tell your friends! And go to iTunes , Stitcher , GooglePlay , and Spotify to rate/review/

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Ep 123: Perinatal Psychology & the Lasting Impacts of Birth with Anna Verwaal is an episode from Birth Kweens by Karly Nuttall & Ali Feroah.

This episode is 01:27:49 long.

This episode was published on May 28, 2020.

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