Episode 2: Emotional Preparation and the Birth Debrief with Birth Educator Tracey Anderson Askew

Tracey Anderson Askew (transformparenting.com.au) is a birth educator, coach and parenting specialist with nearly thirty years of experience guiding women through pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. Tracey runs Transform Parenting, a program that takes you all the way from pregnancy through to the first years of raising your child.I first met Tracey about four weeks postpartum, introduced through my doula Kylie. Kylie suggested I share my birth story on Tracey's podcast, and Tracey became one of those women I couldn't let go of.In this conversation we cover what it really means to prepare emotionally for birth, self-advocacy in a hospital setting, how any type of birth can be empowering, and something that doesn't get nearly enough attention: the birth debrief. Why processing your birth story matters, who it's for, and what can happen when that story goes unprocessed.