As humans we are also mammals, and like all other mammals, evolution has ensured that we are well equipped to birth in safe and rewarding ways with a very rare need for outside interference. In fact, disturbing our innate birth design in the countless ways us humans do, often creates a lot more difficulties and harm than safety.  Today’s podcast guest, Lindsay Askins, knows a lot about mammalian birth. She shares with us how her decade long experience as a vet tech, witnessing untold births of horses and other mammals, led her to understand that birthing at home without a midwife in attendance was going to be the safest way to birth her first baby, a profoundly life-changing and positive experience for her. We dive into some great conversations about mammalian biology, about the mind-body connection, about how disturbing a woman’s birth and creating fear in the birth space can lead to all sorts of complications, including damage to the mother-baby bond, and about the needless trauma that is created due to over medicalisation and obstetric violence. Hear about the Exposing the Silence project that Lindsay co-founded with Cristin Pascucci, from Birth Monopoly, and about the Birth Like a Mammal business that Lindsay now runs. She’s a juicy and informative podcast episode, folks! Check out Lindsay's website here: https://www.birthlikeamammal.com/ Follow her on IG: https://www.instagram.com/birthlikeamammal/ Here's a link to the Exposing the Silence project: https://www.exposingthesilence.com/ Email Lindsay at [email protected] If you're interested in my (Carla's) work, here are some links for you... My free birth trauma training course: https://www.healingbirth.co.nz/understanding-birth-trauma-basics-course My Healing Birth Practitioner Training programme: https://www.healingbirth.co.nz/hb-practitioner-training My Soulful Birth online antenatal series: https://www.healingbirth.co.nz/soulful-birth And you can follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/healing.birth/