# Episode 112 -- The Natural Childbirth Movement

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Published: 2025-12-09T07:19:24+00:00
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## Resource

Moira walks Adrian through the strange, diagonalist history of the idea of "natural birth" -- from 1930s eugenicists to hippie communes, from radical feminist spaces to MAHA and the " wild birth "-movement. This episode comes with a bunch of trigger warnings -- please make sure you're in the right headspace before diving in! Some of the texts we refer to in the episode: Grantly Dick-Read, Natural Childbirth (1933) Adrienne Rich, Of Woman Born (1977) Barbara Ehrenreich, Witches, Midwives and Nurses (1972) Ina May Gaskin, Spiritual Midwifery (1975)

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