# #91 | Oxytocin, Epidurals, and the Truth About Physiological Birth with Dr. Sarah Buckley

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Podcast: [Pain Free Birth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pain-free-birth-6691170)
Published: 2026-03-03T09:00:00+00:00
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What if labor wasn’t random? What if bonding isn’t luck? What if your brain is biologically designed to change in birth? In this profound and science-rich conversation, Karen sits down with Dr. Sarah Buckley, family physician, researcher, and pioneer in physiological birth, to unpack the true hormonal science of labor and postpartum. Dr. Buckley has spent decades studying oxytocin, the primary hormone of labor, bonding, and breastfeeding. In this episode, she explains how birth activates the ...

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