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Dear Reader, This week on Orgasmic Birth: The Podcast, I’m sharing a deeply personal reflection in honor of Maternal Health Awareness Day - which was last Friday. From the early days in my New Jersey home to a now-national observance, I trace the story of how Maternal Health Awareness Day began—and why our work is far from over. With maternal mortality rates rising, and the majority of pregnancy-related deaths preventable, I believe maternal health must mean more than “alive and healthy.” It must include being emotionally whole, respected, and surrounded by love and pleasure in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. In this episode, I explore how safety, equity, and pleasure are inseparable—and how advocacy, policy, and community care can help us transform our current systems. I invite you to:
Together, we can move maternal health from survival to thrival—rooted in safety, love, and pleasure. 🎧 Listen now on our blog or your favorite platform: Apple With love and pleasure,
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Debra Pascali-Bonaro is a world-renowned inspirational speaker, podcaster, filmmaker, doula trainer, childbirth educator, and author. Debra’s podcast, Orgasmic Birth heals barriers and opens the door to share secrets to more love and intimacy in birth and parenting. She brings together her passion for pleasure in every aspect of life with her Jersey-Girl attitude of talking about what no one is talking about! Debra is a mother, grandmother and featured expert in parenting journals and media around the world. Debra is also Co-Chair of the International Childbirth Initiative and Chair of the International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative both of which promote safe, respectful maternity care. She is a Lamaze International childbirth educator, birth and postpartum doula trainer with DONA International, Director of the award-winning documentary Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret and co-writer of “Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide to a Safe, Satisfying and Pleasurable Birth”, Author of The Ultimate Guide To Sex After Baby: Secrets to Love and Intimacy and the Founder & President of the revolutionary online childbirth class Pleasurable Birth Essentials which prepares expectant mothers, fathers, and partners to be positively prepared for birth and focuses on the intimate and sacred nature of birth. Debra’s passion comes from her over 30 years of working with women, men, midwives, doulas, physicians and nurses in over 40 countries bringing comfort, love, and pleasure to birth and life!