Episode 112 -- The Natural Childbirth Movement

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 (theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/nov/…)"-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 (archive.org/details/naturalchildbirt0000gran) (1933)
Adrienne Rich, Of Woman Born (archive.org/details/ofwomanbornmothe0000adri) (1977)
Barbara Ehrenreich, Witches, Midwives and Nurses (archive.org/details/witchesmidwivesn0000ehre) (1972)
Ina May Gaskin, Spiritual Midwifery (archive.org/details/spiritualmidwife0000unse) (1975)