Topic: Hospital Birth

Emmy Robin explains the physiological importance of oxytocin in labor and how fear can stall the process. She criticizes hospital protocols that replace natural hormones with synthetic Pitocin and notes that COVID-19 restrictions have sometimes interfered with essential "skin to skin" contact between mothers and newborns.

Emmy Robin describes a successful "VBAC" (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) she assisted with in a hospital. She details how hospital environments, including bright lights and IV ports, can trigger a "fight or flight" response that interferes with the natural chemistry of birth.