Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Mastery for Women's Health Professionals12 Maalis 2021

FFP 355 | Postpartum Vaginal Steaming | Raquel Lemus

Raquel Lemus is a Licensed Midwife based in Los Angeles who has worked with families since she was 16 yrs old and has been a birthworker and uterine health specialist since 2012. Raquel serves the LA community as a Full Spectrum Midwife, Peristeam Hydrotherapist, Placenta Specialist, Yoga Instructor, and Educator. It is her goal to connect people back to the known wisdom and intelligence of their uterus in order help them experience more joy and alignment with their life purpose!

In today's episode we talk about postpartum vaginal steaming and the impact it can have during the first 6 weeks postpartum and beyond.

Today's episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery Online Self-Study Course. The most in-depth and comprehensive online fertility awareness self-study program available. Click here to join now!

Topics discussed in today's episode:

Raquel's background and what drew her into midwifery
Raquel's philosophy around birth
What is vaginal steaming and what is the history of it
Postpartum steaming is the most commonly used around the world
What Raquel's experience as a midwife has been like after introducing steaming into the postpartum practice
Benefits of steaming postpartum
How vaginal steaming helps with the physical transition after having a baby
How one would steam, what it entails and what it's like for a beginner
What to expect when steaming for your first time
How steaming postpartum helps heal and recover quicker

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Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic

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