When Fear Takes Over: The Abortions We Don’t Talk About
The Thing I Wish More People Knew Some of the most heartbreaking stories I hear don’t come from women who didn’t want children – but from those who…
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Author: Alexia Leachman
Alexia is the host of the Fear Free Childbirth podcast and the author of Fearless Birthing, Childbirth, Midwifery & the Media, and Clear Your Head Trash.
Alexia supports families planning pregnancy and birth. She helps them to overcome their fears and feel calm and confident about birth and pregnancy.
Alexia also trains birth professionals in the Fearless Birthing, a unique approach to birth preparation that is ideal for those who have fears around birth.
Tokophobia and Relationships
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I Thought I Could Ignore My Tokophobia… Until I Had to Make a Choice
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I Never Had the Right Words for My Fear… Until Now
For as long as I can remember, I’ve lived with a gnawing, wordless sense of dread around anything to do with pregnancy, birth, or even just the idea…