How epigenetics can help with pregnancy symptoms, interview with Charan Surdhar
Alexia cleared her own tokophobia and developed a method that has helped women clear theirs for more than 10 years.
Being pregnant sucks. Well, it can suck; especially if you experience hardcore pregnancy symptoms. And even more so if the pregnancy symptoms just keep on coming, or get even worse. It can feel really frustrating and overwhelming, particularly as some medications aren’t suitable in pregnancy. And when a quick Google search or a trip to the doctor tells you that you have to put up with this until your baby arrives, it can lead to feelings of helplessness and desperation. That can create an undercurrent of stress that doesn’t help you prepare for a fear-free birth.
In this episode, my guest shares her view that working with epigenetics can help with pregnancy symptoms.
To explain her approach, on today’s podcast I’m chatting to epigeneticist Charan Surdhar. Charan works a lot with women who are on their pregnancy journey, but even before, when they’re trying to conceive.
Charan Surdhar is a geneticist by training who now describes herself as an epigeneticist. She has a BSc in Microbiology and an MSc in Human Genetics. She worked in the field of genetics for 13 years, identifying genetic mutations for a whole host of genetic diseases and contributed to scientific papers as well as textbooks. Today, her work focuses on the emotions, beliefs and perceptions she believes affect gene expression. She has been featured on the Hidden Science TV show, and also for the upcoming movie Punk Science. She runs her own blogtalkradio show, once a month at www.blogtalkradio.com/mind-body-spirit-u.She is also an author of a book which you can find here www.hebathehoop.com. She has a huge passion to create animated videos to explain in a simple way, concepts such as epigenetics, which you can find on her youtube channel. www.charansurdhar.com
During our chat, Charan shares
- what epigenetics is and how she uses it
- some of the studies she sees as supporting her approach
- which pregnancy symptoms she works with
- her view on what morning sickness can be a sign of
- how she works with couples who are experiencing fertility issues, or who are trying to conceive
I first interviewed Charan on my Head Trash Show podcast and you can listen to that interview.
Are you currently suffering from some challenging pregnancy symptoms? Did you suffer with difficult pregnancy symptoms when you were pregnant? How did you cope with them? Have you got any tricks to share? Let me know in the comments!
About the author: Alexia Leachman has specialised in tokophobia and reproductive anxiety since 2015, and has personal experience of tokophobia. She is the founder of Fear Free Childbirth and hosts its podcast. She developed the Head Trash Clearance Method, which she uses in her work with women and teaches to perinatal professionals. She is the author of Fearless Birthing and Betrayed By Your Biology and a contributor to Childbirth, Midwifery and the Media. Alexia has hosted the Fear Free Childbirth podcast since 2015. More about Alexia ›
Fear Free Childbirth is a publication and is not a substitute for medical or mental-health care. If you’re struggling to cope or in crisis, please contact your GP, midwife or a qualified professional.
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Thank you getting touch Thomas. Can I please ask that you ask your wife to email me directly about this?
Thanks
Alexia