Vaginal (or Yoni) steaming is a time-honored tradition for postpartum women in many cultures. It sounds weird, but I promise it is great! Today, we chat with Tina Bilodeau, a certified doula, vaginal steaming facilitator, and mom of 2, to talk more about what vaginal steaming is, how to do it, and the many benefits of it.
- Vaginal Steaming is a practice rooted in the wisdom of our ancestors and traditional societies and is still prevalent in many cultures in Asia and Africa. It was pushed out of America culture with the granny midwives at the turn of the century.
- Different herbs have different uses, such as cycle issues, endometriosis, infertility, and POSTPARTUM.
- 1 small study (really, the only one completed on postpartum steaming) showed what the wisdom already told us: there are many benefits to POSTPARTUM steaming, including supporting healing the labia from tears, supporting healing the uterus, helping reduce postpartum bleeding, and more (listed in podcast).
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