Madison Tylak is the co-founder of Tallow Twins, a skincare brand rooted in ancestral wellness, offering nourishing tallow-based products for moms, babies, and beyond. As a radical birth keeper, she helps women reclaim autonomy over birth, challenging the maternity industry and its reliance on unnecessary interventions like Pitocin, C-sections, and immediate cord clamping. After witnessing firsthand how birth has been medicalized, she left the system to advocate for physiological, undisturbed birth, supporting over 50 births and empowering women to trust their bodies. Through Tallow Twins, she continues to promote holistic postpartum care while using her platform to educate, inspire, and disrupt the modern birthing system.
Madison joins us with Harry and breaks down how birth became a business, why hospitals disrupt natural labor, and how women can reclaim birth as a sacred experience. She exposes the systemic interventions that push C-sections, synthetic hormones, and immediate cord clamping, leading to postpartum depression and birth trauma. Madison shares how home births protect the mother-baby bond, why oxytocin is critical for labor, and how expecting parents can prepare for a healthy, undisturbed birth.
What we cover:
- The $98 billion birthing industry and why birth became medicalized
- The role of oxytocin vs. synthetic Pitocin in birth and postpartum recovery
- Why C-sections are overprescribed and the risks they pose
- The primal instincts of birth and why undisturbed birth works best
- Why men need to be better prepared as birth partners
Timestamps:
(00:00) – Introduction & how Madison got into birth work
(03:00) – The $98 billion birthing industry and how birth became medicalized
(06:00) – Why hospital births are filled with unnecessary interventions
(10:00) – How Madison’s experience in hospitals led her to leave the system
(20:00) – Why home birth is safer than people think and how it works
(27:00) – The importance of oxytocin, skin-to-skin contact, and delayed cord clamping
(33:00) – How hospital protocols contribute to postpartum depression
(40:00) – The C-section epidemic and why it’s the second most common surgery
(49:00) – How women can prepare for an empowered, undisturbed birth
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Resources from the show:
The Business of Being Born Documentary
Radical Birth Keeper School
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