Linnea shares 2 birth stories in which she used Hypnobirthing techniques in different ways: 1 hospital birth and 1 home birth — both with midwives. She also shares some challenges she faced with a couple of early health issues her two newborns had, and reflects on the loss of her mother prior to becoming a mom.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 65 - Grief in Growing a Family
Danuta & Jacek share their two babies’ birth stories — 1 hospital, 1 birthing center -- both quick and unmedicated, as she had hoped. Danuta also shares about the grief & sadness she experienced transitioning from having one child to two and how important having emotional support around her was.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 64 - Non-Linear Grief: A Brooklyn Homebirth
As a surprise for their (aspiring midwife) daughter's 13th birthday, Sarah & Steve share her birth story. Sarah shares about the loss of her mother about 7 years prior and how giving birth triggered waves of fresh grief. At the same time, she'll describe what an optimal experience she had giving birth at home with a midwife in Brooklyn. As a literacy expert and anti-racist educator, Sarah also shares a number of great book recommendations, including an emphasis on exposing little ones to diversity & representation in books as early as possible.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 63 - A Black Birth Pro’s Fast 2nd Birth at Home & Tongue Tie
Today birth professional Simone Toomer joins us again to share her second baby’s birth story, which was similarly short but very different in that she had a planned home birth instead of hospital. She also discusses how the struggles she had with her second in breastfeeding and getting a tongue tie corrected has informed her approach to supporting nursing parents.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 62 - A Wellness Practitioner’s Early Induction for HELLP Syndrome
A yoga teacher & clinical nutritionist shares her firstborn's birth story. Jennifer had hoped to have a peaceful, unmedicated birth with a midwfie, but the fact that she developed HELLP syndrome in late pregnancy required an emergency induction. When presented with what felt like an unrealistic deadline to give birth vaginally, she and baby defeat the odds and successfully accomplish just that.
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