Today Emily shares her two pregnancy stories and a birth story. First, she describes experiencing pregnancy loss at 11 weeks. She details how her grief was longer-lasting and more complex than she expected and shares the essential support she discovered. Then Emily tells the story of conceiving to her rainbow baby shortly after the Covid-19 shutdown and then tells the birth story.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 66 - An Opera Singer’s 2 Hypnobirths
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.
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