In this episode we speak to Laura about her first birth experience in Japan which she's using as a bit of a 'baseline' for her second baby's arrival later in the year. Although it took her sometime to really process the experience, she does say that it was a positive natural birth.
Being new to the country (Sanda, Hyōgo) her pregnancy was quite lonely and she did experience some prenatal depression.
Birth care facility:
+ Sanda Shimin Byouin
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Show notes: Covid-19, government hospital, no pain medication, natural birth, crowning, tearing, play groups
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Opening
02:39 - Intro
03:44 - Journey to pregnancy
06:04 - Pregnancy
19:01 - Birth story
44:08 - Postpartum recovery
46:53 - Bottle time
51:13 - Outro