OBSP S2 E6 Two Second Babies Who Arrived Before the Midwives

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Our Birth Stories Podcast.

Informed Pregnancy Birth and Beyond

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This podcast is our contribution to the gentle revolution of telling everyday birth stories. These are stories of people like you, their experiences in their own words. When many people, especially first-time parents, have only heard horror stories reported in the news, or seen dramatic soap opera births that’s the only frame of reference they have preparing for their own birth. It’s no wonder so many people are scared of birth. Let's get together and change that fear for excitement.

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OBSP S2 E6 Two Second Babies Who Arrived Before the Midwives

Our Birth Stories Podcast.

43 minutes 39 seconds

2 years ago

OBSP S2 E6 Two Second Babies Who Arrived Before the Midwives

In episode six of series two of Our Birth Stories Podcast, we’ve got two lovely birth stories to share with you. There are some similar themes to these two birth stories and the most important one is their complete joy with the birthing experience. The other main similarity is both babies arrived at top speed before a midwife could get there.

Our first birth story is Joanne’s birth story with her second baby. Joanne’s second pregnancy was during the covid lockdown and her planned homebirth turned into a homebirth with just herself in her birth pool catching her own baby.

Topics covered in this birth story include pregnancy in lockdown, declining growth scans, planning a homebirth, making a cake in labour, reading books to inform yourself, using relaxation and visualisation, active labour, waterbirth, no pushing, baby arrives before midwives, physiological third stage, enjoying labour.

For our second birth story, we’re back with Elizabeth whose first birth story you heard in the last episode. Elizabeth’s second birth was as enjoyable for her as Joanne’s second birth. Elizabeth also planned a home birth and ended up catching (or not) her own baby by herself in her bathroom.

Topics covered in this birth story include hyperemesis and self-care, birth trauma, PTSD, preparing for birth after trauma, doula/birth group support, home birth, birth before the midwife arrives, birth en caul, transfer after birth for stitches, the impact of good midwifery care, trauma-informed care, self-discharge from the hospital, a breastfeeding support group with La Leche League, feeling empowered by a positive birth experience, pain-free labour and birth.

If you have any reason to expect (maybe you know you labour fast or there might be a shortage of staff in your area or you just like the idea) that you might be in the situation of birthing on your own, you might want to check out this course that will help you feel prepared.

https://birth-joy.teachable.com/p/unassisted-birth-and-what-to-do-if-you-labour-rapidly-or-your-baby-arrives-suddenly

If you like the idea of a homebirth whether or not you expect to labour fast there’s loads of information here http://www.homebirth.org.uk/

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