Amanda‘s Cesarean & HBAC Stories - Part Two

In today's episode we continue our conversation with Amanda, who is a mother of four and an advocate for pregnant and birthing women. After having an HBAC for her second birth, Amanda knew that was exactly what she wanted again for her third and fourth births. After all of her experiences, Amanda knew that she had to share everything she had learned, which led her to create her own Facebook group and begin coaching women.

Join us as Amanda shares her second and third HBAC stories, which both ended up being unintentionally unassisted. We also discuss how Amanda’s labors were impacted by her belief in her body’s abilities, how her children were impacted by being present for each of her home births, the territorial nature of hospital staff when women have a doula or extra birth support and how that negatively impacts the woman in labor, problems with early inductions and due date calculations, the way that information is presented to instill fear in women during pregnancy, how hospital staff are trained to speak to their patients, and how important it is to go into appointments with the intention of taking your power back.

Today’s episode is Part Two of a two part series, so if you haven’t listened to last week’s episode, check that out to hear Amanda’s cesarean and first HBAC stories. If you want to get in contact with Amanda, she can be found in her group on Facebook (click here) and at www.findingamanda.com.

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