Katie‘s Cesarean & HBAC Stories

In today's episode we meet Katie, who is a mother of two. Katie had a cesarean with her first child after her waters ruptured prematurely, and she shares how during that labor she lost track of trusting her body. Katie immediately knew that she wanted something different for her next pregnancy and birth, and she sought out a home birth midwife. With her second pregnancy, Katie's waters once again ruptured prematurely, and she knew that there was a lesson to be learned. Katie goes on to share her HBAC story that includes a breech baby, a prolapsed bladder, and a broken tailbone.

Join us as Katie shares her birth stories, how she processed through and faced her fears during both of her births, how not having the healing HBAC that everyone talks about has shaped her perspective, and how she has used her birth experiences to push herself and to help other women. We also discuss how the culture we live in programs us to fear labor and birth, the various "rabbit holes" you uncover when you begin to question the common narrative surrounding pregnancy, birth, and motherhood, and how important it is to change that narrative and the way we talk about pregnancy, labor, birth and motherhood.

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This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.