Samantha‘s Cesarean & UBA2C Stories

In today's episode we meet Samantha, who is a mother of four. Samantha's first two children were born via cesarean, despite her plans for a home water birth with each. When Samantha became pregnant with her third child, she was not finding support to have a vaginal birth from her previous home birth midwives or hospital staff, so she decided to pursue an unassisted birth at home. After a healing birth with her third, it was no question to birth unassisted at home again with her fourth child. 

Join us as Samantha shares her birth stories, her journey to becoming a doula after the birth of her second child, and how everything she learned as a doula impacted her decisions during her third and fourth pregnancies. We also discuss how the skills to deliver a breech baby have been lost over time, what prenatal care looks like when you take it into your own hands, how birth can transform your perspective and outlook on life, and the differences in the postpartum period after a traumatic birth vs. a healing and redemptive birth.

Looking for a birth doula in Ontario? Connect with Samantha on her website here, or on her Facebook page here.

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