“Katelyn, thank you for this podcast! I’ve listened regularly for about a year and a half and just delivered my second baby 8 days past due date with a spontaneous vaginal birth with no induction, interventions, or medications. I owe it to the information and contagious passion of this podcast. I will disclose that I was planning a hospital delivery again this time, due to the fact that I live in such a remote area in the mountains and my husband is not comfortable being so far from a hospital if anything went wrong. However, these home birth stories gave me confidence to request the birth that I wanted, and my hospital midwives were (thankfully) agreeable and on board. I think the most valuable things that stuck with me was the many women who shared that they wished they would have relaxed during the night when contractions came on. I was able to do that from 11pm-4am and still make it to the hospital on time at 6:30am and have my baby 4 hours later. My nurse told me after the birth that I would be a “great candidate for a Homebirth” by the way I was able to manage the waves and have the baby by leaning into my natural urges of when to push and not push. I felt sooo proud to hear that because I DO desire a home birth for sure, and since it may not ever be in the cards for me, I secretly can wish that the next might be born in the car on the way to the hospital. I owe so much of my confidence in my body and it’s ability to naturally give birth to this show! Thank you for sharing all these wonderful stories!”
Maryellen48 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/28/22