Bella's Free Birth - the Healing & the Grief (#3 in the series)
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In previous episodes with Bella, she shared about her foiled plans for a gentle home birth with her firstborn - a traumatic way to learn some tough lessons about birth space support and energies; about early loss experiences she had been through; about the wild pregnancy she was embarking on; and about her plans for a free birth. In this interview, the final in the three part series, Bella opens up about her free birth experience - its teachings and its healings. She talks through the unexpected grief she was confronted with in early postpartum, and she shares about the ways she set herself up for a gentle and nourishing beginning for her and her newborn. Also included in this episode: allowing vaginal tears to heal naturally sibling involvement at Joey's birth tandem breastfeeding mother blessing water birth honouring the placenta Bella has generously invited listeners to reach out with any questions about free birth. You can get in touch with Bella via her Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/boldlyshe/ Or her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/boldlyshe.nz
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