S2 EP: 14 Matilda - Three Births, Midwife/Nurse, Homebirth, Precipitous Labours, 2nd Degree Tear, Reflux, Nausea, Prolapse, Incontinence, Hypnobirthing.
Description
In today's episode we interview Matilda, a mum of three babies born at home and a midwife/nurse by trade. After Matilda finished her degree she worked inside hospitals and was a second midwife for women who gave birth at home. Once she fell pregnant she knew this was the way she wanted to give birth. After working within the system and seeing medicalised birth, Matilda talks about the vicarious trauma she had and how she worked through this during her pregnancies and births. Ea...
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Published 11/19/24
In today’s episode, we chat with Emma, who shares her two distinct birth stories. Emma's first experience took place within the hospital system during COVID, where she faced challenges such as having an unknown midwife, being unable to bring her doula into the birth space, and not accessing the...
Published 11/05/24