BEFORE YOU LISTEN: LISTEN TO PART 1 – EPISODE 7 …..For those first time mammas and partners out there this podcast is a great listen to remind you about solidifying your support networks and informing your selves (and birth team) leading up to the birth, so you can have an empowering first birth and be prepared for what ever the outcome may be. For those that may have had a diffucult birth experices this is it, you will hear first hand on how you can find the path to healing and acceptance. and its never never to late! And anyone else be prepared to be inspired by these women and their journey! Debby and Melissa share with us their stories of birth and with that their journey to BirthTalk and the recently published How to Heal a Bad Birth. We begin in Part 1 (Episode 7) with Deb’s first birth and how she managed to rally her strong support team together and inform her self on her choices in birth. Her labour was a long 30 hours with a vaginal birth. During this time her sister in law Melissa was anxious on her outcome after her enduring birth that resulted in a cesarean a few years earlier, from then and this journey Melissa went on to have two empowering births that were well informed and well supported.  Part 1 & 2 we will hear about their connection to each other through out their birth journeys and how BirthTalk and then the fantastic book come about from these experiences. Listening to these stories struck a chord with my own personal experiences. I could not get enough of their wise journey, you will feel the same! The infomraiton you will receive from this journey will become invaluable as you prepare for what ever your birth jounery may hold. Resources * Birth Talk – Healing from birth trauma, grief and disappointment  OR Planning a positive birth no matter how you are birthing.
 OR Birthing After Caesarean support and education  including VBAC and Positive Caesarean information * How to Heal a Bad Birth is a gentle guide for women who have experienced a difficult, disappointing or traumatic birth, and want to make sense, make peace and move on. This book has some great stories and it teamed up with the knowledge and experiences of Debby and Melissa –  http://howtohealabadbirth.com * International Cesarean Network – ICAN – http://www.ican-online.org * Article on breastfeeding after a traumatic birth