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#118. Kiki's HBACx2 (homebirth after 2 c-sections) to Lara
In her midwife’s words “that was a textbook f***ing birth”. This is a powerful story from a courgeous, fearless Kiki who was exceptionally determined to have her HBACx2 (home birth after 2 c sections) and she did!
To put her story into perspective we hear about her first traumatic birth, a crash c section in an Australian hospital (skip this part if you don’t feel up to hearing anything traumatic), her following elective c-section and then why it felt so important to claim her power to achieve a homebirth.
We cover her hunt for a midwife, her realisation and then ability to say “No” and the resulting increasing pressure and challenges as a result of not fully complying. Kiki shares how the more research she did the more empowered she felt, this lead to increased confidence and trust in her body and baby.
There were some hard conversations with husband Adam about what she wanted to do, how she managed to get him on board and onto the same page. Then at 38 weeks something big happened where Kiki found herself without a midwife. But as one door shut on her a whole number of windows opened and here we find ourselves listening to Kiki talk about the most wonderful collective of wise women who gathered around and held her and I want you to hear what happens after that…
Spoiler alert she gets exactly the birth she wants…… This is an exceptionally epic, powerful, incredible, uplifting story. Truly a story for ALL mothers to hear whether you’re having your first baby or your last. A story of one mother standing up for not only herself but all women who also want a peaceful homebirth surrounded with love and support.
Resources mentioned in this episode
Carla Sargent: www.healingbirth.co.nz
Sara Wickham, Rachel Reed, Sarah J Buckley, The Maternity Services Consumer Council
https://maternity.org.nz/
Documentary: Born at Home
Documentary: Birthtime
If you'd like to learn the skills Kiki and Adam learnt in their hypnobirthing course, check out all your options at www.positivebirths.co.nz
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#117. Alisha's hospital birth to August
Two difficult births – one traumatic making Alisha feel that she didn’t want to do it again and the other a positive experience – we speak 6 weeks after August’s birth and she says she’d happily give birth again.
So what is the difference between a traumatic birth and a positive birth even when they are both difficult? This is what Alisha talks about.
She shares about the difference between obstetrician care and midwifery care and especially how the hospital midwife made her feel in her first birth vs how her midwife made her feel in her second birth.
We hear about her healing from her first birth, what Alisha did which includes an explanation of yoni mapping and subsequent release of trauma.
There was the diagnosis of an LGA baby – a big baby which changed her options of preferred birth place – providing an opportunity for more healing and releasing.
This episode almost serves as a fascinating insight to the
way our brains perceive experiences, how we all have unique experiences, and most importantly that the way we feel has so much impact on our experience.
If you too would like to learn some tools and techniques to help you prepare for a positive birth, or, you have some trauma to release and you’d like to chat about how hypnotherapy can help with that, check out info
and resources on www.positivebirths.co.nz.
You can also email Helen at [email protected]
to book in a 15 min free chat to discuss how you can best prepare for your birth journey.
Mentioned in the episode : Morgan Penn Somatic Sexologist: www.morganpenn.co.nz
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#116. Baby Loss chat with Autumn
To acknowledge Baby Loss Awareness week, Autumn
shares her loss of her baby girl Hope at 21 weeks and 2 days just over a year ago.
She takes us through the long process that started around 16 weeks and led to the live birth of her baby weighing just 13 ounces / 368 grams.
Autumn explains how she feels about it a year later, her grief process, the emotions, the physicality of what was going on with her body and the support.
We hear about what has been helpful to receive from others and most beautifully Autumn shares with us all the
things she has learnt and incorporated into her life thanks to Hope.
The website Autumn mentions in this episode is
https://stillbirthday.com/
If you too have experienced a miscarriage, a loss, a
traumatic event, and like support on your healing process, please feel free to reach out to me to find out more about how I work and what I do with trauma
informed hypnotherapy techniques.
You can also find my free miscarriage healing relaxation
track on www.positivebirths.co.nz/miscarriage-healing/
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#115. Miscarriage chat with Arlene
To acknowledge Baby Loss Awareness week this episode is a chat with Arlene about her miscarriage at 10 weeks pregnant which occurred only 10 days prior to us talking.
Arlene graciously speaks of how she is feeling mentally,
emotionally and physically at this point in time, her choice and conviction to stay away from any medical assistance and how she is already able to look at the miscarriage from a broader perspective, as she shares the silver linings of the magnificence of her body and what she’s gained from this experience.
Experienced with working with woman with trauma, Arlene shares her wisdom about the benefits of feeling feelings and moving through her emotions.
If you too have experienced a miscarriage, a loss, a
traumatic event, and like support on your healing process, please feel free to reach out to me to find out more about how I work and what I do with trauma
informed hypnotherapy techniques.
You can also find my free miscarriage healing relaxation
track on www.positivebirths.co.nz/miscarriage-healing/
Mentioned in this episode is the valuable resources from www.miscarriagematters.org.nz
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#114. Miscarriage chat with Eliza
To mark Baby Loss Awareness week in this episode we chat to Eliza about her miscarriage early on in her first pregnancy on Christmas Day 2023.
She shares with us all that was going on at that busy time – being away, surrounded by family, having overseas visitors all the while navigating the heartbreak of losing this baby.
There are many layers to her experience, and in her own words “it just gets juicier” as we hear about her month long ordeal. Eliza has many different interactions with medical professionals, and shares the particularly insensitive comment from a supposed friend.
While an episode like this is not sought out as “entertainment”, Eliza is an exceptionally good story
teller, and it’s quite the tale to hear - you’ll be richer and wiser for having listened.
If you too have experienced a miscarriage, a loss, a traumatic event, and like support on your healing process, please feel free to reach out to me to find out more about how I work and what I do with trauma informed hypnotherapy techniques.
You can also find my free miscarriage healing relaxation track on www.positivebirths.co.nz/miscarriage-healing/
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