A Calm Home Water Birth after a Fast Hospital Birth

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Holly. Holly is a mama of two from the UK.  She is a clinical psychologist and working with children is her passion.  Today we will dive on into her two birth stories. She thought she was well informed with her first birth which was a fast hospital birth, but in retrospect she wishes she knew more. For her second pregnancy, she dove deep into the research literature on labour and birth and constantly listened to this podcast and concluded that a home birth was the right fit for her with it being safer for both mama and baby. Despite feeling under pressure from the maternity system who were encouraging an induction due to a 'suspected big baby' and 'undiagnosed gestational diabetes', she stuck to her home birth plan which resulted in a euphoric, calm home water birth. Once her baby was born, she said it felt so amazing that she wanted to do it all again!  She wishes all pregnant mamas would get to experience a birth like hers.  She now advocates for pregnant women to do their own research and not assume they will get the information they need from their antenatal classes and loves telling her birth story to highlight to women that birth isn’t something to fear and can be positive and empowering... and can leave you wanting to do it all over again! Curious about Holly? Find her on Instagram as @hollymariethom Curious about Needed? Find out more at thisisneeded.com  Use the code THENATURALBIRTHPODCAST for 20% off your first month. Find All of Anna’s Links & Resources here: SACRED BIRTH INTERNATIONAL