In this week’s episode, I interview Teresa Palmer. Teresa had been with her husband for 7 months and she felt she just knew Mark was going to be her husband. Teresa and Mark tried for about 5 months to conceive and were unsuccessful. Teresa then found out that she ovulates later in her cycle that she had thought. With this knowledge in hand, she was able to fall pregnant the following month.
Teresa felt her pregnancy with Bodhi Rain was pretty uneventful. She had wanted to be a mother her whole life and so to be pregnant was the most exciting thing she had ever navigated. She loved every moment of it. She felt very well with minimal pregnancy symptoms. She found out her baby’s gender at her 11-week scan.
She had planned to have a home birth in America. She had witnessed a home birth of one of her close girlfriend when she was 11 weeks and she ended up hiring the same midwife she had seen navigate a very challenging birth. She read all of Ina May Gaskin’s books and her documentary.
Teresa and Mark got married when she was 6 weeks pregnant. At 36 weeks she started a hypnobirthing course. At 38+6 Teresa’s waters broke while she was in bed and they began to get really excited and called their midwife. The midwife said to rest and come in the morning. She went in at 11 am and it was confirmed that her waters had infant broken.
To hear more about Bohdi’s birth and Forrest’s tune into this weeks show.
Topics covered: waters breaking, castor oil, hypnobirthing, acupuncture, birth pool, home birth, hospital transfer, breastfeeding, posterior baby, fever during labour, Dr. Paul Crane, manual extraction of the placenta, tandem breastfeeding,
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77 | Emm Engelman IVF Natural conception, Kidney stones, Pancreatitis
76 | Kirsty Farrugia Two Vaginal Deliveries Private and Public 3rd Degree Tear
75 | Kara Demmrich Two Vaginal Hypnobirths
74 | Anna Thurlow Two Induced Labours, Premature Membrane Rupture, Breastfeeding Journey
73 | Emma Isaacs Five. Homebirths
72 | Anna Abbott Elective Caesarean, VBAC Missed Miscarriage
71 | Nicola Cross Vaginal Delivery Epidural
70 | Caitlin Four Vaginal Deliveries Postpartum Haemorrhage
69 | Danielle Symes Two Vaginal Births, Postnatal Depression and Anxiety, Third Degree Tear
68 | Sarah Bell Burch Three Births, 4Year Old Son Present
67 | Felicity Cook Pelvic Instability, Vaginal Delivery
66 | Gemma Pranita Infertility, IUI, Antenatal Depression positive Induction Experience
64 | Bonnie Antenatal Depression, Induced Labour
63 | Kristy Joyce Triplets Born via Caesarean Section
62 | Lacey Barratt Four Birth Stories, Doula and Birth Photographer
61 | Anna McGahan 33 week Premature Emergency Caesarean Delivery
60 | Kristie Simpson, Vaginal Breech Delivery Public Hospial, Hip Dysplasia
59 | Kirsty Chandler Positive Hypnobirth in Water, Private Midwife
58 | Sarah Hocking Legally Blind Two Caesarean Births, Miscarriage, Brain Surgery.
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