#304 Against Medical Advice: A CF Mama’s Home Birth Success

Blyss talks to Alma and her midwife Brooke about Alma's journey to a successful natural birth at home despite having cystic fibrosis. The doctors recommended that Alma should not deliver at home, but she and her midwife navigated the risks and challenges to make it happen.

In this episode of Birthing Instincts:

• How Alma chose home birth & found a midwife
• Cystic fibrosis challenges during pregnancy 
• Navigating the birth from Alma's and Brooke's perspectives
• Alma's postpartum experience and recovery
• How Brooke's experience with Alma shapes her approach to midwifery
• The odds of passing on CF: genetic testing & screening

Brooke's bio: My midwifery journey started in 2013, 6 weeks after my first child was born. I was raised in a traditional Western medicine household and grew up believing birth to be a medically managed event. After an introduction to the world of home birth through the Business of Being Born documentary, I switched my desire to attend births in the hospital to an overwhelming pull to home birth midwifery. During my education at Birthingway College of Midwifery, I birthed 2 more kiddos at home with midwives. I obtained my midwifery license in 2019 and started my own home birth practice with a fellow midwifery preceptor. In 2020 my fourth child was born, surprise, also at home with midwives. Since then, i have become the solo midwife to my practice, Milk and Honey Birth Services.

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Resources:

• Brooke Francis, CPM www.milkandhoney-birth.com
• Watch Blyss’ Niece Claire Wineland’s Documentary here

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