E36 Kate Thomson | First Birth, Registered Midwife, Early Pregnancy Loss, Homebirth

In this episode I’m speaking to Kate AKA The Mama’s Alchemist about the early loss of her first pregnancy, and then the pregnancy and birth of her little baby Arva.

Kate is a registered midwife and Chinese medicine practitioner herself so brings all that knowledge and experience to her reflection of birth and postpartum. She chose to birth outside of the hospital system with an independent midwife and had a positive and straight forward homebirth.

In this episode Kate shares how she prepared for postpartum and what the first 5 weeks of motherhood have been like so far. I really think this story is a wonderful example of how impactful actively preparing for those challenging early weeks of postpartum can be. 

 

You can find more photos from her pregnancy and birth on my website www.keepbirthwild.com.au and you can also find Kate on instagram @themamasalchemist. 

 

If you’re currently pregnant and preparing for birth and postpartum, firstly, I’m so glad you’re here listening along with me every week, thank you! And also I highly recommend heading over and listening to another podcast called ‘Postpartum with Steph’ as that’s a wonderful one for hearing specifically postpartum stories and getting more of an understanding of how best to be prepared for life after the birth of your baby.

 

I look forward to bringing you another episode next week!