Did you know that you could be so intimately aware of what's going on in your labor that you could be the one to reach down and catch your own baby?
I sure didn't with my first daughter, and there's absolutely no way I would have been able to take the death grip off of my husband to do any such thing.
But Emily... Emily planned and prepared for a mindful homebirth, and her goal was to catch her own baby (her first birth!). She was a founding member of Happy Homebirth Academy, and I'm so excited to say that darn it, she did it! Listen in to hear just how she achieved her goal.
Show Notes:
Emily's start to motherhood was different from the traditional route: She and her husband were called to foster-to-adopt immediately after Emily met her son at work. She knew he was hers, and she would do anything for him.
After a long and stressful road, their son finally legally became a part of the family. At this point, he was 3 years old. Emily was suddenly hit with baby fever!
Emily began looking into homebirth. She had had a traumatic time in the hospital at 19 and did not feel that it would be a healing place to have a baby.
After watching Katelyn's birth video of her second baby, Lillian, Emily decided she wanted to have the same type of empowering birth. She joined Happy Homebirth Academy and put in all of the effort required to achieve her goal.
Emily woke up at 2:30 am in active labor. She labored on her side for several hours, knowing that this was the position she was comfortable in.
Once she moved to the tub, she stayed in the same kneeling position for the remainder of her labor... except when she did her best to switch positions for just a moment. Although she decided to return back to her previous spot, this movement was enough to dislodge her baby's head (turns out she way asynclitic!) and begin the process of crowning.
Emily reached down and caught her own baby--triumphantly!
If you're interested in having a similar birthing experience, make sure you join Happy Homebirth Academy for your childbirth education program. This program is the first of its kind- geared specifically towards homebirth mothers!
EP 143: Healing Bodywork for Babies
Ep 142: Kelsey Improves Her Intuition Through Birth
Ep 141: An Aloha Homebirth
Ep 140: From Reluctant to Triumphant: Kelli’s Happy Homebirth
Ep 139: Simplifying Birth, Simplifying Childhood with Ginny Yurtich
Ep 138: Trusting Your Gut and The Importance of Care Provider Selection
Ep 137: Girls Who Know with Laurisa Paul
Ep 136: Erin’s Essential Lessons in Homebirth
Ep 135: Assessing Your Risk Tolerance in Birth
Ep 134: A Reluctant Homebirth?!
Ep 133: Elizabeth’s Peaceful Surprise Twin Homebirth
Ep 132: Influencing Your Own Hormonal Responses in Birth and Breastfeeding
Ep 131: Fertility and Freebirth with Noelle Kowalski
Ep 130: Home is Where the Birth is with Talise Homebirth Queen
Ep 129: Healing Trauma Mamas: How Trauma Can Impact Pregnancy and Birth and Why We Must Heal
Ep 128: The Importance of Mindset and Language in Birth
Ep 127: Maple Syrup and Two Sweet Homebirths
Ep 126: HBACS and Healing Your Metabolism
Ep 125: Brittany’s Untouched Birth Works Best
Ep 124: A Tokyo Homebirth
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