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Sep 2023
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Giving Birth in a Midwife-Run Hospital

Diana Forsell Tayan
About this episode

Stephanie shares her two birth stories, both of which took place in a hospital staffed only by midwives, in rural Australia.

Her first birth experience cracked her intuition wide open, and she says that it initiated her into the person she was meant to be.

Her second birth was a different kind of initiation, which included a complication at the end. During both experiences, she felt very cared for and supported by the midwives.

We also discuss how much our relationships shift and change when we first become parents, and how the surrender that birth requires of us is the perfect initiation into the next phase of the unknown - parenthood!

Do you have a story you'd like to share on the podcast? I would love to hear from you! Email me via the contact page at www.healingbirth.net.

You can find our new e-book, "Did I Really Need a C-Section?" on our website at www.healingbirth.net/shop

Intro / outro music: Dreams by Markvard

Transition music:   Together by Justhea

 

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