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Aug 11
59m 56s

From Pitocin to Peace

Diana Forsell Tayan
About this episode

As a first-time mom, Melanie arrived at the hospital ready to simply trust the experts to manage her birth experience. What transpired was twenty-three hours on Pitocin, and an only narrowly avoided cesarean. In the weeks that followed, Melanie suffered with postpartum depression, something that she now, in retrospect, partially attributes to the prolonged use of Pitocin. 

She had a long healing journey ahead, including the loss of two pregnancies before finally welcoming in another baby. This time, she turned to the mothers in her community, asking how, and with whom, they birthed. That’s when she discovered that her town had a thriving home birth scene, and the idea of staying home to have her baby just felt right. 

Melanie had the healing, peaceful, birth of her dreams in just four and half a hours.

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Intro / Outro music: Dreams by Markvard

Podcast cover photo by Karina Jensen @karinajensenphoto

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