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Focus Friday - Our Ultimate Birth Story

Episode 342

TUB is now earthside!! Sarelle Jolie was born on February 11th at 1:11am weighing 7lbs 12oz. Mom and baby are both doing amazing.

We're so excited to share our ultimate birth story with you! There is a lot to our story and it almost involved a hospital and an induction with Pitocin. With some luck and every natural protocol we could implement - we got to have our dream birth, at home :)

Thanks for joining us on our birth journey!

In this episode, we discuss:

Acknowledging all the women who have given birth
Hitting the 40 week milestone
Natural induction protocols
Potential risks involved with a hind water leak
Our home birth nearly turned into a hospital birth
Trying one last natural induction remedy... castor oil
Finally contractions, home birth is back on!
The arrival of our doula & midwives
Trying various birthing positions & techniques throughout the day
Manually breaking the water
Our birthing tub experience
Moving through the long and exhausting stages of labour
Tough love from midwives at the end of labour
The miraculous arrival of our baby girl!!
Her name... Sarelle Jolie
Delaying cord cutting and delivering the placenta
The start of our breastfeeding journey
We're so grateful for our birthing team
The meaning behind Sarelle Jolie's name
Thank you for your love & support throughout our pregnancy & birth

Podcast Episode Details

Focus Friday - Our Ultimate Birth Story