In this episode, we speak to our very first international guests, Úna and Andreas, who share their story of navigating their pregnancy and birth choices as expats having their first baby in Portugal. We hear about their experience of initially choosing a private obstetrician based on word of mouth, before changing care providers late in the third trimester once it became clear that there was a misalignment between their birth preferences, the evidence, and the practices of their chosen care p...
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In this episode, we speak to our very first international guests, Úna and Andreas, who share their story of navigating their pregnancy and birth choices as expats having their first baby in Portugal. We hear about their experience of initially choosing a private obstetrician based on word of mouth, before changing care providers late in the third trimester once it became clear that there was a misalignment between their birth preferences, the evidence, and the practices of their chosen care p...
18. Paramedic & student midwife Ruth's birth stories — choosing midwifery-led care within a private hospital followed by private midwifery care and a speedy homebirth
Birth Choices
1 hour 49 minutes
1 year ago
18. Paramedic & student midwife Ruth's birth stories — choosing midwifery-led care within a private hospital followed by private midwifery care and a speedy homebirth
In this episode we speak with paramedic and fellow student midwife, Ruth, about her experience of choosing her care provider and place of birth in her first and second pregnancies, receiving care from private midwives with admitting rights in a private hospital in Brisbane, and then after being unable to find that same model in Melbourne, choosing to birth at home with the support of private midwives (and an unofficial backup plan with a supportive OB). Ruth talks us through her marathon firs...
Birth Choices
In this episode, we speak to our very first international guests, Úna and Andreas, who share their story of navigating their pregnancy and birth choices as expats having their first baby in Portugal. We hear about their experience of initially choosing a private obstetrician based on word of mouth, before changing care providers late in the third trimester once it became clear that there was a misalignment between their birth preferences, the evidence, and the practices of their chosen care p...
