Welcome Back!
It's been a hot minute since our last episode with the birth of my third bubba. Now it's time to get recording again!
In this episode we speak with Angelique Wood, a mother of two who lives here in Perth, Australia. Angelique had two beautiful water births but the experiences leading up the births were very different.
Angelique shares how the pressure to have a c-section created immense stress and how she advocated for herself the entire pregnancy for the birth she wanted.
Angelique then shares how healing her second sons birth was with the support and trust of her birth team.
We discuss:
- The birth of her first son who was born during the pandemic in a birthing centre in Mexico, where she birthed at 42 weeks
- How she had to advocate for herself and fight the system for her natural birth and rights in labour
- How the pressure from the medical team impacted her birthing experience
- Angelique's birth of her second son in Perth, Australia at the Family Birthing Centre
- How this was a very empowering, supportive and healing experience for her - The importance of choosing aligned birth and support people
- How the birthing environment can impact the birth experience
- How to advocate for yourself and your natural birth amongst external pressures