Welcome to episode 13 with Emily and Guy.
Their first babe was a planned homebirth with their midwife in attendance in Queensland, their second was a planned homebirth here in WA but baby arrived before their midwife. Their third was a planned freebirth back over east with no registered maternity care provider. For their fourth birth, they’ve enlisted my care for another planned homebirth.
Emily shares how her trust in her body and her capacity to birth has developed alongside the trust she has in Guy and in their relationship. It was a side by side evolution. She also talks about the exhaustion and demands of living off gird and travelling with 2 children and her newborn, and her struggle with postpartum depletion and depression.
At the end she also shares her recurring dream, which she realised was a memory of her own birth.
I’m looking forward to having these two back again in the future to share their fourth birth story with us. Enjoy.
These stories are intimate, raw, inspiring - parents sharing their birth experiences - the highs, the challenges, the growth. How did they prepare, what was unexpected, what do they now know?
Join Cath Tan, holistic homebirth midwife in Geraldton, Western Australia as she speaks with local families about their transformational birth journeys.
'Stories have always been powerful ways of sharing information and wisdom; soul maps for significant life events we humans traverse. I hope you'll find these stories educational, uplifting and comforting.' xx Cath
Dr Oscar Serrellach - The Postpartum Depletion Cure
https://www.droscarserrallach.com/book
PANDA perinatal health
Centre of Perinatal Excellence