In this episode we hear Kam sharing the births of her girls, Nora & Zoe in Prague, Czech Republic. Kam planned for a home birth with both of her pregnancies and experienced really smooth and active pregnancies leading up to the delivery. Kam shares her journey towards finding the right model of care for her and how she went about choosing a midwife and making a birth plan.
With Nora she ended up transferring to Podoli, and with Zoe she transferred to Rakovník and both girls were born in hospotal after a long labour at home. We talk about the importance of being able to make informed choices and to surround yourself with people who will support your wishes around your birth experience.
Kam really recommends hiring a doula or a midwife to support both you and your partner through the birth. She also really recommends Aperio.cz for all things birth in Prague. Also informing yourself and going for a course, hypnobirthing or other to prepare yourself for labour and delivery.
Visit 9MonthPodcast.com for more stories or if you'd like to share your story with me on the podcast, you can find all the details there.
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*The stories on this podcast are personal experiences and should never be interpreted as medical advice. Always seek out a birth professionals expertise before making any medical decisions. The 9 Months Podcast is in no way advocating for a specific kind of birth, but on the contrary, we believe that all births are beautiful, just as they are.
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In this episode we hear Kam sharing the births of her girls, Nora & Zoe in Prague, Czech Republic. Kam planned for a home birth with both of her pregnancies and experienced really smooth and active pregnancies leading up to the delivery. Kam shares her journey towards finding the right model of care for her and how she went about choosing a midwife and making a birth plan.
With Nora she ended up transferring to Podoli, and with Zoe she transferred to Rakovník and both girls were born in hospotal after a long labour at home. We talk about the importance of being able to make informed choices and to surround yourself with people who will support your wishes around your birth experience.
Kam really recommends hiring a doula or a midwife to support both you and your partner through the birth. She also really recommends Aperio.cz for all things birth in Prague. Also informing yourself and going for a course, hypnobirthing or other to prepare yourself for labour and delivery.
Visit 9MonthPodcast.com for more stories or if you'd like to share your story with me on the podcast, you can find all the details there.
Follow me on Instagram @9monthspodcast.
*The stories on this podcast are personal experiences and should never be interpreted as medical advice. Always seek out a birth professionals expertise before making any medical decisions. The 9 Months Podcast is in no way advocating for a specific kind of birth, but on the contrary, we believe that all births are beautiful, just as they are.
46 | Carly, Santiago & Rosie - Part 1 - Gestational Diabetes, Induction, Stalled Labour & a Good C-Section Experience
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3 years ago
46 | Carly, Santiago & Rosie - Part 1 - Gestational Diabetes, Induction, Stalled Labour & a Good C-Section Experience
In this episode, we hear Carly share the birth of her first baby, Santiago in Prague, Czech Republic. Carly is American and her partner is Czech. and they were planning for a birth at a Prague hospital. Carly had a good and calm pregnancy with the exception of finding out that she had gestational diabetes quite late in the second trimester. She was able to manage it herself without medication for this pregnancy and talks us through how it was to manage it day to day. She shares how she was in the mindset of ‘Women are meant to give birth’ and decided to go with the flow when it came to planning for the birth itself. Carly ended up with a long, stalled labour with the waters breaking on their own as a starting point and getting induced 18 hours later. After a long time with different interventions the labour stalled and she was offered a c-section which she welcomed at that point. The c-section and postpartum in the hospital ended up being a great experience and she was able to rest a bit and slowly step into motherhood with the help of her partner, the nurses and staff.
We also discuss paternity leave, which is the route they went down as a family after Santiago was born and it is a choice that is available for all families in Czech Republic.
This birth story is part 1 of 2, so next week we will continue on to hear how Carly went down a completely different route for her next pregnancy and birth and how she managed to have a successful VBAC.
Visit 9MonthsPodcast.com/directory for more stories or if you'd like to share your story with me on the podcast, you can find all the details there.
Follow me on Instagram @9monthspodcast.
*The stories on this podcast are personal experiences and should never be interpreted as medical advice. Always seek out a birth professionals expertise before making any medical decisions. The 9 Months Podcast is in no way advocating for a specific kind of birth, but on the contrary, we believe that all births are beautiful, just as they are.
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In this episode we hear Kam sharing the births of her girls, Nora & Zoe in Prague, Czech Republic. Kam planned for a home birth with both of her pregnancies and experienced really smooth and active pregnancies leading up to the delivery. Kam shares her journey towards finding the right model of care for her and how she went about choosing a midwife and making a birth plan.
With Nora she ended up transferring to Podoli, and with Zoe she transferred to Rakovník and both girls were born in hospotal after a long labour at home. We talk about the importance of being able to make informed choices and to surround yourself with people who will support your wishes around your birth experience.
Kam really recommends hiring a doula or a midwife to support both you and your partner through the birth. She also really recommends Aperio.cz for all things birth in Prague. Also informing yourself and going for a course, hypnobirthing or other to prepare yourself for labour and delivery.
Visit 9MonthPodcast.com for more stories or if you'd like to share your story with me on the podcast, you can find all the details there.
Follow me on Instagram @9monthspodcast.
*The stories on this podcast are personal experiences and should never be interpreted as medical advice. Always seek out a birth professionals expertise before making any medical decisions. The 9 Months Podcast is in no way advocating for a specific kind of birth, but on the contrary, we believe that all births are beautiful, just as they are.
