Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Megan.
Megan is a mama of two who’s had two hospital births.
She really wanted a home birth but her husband was not comfortable with that and so she wasn’t either.
To have a natural birth in a hospital today is almost impossible, especially without a kick ass birth advocate by your side and lots of education beforehand.
You’re stepping into their territory that pathologises birth with their interventions, policies and guidelines. This is just a fact.
To have a natural birth today you need to get lucky with who’s on shift, have a really quick birth or for the birth suits to be really busy so they have to leave you alone or have a birth support person there to advocate and protect your birth space.
It’s important to understand the reality you are choosing in order to make informed decisions.
With this in mind, here are Megan's stories for all of you who are planning a natural hospital birth.
Both Megan’s births were with midwives but in different states. One in Alabama and one in South Carolina.
She shares that her first was empowering as it was vaginal birth after induction. And just because you have midwives does not equate a better birth outcome. It all depends on their birth philosophy, their education and experience as well as where they work and for whom.
Megan’s second birth was an even better experience because she got to labor and birth in the water. She did however agree to a painful membrane sweep and to IV antibiotics for GBS+ status, which we will dive deeper into for your knowledge as many women face this decision in pregnancy.
If you are, like many women, planning a natural hospital birth then please go and download my free ebook on the most common routine hospital birth procedures so that you can make a birth plan according to your wishes and that will help you optimize your chances of a natural birth.
Find it at sacredbirthinternational.com under free resources or via the link in the show notes.
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