Rhia lives in rural Victoria. She is partner and wife to Claire from ‘Your Birth Midwifery’ who was interviewed in episode 17 of the podcast. In this episode Rhia shares their journey to conception, navigating sperm donation and working with fertility support.
Rhia shares the emotional toll of trying to conceive and how friends and family can best support people working through conception difficulties by keeping the faith. She shares that the best thing was her mum always staying strong for her and that this active support helped to sustain her confidence in herself and her body.
Rhia steps us through her prenatal and birth preparation care and I found her story inspiring as we should always remember that we can ask and we can say no if a pathway or treatment doesn’t align with our vision, understanding or needs. We are intuitive beings for a reason.
This episode has been split into two parts in order to give space and time to each stage and aspect of Rhia’s story. In this interview she shared so deeply and personally. Thank you to Rhia for opening the pages to her story and for offering insight into what it is like to work through conception difficulties and differences via distance. I look forward to sharing her birth and postpartum stories with you in the following episode next week.
Rhia and Claire are an ace birth team.
I first heard their rural birthing and conception story through @mesmerisedmamas blog post
and have since discovered the amazing offerings they bring to rural Victorian women via their joined force as midwife @yourbirthmidwifery and birth photographer @rhi_mc_photography
You can also connect with Rhia on Facebook at Rhi MC Photography.