This Canadian based podcast is designed to open up the conversation from pregnancy to childbirth through mothers sharing their birth stories. Birth can be intimidating, especially for new moms; with all of the advice from well meaning loved ones everything can be quite overwhelming. My hope is this podcast will help all listeners feel empowered by hearing different experiences and ways of birthing.
In todays podcast I'm chatting with the lovely Hailey. Shes a mum of 2 sweet babies and she is also a L&D nurse and actually gave birth in the hospital she works at. She had 2 positive births with the OBs on her floor, I had a giggle when I heard her say that up until almost the very end of her 2nd labour she was up at the nurse counter chit chatting away with all of her girlfriends from work. Talk about feeling comfortable in your birthing space. Please help me give the warmest welcome to Hailey Ryckman.
Catherine stories are amazing, not originally from Canada she talks about her births from being from the UK/Finland and the shift of having her other 5 babies over here. Shes had all different experiences and really learned a lot from each experiences and over time grew to really become an advocate for herself and her babies. She is such a treat and I cant believe we jam packed all of these great stories in one episode. Welcome, Cathy.
Lindsay had 3 beautiful babies who ended up having a VBAC with her third babe. She is 3/3 waters releasing before labour kick starts which only happens about 9% of the time. You're doing to love her, I'm sure of it! & if you enjoy the show please leave a review, it means so much to me to hear all the lovely feedback.
Hailey has 2 beautiful babes, she shares her "non conventional" start into parenthood, finding her love and passion for Doula work and supporting birthing people after her 1st birth Easton and a wild, snow storm that brought her 2nd baby Cohen. You can find Hailey at https://instagram.com/haileyjolenadoula?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= - servicing the Durham region & I'm sure you'll adore her. Don't forget to leave a review and rating if you love the show , it means so much to me and reallt help these stories get shared and in the hands of those who would benefit from a listen. As always, thanks so much for being here.
From an OB to a Family Doctor Finishing with a Midwifery care Homebirth, Shelby really experiences an entire spectrum of birthing and birthing team support. This episode is a good one, you're going to love it. Connect with Shelby at https://instagram.com/westloes?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Todays episode is with Melissa who lives in Alberta with her husband and their gorgeous daughter Emelia. Melissa is a a teacher originally from Toronto who went to Alberta short term to get some experience teaching and ended up with her now husband. She had a very positive first birth at home, she had a water birth in her tub with her midwife. She had a cervical lip that her midwife was able to push out of the way. __________ Dont forget to give the show some love witha rating and review. You can see connect with Melissa through her Instagram https://www.instagram.com/momentswithmellissa/ and check out some of her gorgeous photos over on our website https://beautifullybirthed.wixsite.com/mysite/blog
Natalie and her hubsand Scott are from Ottawa ON. She gave birth to their two littles Cove and Eden, Cove was born in the birth centre and Eden was a very quick homebirth. She had a doula attend both births and is a huge advocate for Hypnobirth and also urges moms to get prepared for breastfeeding as she says she didn't prepare herself for it and she now tells everyone that it is important to educate and prepare yourself for that journey. Thank you for tuning in, love the show? Please don't forget to give us some stars and a review! You can also check out Natalies story on our website https://beautifullybirthed.wixsite.com/mysite If you're interested in sharing your story, reach out ! https://beautifullybirthed.wixsite.com/mysite/copy-of-about
Linsday is mom to her little girl Delina - She is from Kitchener, ON where she lives with her husband Joe. She had a long 48 hour labour, her plan was to birth in the birth centre but after a some things thrown her way she ended up in hospital to deliver. She is a huge advocate for Hypnobirth and found it to be her saving grace during pregnancy and for the labour and birth of Delina. She has a rough PP recovery with some very uncommon abdominal tearing which she ended up seeing a physio therapist to help heal.
♡Shannahs story of Rhett and Willow♡ Shannah is from New Brunswick where she lives with her partner Shawn with their little boy Rhett and daughter Willow! Rhett was a preemie and spent aime time in NICU and Willow was a fast homebirth!
Chanelle Walsh and her husband are origonally from Ottawa, ON but moved to Sylvan Lake AB. Nora their daughter is a Wedding Night baby who they conceived quite easily. Chanelle suffered from nausea until 20 weeks and around 38 weeks after some confusion between doctors about her fluid levels she did end up getting induced which was a long, drug out process but once things picked up things moved along quickly. She was in hospital 6 days total after some struggles with breastfeeding keeping them a bit longer. Find Chanelles story of Nora on our website to see some photos and to connect with her or to check out her business https://www.instagram.com/noras.closet.babyboutique/ Dont forget to check us out on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/beautifully.birthed/
♡Emily's story of Leo♡ Emily lives in Vancouver with her husband Mario and son Leo. Emilys plan was to labour as much as possible at home and head to hospital just for the delivery part of her sons birth but with a quick first labour she underestimated timing and ended up with a very welcomed homebirth with her midwives and doula present. Connect With Emily : https://www.instagram.com/cool.mom.101/ https://www.instagram.com/rosamediaco/
♡Tarins story of Archer♡ Tarin who is certifying to become a doula and her husband are from Abbotsford, BC. They had their son Archer in White Rock, BC where she had planned to have an all natural delivery. Archer ended up having shoulder dystocia that caused a traumatic delivery and needed to be transfered to a bigger hospital better equip for Archer who they found out later ended up having a Perinatal Stroke due to oxygen deprivation. Dont forget to check Tarin out on our website where you can read her story, see some of her photots and connect to her. Find us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/beautifully.birthed/
♡ Kaylas story of Isabella & Benjamin ♡ . Kayla had a long first labour that didnt unfold how she had planned, she suffered from postpartum depression and she then became a certified Doula and started her down business. Before conceiving Benjamin she had a miscarriage that over shadowed a portion of Bejamins pregnancy as she tried to grief and heal from her loss. She ended up having a beautiful homebirth on the farm where she lives in Beamsville, ON.
From Alliston ON, Sarah and her hubby Derek got pregnant immediately after getting married. She went into labour Halloween night, had a bit of a long labour that ended in a csection. Hope you enjoy Sarah's story of her little boy, Henry!
Lynley from Winnipeg goes over her two lovely births of her eldest daughter Isla and her newest son Harvey. She had both her babes at a birth centre run by her local midwifery practice. Both babies were born in the tub and shes explains how their pregnancies and births unfolded. Hope you enjoy todays show! . To see some photos or to read Lynleys story check her out on the website. https://beautifullybirthed.wixsite.com/mysite/post/02-lynley-box-two-birth-center-births-water-births
Jaime shares her story of her 3 vaginal births in hospital, she struggles with NAIT during pregnancy and she explains a bit about that and how if effects her pregnancy is in todays episode !
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