What was your first birth story? This isn't necessarily a memory tied to your first birth. If you aren't a parent, you still have a birth story or birth stories even. Think back to your earliest memories in childhood. Can you remember what your first memory or idea about birth was? Maybe it’s not from childhood, but from your early teens? Maybe it’s not so much an event you can recall, but an idea—a moment—where you realized, “ah! THIS is what birth is.” In this episode, I unpack my own first birth story. I also talk about the influence these first ideas can have on our decision-making and mindset as birthing people.
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