This was SUCH a juicy conversation, get two women who love talking about birth together and the convo goes a lot longer than we originally intended but was so full of golden nuggets for any women who are currently in the birth portal and are coming up against any fear associated with birthing past 42 weeks.
In this episode we discuss:
- Gabby’s two 42+ week births and the vast difference between the two.
- What it looks like to trust your body and baby vs bending to the fears of those around you
- The pressure she was receiving with her first baby vs not allowing others energy into the birth portal with her second baby
- The BS idea of “They’re letting you go that far” (hint: it’s your body and your baby - no-one is ‘letting’ you do anything
- Midwives with hospital rights and what that means for you as the birthing mother
- Physiological birth vs medical interference and the outcomes that produces
- Being ‘on the clock’ in the hospital
- The difference between TRUE labour and inducted labour
- Why inducing your baby is completely unnecessary (unless there is a TRUE medical emergency)
- The fear mongering language and misinformation that gets used in the medical birth space to coerce a certain outcome (aka c-section)
- Why knowing the facts around certain outcomes helps you to advocate for yourself if you walk the path of any medical birth workers in your birth space
- How important it is to only have people in the birth space that truly TRUST you
- Not sharing due dates (that are extremely inaccurate anyway)
- The two extremes that Gabby experienced in each of her births
- Anchoring into a ‘birth song/baby lullaby’ the science behind it and my journey with my baby’s song for my 4th baby
- How a song can help you to really connect you to your baby
- What is ‘normal’ when it comes to babies entering the world (it’s certainly NOT having them born between 38-42 weeks)
- Why no-one can will a baby out - they come when they’re ready
- The differences between countries of what is ‘normal’ for the EDD
- How the EDD was established over 300 years ago by a man who has never been pregnant
- The stats around induction and c-sections
- The business of birth
- Birth trauma at the hands of someone you thought you could trust
- Why I am creating this series
- The bell curve of stillbirths - and how 37 weeks gestation has the same rate of stillbirths as 43 weeks… showing it really has nothing to do with gestation and is in fact other factors.
- Reactions vs decisions
- How to hold your power and block out any outside noise
- And SO much more
If you want to speak to Gabby in regards to her birth advocacy work - YOU CAN REACH HER HERE
Much Love,
Carlee
xox
