Choosing between a hospital or home birth is one of the key
decisons you will face as a pregnant mama. Making choices around
your birth can feel a little overwhelming. It can be easy to
procrastinate on this and put it off. But actually, that's the last
thing you should do, because once you start getting your head
around things, you realise that there's actually quite a lot for
you to consider. It's not like you have a bunch of inconsequential
decisions to make. Each decision you're faced with has the
potential to have quite an impact depending on how things go. But
whichever way things end up going on the day, you will need to live
with your decisions. So for the sake of your future feelings about
your birth, I would urge you to spend the time up front getting
savvy on things so that you feel well-enough informed on the
various aspects of birth. No-one else is responsible for the birth
of your baby other than you and your partner; your responsibility
for the little one start now.
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In today's podcast, I want to help you think through the
hospital or home birth dilemma. To help me, I'm going to be joined
by Sonia Killik.
Sonia is the author of the book Birth {f**k yeah!} in which
she urges and empowers expectant mothers to take back control of
their bodies and their births. In a medicated world dominated by
caesareans, interventions and impersonality, this step-by-step
guide navigates the world of pregnancy and birth. It provides an
in-depth account of all the options available to expectant women –
from midwives and doulas, home and hospital births, and all the
drugs and interventions in between – leaving the reader
fully-equipped, knowledgeable and ready to take on nature’s biggest
and most rewarding challenge – to bring a baby into this
world.
During our chat, Sonia draws on a lot of the research that she
carried out as part of the writing for her book. One thing is
clear: she desperately wants to arm you with the facts so that you
can make a decision that's right for you. By sharing her own
personal experience of pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding, this
book is an honest, empowering and highly readable guideline to
childbirth;
I have to warn you though, Sonia and I are both pretty
passionate when it comes to birth and helping women to be informed
and feel empowered about their birth, and we did have a few rants!
But I hope that in doing we help you to figure out what feels more
appropriate for you: hospital or home birth.
Sonia was a true super-star on the podcast too because she came
armed with a ton of facts and statistics around birth, and I hope
that this helps you when trying to navigate all this when it comes
to chossing between a hospital or home birth. But that's not all.
She's also provided a load of extra FREE goodies to help you on
your pregnancy and birthing journey, but I'll tell you about those
in a bit.
We covered so much during our chat, including
Sonia wrapped up our chat with some final advice for
preparing for a positive birth
Not sure I could put it better myself!
Earlier I mentioned that Sonia is providing a ton of extra stuff
to help you on your pregnancy and birthing journey. Well, let me
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Sonia Killik is a metaphysician with a deep love for helping
people to heal and to live awesome lives. Before writing full time
she managed an NGO where she had the pleasure of bugging big
business to change their ways. Her candid and honest approach has
made her a popular guest speaker and a frequent contributor to many
publications.
Her first book Birth {f**k yeah!} debunks many myths
surrounding childbirth and is soon to be followed by Human: What to
do about it. When not dancing around her house with her daughter
Lulu, Sonia can be found night-running with a barely working
headlamp.
Find out more about her work and her books at
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