EP 14: Why I choose a vaginal birth after trauma.

08/03/2023 45 min Temporada 1 Episodio 12

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Episode Synopsis

How Lara healed mentally after birth trauma to be ready to have a second baby.
The obstacles Lara faced and the people she had to go up against in order to get her vaginal birth.
Her learnings from being a 'good girl' and 'people pleaser' and how this impacted her births and what you can do to help yourself.
How Lara educated herself on birth and why it's so important.
Why Lara chose a vaginal birth after trauma.
The empowered birth she had and what actually happened.
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Love Lara and Mags x

Tools Lara used to empower herself:
URCHOICE website - pelvic floor risk calculator - https://riskcalc.org/UR_CHOICE/
EBB Evidence Based Birth website - https://evidencebasedbirth.com/
Core and Floor Antenatal Classes - https://coreandfloor.com.au/free-antenatal-classes-one/
Instagram accounts - Your Badass Natural Birth, Free Birth Society, Midwife Thinking
Podcasts - The Great Birth Rebellion, Midwives Cauldron, 
Book/Audio - Dr Rachel Reed - Reclaiming Childbirth as a right of passage. Be curious and ask questions - B.R.A.I.N = Benefits, Risks, Alternatives, Intuition, Nothing.

What are the benefits? What are the risks? Are there any alternatives? What does your instinct/intuition tell you? What happens if you do nothing?


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