I’m SO excited to share this once-off episode with you, as it features the birth story of our beautiful baby boy, Wilder. As I recorded this episode, he was four weeks old.
In it, I share:
- An overview of Lexi’s birth, to set the scene for round two!
- Why we wanted to have a homebirth
- Who was in our birth team
- The preparations we did for the birth
- Why I didn’t want to go as post-date as Lexi did, and what I did to prevent that
- My visualisation technique for the birth… and it if turned out like I visualised
- The pain experience this time versus how it was with Lexi
- How she responded to being at the birth
- My immediate first reaction on finding out we had a boy
- The post birth period
- Whether or not I braved a placenta smoothie!
- What I would do differently if I had this birth again
- How my recovery has been
- The story behind the name Wilder
- A mini interview with Wade with his perspective on the birth
Some resources/people I mention in this episode:
- My beautiful birth playlist is public on Spotify – search for my name and it’s called “Welcome home little baby”
- Our midwife was Jo Hunter (@midwifejohunter on Instagram) and second midwife was Lucretia McCarthy (@birthinsight on Instagram). Lu also encapsulated my placenta
- My acupuncturist is Maggie Godin at Health Space in Rozelle
- Our family chiropractor is Jessica Mangala at Realign Health Clinic in Leichhardt (@realign.health)
- I see Alyssa at The Studio in Rozelle for physio (@thestudiorozelle)
- Our birth photographer was Philippa from The First Hello (@thefirsthello)
- Claire Obeid hosted my mother’s blessing (@claireobeid_)
- Books I love on pregnancy: Ina May’s Natural Guide To Childbirth, Jenny Blyth‘s Down To Earth Birth and Thomas Verny and John Kelly‘s The Secret Life Of The Unborn Child and ‘s First Forty Days
- Documentaries I loved: Birth Time (created by and featuring our midwife Jo) and The Business Of Being Born
- Essential oils I used during birth: frankincense and clary sage
