[Birth Stories] You Mean That Wasn’t My Water Breaking? with Heather Lauf

Heather started preparing for birth and life with a newborn, even before she was pregnant. However, once labor started, she found that the hardest thing was to quiet her thinking brain. She was also immensely grateful for having switched care providers twice, until connecting with the right one for her. Check it out.

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What we talked about:

Loss of confidence in medical system after an early miscarriage
Switching care providers
Learning about birth options through local Birth Circle group… before being pregnant
There’s a free-standing birth center?!
Switching again
What the heck is a “weighted feeding?”
The due date that came and went
“Are you fixating on a number?”
That time you thought your water broke…
Acupuncture, chiropractic, floor remodel
“Go to sleep”
Setting up the “labor cave”
Disappointing vaginal check
Getting internal, getting annoyed
Do you want to stop it, or make it stronger?
Come to me, Laborland!
That danged anterior lip
Everyone out!
A nap? Why, yes I will
Fresh midwife, fresh energy
Meeting her baby!
A well-prepared and nourishing postpartum
Still nursing!

Relaxing skin to skin just minutes after birth

Resources and links to info mentioned on the show:

Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, by Ina May Gaskin
TheBusinessOfBeingBorn.com
Find a Lactation Consultant directory, from ILCA
Walcher’s: Open The Brim, from Spinning Babies

Heather’s local resources:

Lovely deep tub being filled for Heather (photo by Short Little Blessings)

Related Birthful episodes:

Choosing Your Care Provider, with Robin Elise Weiss
Birth Doulas, with Sharon Muza
The Problem with Due Dates, with Gail Hart
Rethinking the Pushing Stage, with Whapio
Postpartum Hemorrhages, with Maryn Green

Heather Lauf enjoying her newborn (photo by Short Little Blessings)

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