Choosing homebirth after abortion and misscarriage, anxiety, having a PPH & secondary PPH and bicornuate uterus and why homebirth is amazing || Sam's birth of Archie at home (New South Wales)

Birthing at Home: A Podcast

Epsiode 52 is shared by Sam from NSW who tells her huge vulnerable, honest, and beautiful story of how her homebirth baby boy, Archie came to be.
Sam’s story starts in her 20’s where, alike many women, she chose to have an abortion, partly influenced by her birth imprint. Some years later, when the timing was better, she was excited to become pregnant, then experienced a miscarriage.
These events had significant influence on her journey and experience in being pregnant with her now 16 month old, baby Archie. She also shares her experience with a post partum haemorrhage after her homebirth, and then 2 weeks later, a secondary post partum haemorrhage which required surgery. Whilst this is a longer episode, it is a great story that includes many different topics and experiences.
Connect with me, Elsie, the host :)

www.birthingathome.com.au

@birthingathome_apodcast

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Links to resources:

• What is a birth imprint? https://ishasoulseededucation.com/birth-imprints/
• Stigma of Abortion https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-26/senate-inquiry-universal-reproductive-healthcare-abortion-access/102018234
• Belmont Birthing Centre https://www.hunterbirtheducationcentre.com/belmont-birthing
• Sterile Water Injections for pain in labour https://evidencebasedbirth.com/sterile-water-injections-for-pain-relief-during-labor/
• Secondary Post Partum Haemorrhage https://teachmeobgyn.com/labour/puerperium/secondary-post-partum-haemorrhage/
• Bicornuate Uterus https://www.pregnancybirthbaby.org.au/uterine-differences

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Connect with me, Elsie, the host :)

www.birthingathome.com.au

@birthingathome_apodcast
@homebirth.doula_birthingathome

[email protected]

Chapters

1. Choosing homebirth after abortion and misscarriage, anxiety, having a PPH & secondary PPH and bicornuate uterus and why homebirth is amazing || Sam's birth of Archie at home (New South Wales) (00:00:00)

2. Sam's Birth Imprint (00:03:19)

3. Unexpected pregnancy (00:05:30)

4. Considering abortion (00:07:00)

5. I need to heal my heart (00:11:00)

6. Second pregnancy (00:22:00)

7. Miscarriage (00:23:00)

8. Choosing & planning a homebirth (00:32:00)

9. Anxiety in pregnancy (00:35:00)

10. The start of labour (00:56:00)

11. Sterile Water Injections (01:20:00)

12. The birth of Archie (01:37:00)

13. Birthing the placenta (01:40:00)

14. Fainting postpartum and start of PPH (01:44:00)

15. Secondary PPH (02:06:00)