Ep 159: When Your Midwife Choices are Limited

What do you do when you’re sold on the idea of homebirth, but your area has either no midwives or no midwives that you like?

 

Resources

Believe In Midwifery Episode (sustainable midwifery)

https://www.myhappyhomebirth.com/episode23/

 

Shared Decision Making (book)

https://www.amazon.com/Shared-Decision-Making-Bring-Mothers/dp/B089M59Z35/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2TAOKXFRMHUYP&keywords=shared+decision+making&qid=1644082050&sprefix=shared+decision+making%2Caps%2C110&sr=8-2

 

Shared Decision Making Episode

https://www.myhappyhomebirth.com/episode84/

 

Airbnb Homebirth

https://www.myhappyhomebirth.com/episode112/

 

Shayla’s Birth

https://www.myhappyhomebirth.com/episode40/

 

Dr. Sarah Birth Uprising

https://www.myhappyhomebirth.com/episode144/

 

Freebirth Resources (Curated by my amazing friend, Sophia- @sage.fertility)

 

Yolande Norris Clark’s website: https://freebirth.ca/ Freebirth Society: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/ Fertility and Freebirth with Noelle Kowalski https://www.myhappyhomebirth.com/episode131/ The Complete Guide to Freebirth Course (extremely thorough): https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/a/24099/zgzoH6FJ (btw this is my  affiliate link as an RBK) Freebirth Society Podcast: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/blogs/the-free-birth-podcast   Gestational Diabetes, GBS, Ultrasound Technology, and RH Negative: A New Perspective https://www.freebirthsociety.com/blogs/the-free-birth-podcast/gestational-diabetes-gbs-ultrasound-technology-and-rh-negative-a-new-perspective?_pos=2&_sid=f8289d5c1&_ss=r Unpacking Ultrasound With Yolande Clark https://www.freebirthsociety.com/blogs/the-free-birth-podcast/unpacking-ultrasound-with-yolande-clark?_pos=1&_sid=604819694&_ss=r The Ecstatic Hormonal High of Childbearing - Dr. Sarah Buckley #35 Pain in Labour: Your hormones are your helpers https://sarahbuckley.com/pain-in-labour-your-hormones-are-your-helpers/ The Anterior Cervical Lip: how to ruin a perfectly good birth Vaginal examinations: a symptom of a cervical-centric birth culture Pushing: leave it to the experts Unassisted Family HOME BIRTH | Natural + Positive Free Birth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiSpXcFUVwI Unassisted Home Water Birth | POSITIVE NATURAL BIRTH + surprise gender https://youtu.be/AEKWv4sVBdo HOME BIRTH: gentle, Natural FAMILY WATER BIRTH https://youtu.be/rOeNa0NCc44 DIY Placenta Preparation https://youtu.be/g3pi_8JhkaQ Rethinking the Pushing Stage, with Whapio https://birthful.com/podcast-pushing-stage/ (Also awesome resource list in this podcast description) Odent Fetus ejection reflex https://www.wombecology.com/home/fetus-ejection-reflex Small Magic Birth Instagram (priceless pelvic health and freebirth information) https://www.instagram.com/smallmagicbirth/ Wild Sage Womb DIY Prenatal Wellness Journal https://www.wildsagewomb.com/offerings/p/diy-prenatal-wellness-journal Wild Sage Womb Birth Vision Workbook https://www.wildsagewomb.com/offerings/p/birth-vision-workbook