Kristin's Journey From Trauma to Healing, and then into Birth Work

Today we welcome Kristin White, from Mama Rise, to the podcast. Kristin has experienced three very different births: a hospital cesarean, hospital VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) and home birth after cesarean, all of which she shares about in this episode.

Kristin describes her c section birth as traumatic, her hospital VBAC as ‘such a ride’ but ultimately a beautiful untouched hospital birth. However, it was her home birth that completely transformed Kristin and catapulted her into the birth work sphere. She is now a Certified Healing Birth practitioner, and a qualified Childbirth Educator and doula. She spreads her wisdom, love & guidance to mamas, and mamas to be, via her beautiful business, Mama Rise.

Kristin well knows the profound impacts birthing has on both mama and baby, and she has absolute faith in a woman’s power to birth. She believes all births can be beautiful and empowering and that all mamas have a right to be fully informed and supported to make the decisions that are right for them during their birth journey. 

Topics we cover in this episode include:

• Emergency cesarean section
• Lack of informed consent & abusive maternity staff
• Bonding struggles
• VBAC
• Holistic preparation for an empowering birth
• Home birth
• Healing from birth trauma

To connect with Kristin via social media, here is her Instagram link:

https://www.instagram.com/mamarise_kristin/

Kristin's Facebook page link:

https://www.facebook.com/MamaRiseMR

Kristin's website:

https://www.mamarise.co.nz/

And to follow my Healing Birth work, here's my Instagram link:

https://www.instagram.com/healing.birth/