Transitioning From Hospital Midwife to Doula and Free Birther - Sarah Giannetta's Story

In this episode, Sarah who, like me, is an ex midwife, and I discuss all sorts of birthy goodness. Sarah shares about how she came to the realisation that the maternity system is seriously flawed and why being a hospital midwife was no longer her calling. She talks about her own birth experiences, from a medicated hospital birth to a jumping-through-hoops midwife-supported home birth, and then to a magical yet simultaneously oh-so-normal free birth. We discuss the vital self work that is required in preparation for an empowering birth experience, and so much more. Sarah is now working as a birth doula and runs hypnobirthing classes. Enjoy this candid chat between two passionate birth workers!

Discussed in this episode:

• 'Unicorn births'
• Hospital vs home birth
• Home birth with a midwife vs free birth
• 'The work' required in pregnancy (or pre-conception)
• Velamentous cord insertion
• Birthing physiology and birth as a rite of passage

Connect with Sarah via her Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/the.midwifemummy/

Connect with me (Carla) via my Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/healing.birth/

Learn more about my Soulful Birth series: https://www.healingbirth.co.nz/soulful-birth

Learn more about my Healing Birth Practitioner Training: https://www.healingbirth.co.nz/hb-practitioner-training