342: Focus Friday - Our Ultimate Birth Story

TUB is now earthside!! Sarelle Jolie was born on February 11th at 1:11am weighing 7lbs 12oz. Mom and baby are both doing amazing.

We're so excited to share our ultimate birth story with you! There is a lot to our story and it almost involved a hospital and an induction with Pitocin. With some luck and every natural protocol we could implement - we got to have our dream birth, at home :)

Thanks for joining us on our birth journey!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Acknowledging all the women who have given birth
• Hitting the 40 week milestone
• Natural induction protocols
• Potential risks involved with a hind water leak
• Our home birth nearly turned into a hospital birth
• Trying one last natural induction remedy... castor oil
• Finally contractions, home birth is back on!
• The arrival of our doula & midwives
• Trying various birthing positions & techniques throughout the day
• Manually breaking the water
• Our birthing tub experience
• Moving through the long and exhausting stages of labour
• Tough love from midwives at the end of labour
• The miraculous arrival of our baby girl!!
• Her name... Sarelle Jolie
• Delaying cord cutting and delivering the placenta
• The start of our breastfeeding journey
• We're so grateful for our birthing team
• The meaning behind Sarelle Jolie’s name
• Thank you for your love & support throughout our pregnancy & birth

Related links:

The Ultimate Birth Story (Marni's blog post)

Listen to Focus Friday – The Ultimate Baby – Our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Trimester

Our Doula - Jessica Ienna Mendez (IG: @gymdoula)

Midwives of Windsor

Joe Rogan episode #1425 with Garrett Reisman

Medley pull out couch (formerly called Stem Goods)

Rallis Olive Oil

Related episodes:

315: Genevieve Howland aka Mama Natural – Preparing For A Healthy Pregnancy & Childbirth

251: Dr. Sarah Buckley – Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering • Preconception Planning • The Role Of Oxytocin

206: Josh Gitalis – Support During Pregnancy • Boost Your Immunity • Testing For Heavy Metals

204: Meghan Telpner – A “Natural” Birth Story

079: Joy McCarthy – Natural Pregnancy | Work-Life Balance As A New Mom | Should You Exercise While You’re Pregnant?

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