55. My birth story - The birth I planned versus the birth I had

In this episode, I am finally sharing the full story of how my little boy came into the world. I have hinted at it so many times and mums often ask for it, partly because we do not get many chances to tell our birth stories in full. As I share in this episode, birth is one of the biggest experiences we ever go through, no matter how it unfolds.

I talk about:
• How my pregnancy actually felt behind the scenes
• The unexpected emotions, the exhaustion and the early anxiety about scans
• Choosing a birthing centre, writing a very detailed birth plan and feeling sure about what I wanted
• The long labour, the lack of dilation and the moment everything changed
• Having to ask for an epidural after being certain I never would
• The calm of the epidural and the sudden shift into emergency mode
• The moment the doctor said they needed to operate
• How Jackson finally arrived and how the birth shaped everything that came after

Whether your own birth was smooth, complicated, planned or nothing like the plan, this episode will hopefully give you a moment of recognition, compassion and connection. Birth stays with us. It deserves to be told.

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