2 homebirths - homebirth after 42 weeks, ECV for breech baby, the power of positive birth, accidental freebirth || Amber's birth of Delilah (2022) & Bette (2024) at home (Victoria)

Episode 64 is shared by Amber who is a mum to two homebirth babies. 

Today she shares the fantastic story of the birth of Delilah at 42 + 5 weeks at home, and then the birth of Bette, who was a planned homebirth with midwives, but ended up being an accidental freebirth at home  as the midwives didn’t make it in time! 

We also chat about family centred birth and changing the narrative around homebirth and birth. 

Resources

• Evidence on post dates baby written by Dr Rachel Reed
• OP baby written by Dr Rachel Reed
• A survey of Australian women’s digital media usage in pregnancy and labour and birth (2023, journal article) 
• ECV (external cephalic version) for breech baby
• Just Another Day in a Woman’s Life?Women’s Long-Term Perceptions of Their FirstBirth Experience. Part I (older article from 1991 but still relevent I think) - click on the PDF download for the full text 
• The meaning of a very positive birth experience: focus groups discussions with women (2015)

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