Having enjoyed a very smooth pregnancy and feeling excited about her home bus birth Gemma was not expecting the curveball of a pre-eclampsia diagnosis just beforeweek 40.

In this episode our chat includes:

- Excited for birth, being surrounded by positive stories & the plan was a homebirth in their house bus

- Diagnosis of pre-eclampsia just prior to week 40 and resistance to a hospital birth

-Gemma’s decision not to have scans in her pregnancy

-Getting into a positive mindset for the induction, using a hypnotherapy track to help

-Induction with one dose of prostaglandin

-Jared’s support and the inability to speak when she was deep in her zone

-Listening-to her body when it felt pushy and not forcing it.

The podcast episode Gemma mentions is episode #151 Natasha’s induction to Aiden on The Positive births NZ podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/5c4G73U82WkWpBq30Ny7Fc

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