In this episode we speak to Laura about her first birth experience in Japan which she's using as a bit of a 'baseline' for her second baby's arrival later in the year.  Although it took her sometime to really process the experience, she does say that it was a positive natural birth.

Being new to the country (Sanda, Hyōgo) her pregnancy was quite lonely and she did experience some prenatal depression.

Birth care facility:

+ Sanda Shimin Byouin

Show notes: Covid-19, government hospital, no pain medication, natural birth, crowning, tearing, play groups 
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CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Opening

02:39 - Intro

03:44  - Journey to pregnancy

06:04  - Pregnancy

19:01 - Birth story

44:08 - Postpartum recovery

46:53 - Bottle time

51:13 - Outro