How can having a home birth change your life?

We’ve heard lots of cool examples of folks having big life changes as a result of having a home birth. Sometimes it opens the doors to other new things or experiences, creates projects or businesses or even influences career choices like going into birth work.

Our guest today, Tori Smith, can relate to this. Her experiences inspired her to write a book!

From Tori:

“I had two home births. The first was UNPLANNED (he came so quick, but the midwife came to my house in time for the birth), the second was a planned home water birth. I've written a book, Ready to Unpop, about all of the "unpopular" practices in pregnancy, birth and babies. I was called to write the book because I'm always getting reactions that I'm "brave" or "weird" or "crazy" for doing things like home birth, placenta encapsulation, cosleeping, breastfeeding past a year, etc. I want to normalize these things and show people that these are options for everyone (not just hippies!).”

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