To kick off this fifth episode in the Ask the Midwife series we are discussing C-section birth preferences.

Beth Ryan, our midwife and childbirth educator will discuss:

• The role of the midwife in a C-section birth
• Preferences to consider to make it a beautiful and welcoming environment
• Importance of early skin to skin if possible
• Why it’s OK to ask your birth team to stop chatting and keep noise to a minimum!

Today’s episode is episode 5 of 6 in this series. If you want to listen to this entire podcast series all at once and to learn more about navigating inductions and vaginal examinations and so.much.more then you can find all these episodes live right now inside my online membership program, the Pregnancy Posse.

We also have a bonus episode exclusive only to Posse members where Beth talks us through the top 3 hospital bag items you should have, how to get your partner to support you best during birth, managing posterior labour and the low down on epidurals.

You can find out more about the Pregnancy Posse and trial it for 7 days by visiting thepregnancyposse.com.

If you’d like to learn more from Beth you can find her @birthwithbeth_.

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