In this episode, we talk about:

• An unexpected pregnancy after 10 years of infertility 
• Traveling for the birth
• The gift of having a local friend who was a doctor
• Navigating the burning season during pregnancy
• A rushed exit from their country due to pregnancy concerns
• Packing up the house while on bedrest
• Feeling pressure to complete work before the baby arrived
• Struggling through a 5-day induction 
• Laboring in the water
• laboring along while waiting for a c-section
• Going under general anesthesia and missing her son’s birth
• A NICU stay
• Grieving family not being able to come out
• Struggling with breastfeeding
• Meeting with a Psychiatrist and discussing Postpartum Depression
• Realizing her husband was experiencing depression as well
• Choosing exclusive pumping
• EMDR Therapy
• Healing through art and poetry