Janelle and her husband are farmers, growing avocados, beef cattle and a market garden. She is religious and after many years of feeling that she may not want children, she left the decision to start a family to God, and conceived not long after. In this episode she shares the story of her pregnancy and birth with her son. Janelle’s birth was overall a positive and life changing experience.

Her favourite books she would recommend for expecting parents are Sarah Buckley’s Gentle Birth Gentle Mothering and Rhea Dempsey’s Birth With Confidence.