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Ep. 12 - A Briton in The Netherlands (Emily)
Emily met her Swedish husband in The United States while they were both studying abroad for a year. After returning to their respective countries and finishing their degrees, they got married and settled down in The Netherlands where each of their 3 children were born.
Emily shares the positive stories of each of her three pregnancies and unmediated births in The Netherlands in this episode. However, even with beautiful births, postpartum posed a bit of its own challenge for her at times. Emily shares about how she was affected by a bit of postpartum depression triggered by breastfeeding complications and bonding issues after having her first, and she talks about a postpartum bleed she experienced after having her second. For her third birth, Emily chose to employ hypnobirthing and had a birth center water birth - and she gives touches upon how to use hypnobirthing in a way that won’t set you up to be disappointed if you don’t have the “totally zen” experience you might have been anticipating.
In her previous two births, Emily reached a point where asking for an epidural was definitely crossing her mind. And with her second birth, she found herself so present and analytically aware of how her labor was progressing that it made the process more difficult to bear than it probably should have. So with her third birth, by using hypnobirthing and being deliberate about certain aspects, such as not being told how far she was dilated during checks, she found that it allowed her to find a deeper, primal, more confident and relaxed space to move through labor in.
"Because I [went into labor] feeling so calm and so positive and not worried, I think that was what made the difference - because it didn’t cross my mind even once to ask for the epidural or anything – it didn’t cross my mind at all."
Emily wrote a beautiful piece on postpartum depression on bonding, breastfeeding and postpartum depression on her blog, entitled "Life With A Newborn Might Not Be All Sunshine and Daisies".
After immigrating with her family to her husband's home country of Sweden shortly after her third birth, Emily pursued becoming a doula where she now practices in Stockholm. If you would like to connect with her, you can reach her on Instagram @yourdoulaemilystockholm, on twitter @yourdoulaemily, or online at http://www.yourdoula.se. Thank you for your candidness and willingness to share your shories with us, Emily!
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
Immigration story, positive births, unmedicated births, waterbirth, postpartum hemorrhage, postpartum depression/baby blues, hypnobirthing
Intro and outro music credit: "Reverie" by Ikson
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Emily met her Swedish husband in The United States while they were both studying abroad for a year. After returning to their respective countries and finishing their degrees, they got married and settled down in The Netherlands where each of their 3 children were born.
Emily shares the positive stories of each of her three pregnancies and unmediated births in The Netherlands in this episode. However, even with beautiful births, postpartum posed a bit of its own challenge for her at times. Emily shares about how she was affected by a bit of postpartum depression triggered by breastfeeding complications and bonding issues after having her first, and she talks about a postpartum bleed she experienced after having her second. For her third birth, Emily chose to employ hypnobirthing and had a birth center water birth - and she gives touches upon how to use hypnobirthing in a way that won’t set you up to be disappointed if you don’t have the “totally zen” experience you might have been anticipating.
In her previous two births, Emily reached a point where asking for an epidural was definitely crossing her mind. And with her second birth, she found herself so present and analytically aware of how her labor was progressing that it made the process more difficult to bear than it probably should have. So with her third birth, by using hypnobirthing and being deliberate about certain aspects, such as not being told how far she was dilated during checks, she found that it allowed her to find a deeper, primal, more confident and relaxed space to move through labor in.
"Because I [went into labor] feeling so calm and so positive and not worried, I think that was what made the difference - because it didn’t cross my mind even once to ask for the epidural or anything – it didn’t cross my mind at all."
Emily wrote a beautiful piece on postpartum depression on bonding, breastfeeding and postpartum depression on her blog, entitled "Life With A Newborn Might Not Be All Sunshine and Daisies".
After immigrating with her family to her husband's home country of Sweden shortly after her third birth, Emily pursued becoming a doula where she now practices in Stockholm. If you would like to connect with her, you can reach her on Instagram @yourdoulaemilystockholm, on twitter @yourdoulaemily, or online at http://www.yourdoula.se. Thank you for your candidness and willingness to share your shories with us, Emily!
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
Immigration story, positive births, unmedicated births, waterbirth, postpartum hemorrhage, postpartum depression/baby blues, hypnobirthing
Intro and outro music credit: "Reverie" by Ikson