"My name is Danika Gleeson, I’m a 34 year old mum of 3 (currently 28 weeks with number 4).

We freebirthed our third baby, our first boy, after 2 c sections with our girls. There was a lot of trauma attached particularly to our second daughter’s birth, I had PTSD and struggled a lot to connect with myself after her birth. When I fell pregnant with Banksi, I contacted local midwives who were unable to attend because of distance from a vba2c friendly hospital. This was a blessing in disguise as I know our story would be very different being that I was in labour for 5 days and nights with our little love.

I can’t even explain how that birth changed me. I feel more connected to myself, to my family, to my life, than I ever have before.

It really was the best experience of our lives. Since then, I’ve been supporting women as a doula in birth. It brings me great joy to support women to birth undisturbed. What a journey it has been. Thank you for receiving our story."