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Today's birth story guest is Melanie and she shares her experience of planning for a home birth but after a long labor it was suggested to her by her care provider that she go to the hospital where she encountered everything she had hoped to avoid.  In this episode we talk about the sexual assault that happens during so many hospital births, and the importance of advocating for yourself in these extremely sensitive and spiritual moments in your life - when you really shouldn't have to. 

MyMaine Birth, a space where we share the real life stories of families and their unique birth experiences in the beautiful state of Maine.  From our state’s biggest hospitals to Birth Center Births, and home births, every birth story deserves to be heard and celebrated.  Whether you are a soon to be mom, a seasoned mother, or simply interested in the world of birth, these episodes are for you.

As part of my commitment to capturing these incredible moments, I am proud to offer my birth photography services to families throughout Maine.  As an experienced doula and  photographer I am dedicated to capturing the beauty and emotion of this special moment in your life.   For all of the information head over to https://www.mymainebirth.com

Thank you again for tuning in and I look forward to bringing you more amazing birth stories.  Don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review! And I’ll See you back here again, next week.  

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Today's birth story guest is Sarah and she is here to share all about her five Maine Birth stories.  She gave birth to all of her babies naturally in different hospital settings. 

Trigger Warning:  The topic of Infant loss is discussed in this episode.  Sarah's fourth baby, her daughter Violet was born still at 20 weeks gestation. 

MyMaine Birth is a space where we share the real life stories of families and their unique birth experiences in the beautiful state of Maine.  From our state's biggest hospitals, to Birth Center births, and home births, every birth story deserves to be heard and celebrated.  Whether you are a soon to be mom, a seasoned mother, or simply interested in the world of birth, these episodes are for you. 

As part of my commitment to capturing these incredible moments, I am proud to offer my birth photography services to families throughout Maine.  As an experienced doula and photographer I am dedicated to capturing the beauty and emotion of this special moment in your life.  For more information head over to my website  https://www.mymainebirth.com

Thank you for tuning in and I look forward to bringing you more amazing birth stories.  Don't forget to subscribe and leave me a review! 

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Today's birth story guest is Olivia.  Olivia shared all about her first birth story back in episode 16 of the podcast - so go check that out if your interested in hearing part one of her story!  She is back today to share all about her second Maine birth story which was originally planned to be a home birth but due to her labor starting at 36 weeks she was unable to deliver at home with the care of a licensed midwife.   Her baby girl was born happy and healthy, tune in to this week's episode to hear her story! 

MyMaine Birth is a space where we share the real life stories of families and their unique birth experiences in the beautiful state of Maine.  From our state’s biggest hospitals to Birth Center Births, and home births, every birth story deserves to be heard and celebrated.  Whether you are a soon to be mom, a seasoned mother, or simply interested in the world of birth, these episodes are for you. 

As part of my commitment to capturing these incredible moments, I am proud to offer my birth photography services to families throughout Maine.  As an experienced doula and  photographer I am dedicated to capturing the beauty and emotion of this special moment in your life.   For more information head over to my website https://www.mymainebirth.com

Thank you for tuning in and I look forward to bringing you more amazing birth stories.  Don't forget to subscribe and leave me a review! 

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Today's birth story guest is Holly and she shares all about her three Maine hospital birth stories. 

MyMaine Birth is a space where we share the real life stories of families and their unique birth experiences in the beautiful state of Maine.  From our state's biggest hospitals, to birth center births, and home births, every birth story deserves to be heard and celebrated.  Whether you're a soon to be mom, a seasoned mother, or simply interested in the world of birth, these episodes are for you.

As part of my commitment to capturing these incredible moments, I am proud to offer my birth photography and Maine doula services to families throughout the state of Maine as well as Virtual Birth Coaching worldwide.  Head over to my website for all of the details https://www.mymainebirth.com

Thank you for tuning in, and I look forward to bringing you more amazing birth stories.  Don't forget to subscribe and leave me a review!  And I'll see you back here again next week.

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Welcome to episode 65 of the MyMaine Birth Podcast.  

Today’s birth story guest is Natalie, and she shares all about her Maine birth story.  I had the chance to chat with Natalie about her first birth story about two weeks ago when she was 9 months pregnant, and the day after we recorded this episode she gave birth to her second child so congratulations to Natalie and her family.  She’ll be back to share that story one day soon, but for today she is going to share all about her first birth story which was originally going to be a birth center birth..  then because she moved, it made sense for her to switch to planning a home birth although ultimately laboring for over 24 hours, she did decide to transfer her care to a hospital where she was able to still follow her intuition and deliver her baby vaginally.  

 MyMaine Birth is a space where we share the real life stories of families and their unique birth experiences in the beautiful state of Maine.  From our state’s biggest hospitals to Birth Center Births, and home births, every birth story deserves to be heard and celebrated.  Whether you are a soon to be mom, a seasoned mother, or simply interested in the world of birth, these episodes are for you.  

As part of my commitment to capturing these incredible moments, I am proud to offer my birth photography services to families throughout Maine.  As an experienced doula and  photographer I am dedicated to capturing the beauty and emotion of this special moment in your life.  For all of the information head over to mymainephoto.com 

Thank you again for tuning in and I look forward to bringing you more amazing birth stories.  Don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review! And I’ll See you back here again, next week.  

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Today’s midwife guest is Ariel Bernstein, of Saco River Midwifery.   This is Ariel’s second time as a guest on the  Podcast.   She shared all about her journey to midwifery as well as her own birth stories in episode 12 of the podcast.  

When I interviewed Ariel for episode 12 it was summer of last year and she was getting ready to start a year at Harvard to pursue her masters in public health.  She is back today to share all about how her time at Harvard has been going so far, and also about her recent trip to Uganda where she was able to work with midwives there to help teach them how to do simulation training so they can continue to educate more midwives in their country.

During her visit Ariel was able to see firsthand the many hardships faced daily by the midwives and doctors there.   

Ariel is currently on a mission to raise enough money to purchase dopplers, her goal is to purchase one for each facility that sent midwives to the training.    She needs to raise $2,000 to make this happen.   

If you have any interest in contributing, please message Ariel,  you can find her on instagram @sacorivermidwifery or send an email to [email protected]  and of course. 

Also if you are a home birth family and have supplies left over, or if you are a midwife and have extra supplies you don’t know what to do with, please reach out to Ariel  -  she is putting together some care packages for the midwives she worked with in Uganda.  

Thank you again for tuning in and I look forward to bringing you more amazing birth stories.  Don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review! And I’ll See you back here again, next week.  

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Today's birth story guest is Valerie and she shares all about her two cesarean birth stories.  Valerie is a Canadian mother and both of her sons were born in the U.S.  Her first son was born in Delaware and her second son was born at NL EMMC in Bangor.  

MyMaine Birth is a space where we share the real life stories of families and their unique birth experiences in the beautiful state of Maine.  From our state's biggest hospital, to birth center births, and home births, every birth story deserves to be heard and celebrated.  Whether you're a soon to be mom, a seasoned mother, or simply interested in the world of birth, these episodes are for you.  

As part of my commitment to capturing these incredible moments, I am proud to offer my birth photography and Maine doula services to families throughout the state of Maine as well as Virtual Birth Coaching worldwide.  Head over to my website for all the details https://www.mymainebirth.com

Thank you for tuning in and I look forward to bringing you more amazing birth stories.  Don't forget to subscribe and leave me a review!  And I'll see you back here again next week.  

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Today's birth story guest is Megan and she shares all about her journey with IVF,  she ended up having preeclampsia and was induced three weeks early.  Her cervix was completely closed, and her blood pressure hit dangerous levels and she was put on magnesium to lower it.  Then her body absorbed too much magnesium and she got magnesium poisoning.  After two and a half days she requested a C-section.  She also experienced postpartum hemorrhaging about a week postpartum.  If you are currently pregnant you may want to check in with your self and assess your emotional readiness for today's episode.

MyMaine Birth is a space where we share the real life stories of families and their unique birth experiences in the beautiful state of Maine.  From our state's biggest hospitals to birth center births, and home births, every birth story deserves to be heard and celebrated.  Whether you're a soon to be mom, a seasoned mother,  or simply interested in the world of birth, these episodes are for you.

As part of my commitment to capturing these incredible moments, I am proud to offer my birth photography and Maine doula services to families throughout the state of Maine as well as virtual birth coaching worldwide.  Head over to my website https://www.mymainebirth.com

Thank you for tuning in and I look forward to bringing you more amazing birth stories.  Don't forget to subscribe and leave me a review, and I'll see you back here again next week. 

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Today's birth story guest is Tess and she shares all about her two Maine birth stories with care from Nortern Light Mercy Midwives in Portland, Maine.  

MyMaine Birth is a space where we share the real life stories of families and their unique birth experiences in the beautiful state of Maine.  From our state's biggest hospital to birth center births, and home births, every birth story deserves to be heard and celebrated.  Whether you are a soon to be mom, a seasoned mother, or simply interested in the world of birth, these episodes are for you.

As part of my commitment to capturing these incredible moments, I am proud to offer y birth photography and doula services to families throughout Maine as well as virtual birth coaching worldwide.  Head over to my website https://www.mymainebirth.com 

Thank you for tuning in and listening, and I look forward to bringing you more amazing birth stories.  Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review!  And I'll see you back here again next week.  

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Welcome to a mid-week midwife episode of the MyMaine Birth Podcast!   Today's midwife guest is Julie Havener, a  Certified Professional midwife  in the  Central Maine area.   To connect with Julie and set up a free consultation, you can send an email to  [email protected] 

Julie has been involved with midwifery since 1994.  After graduating from the Evergreen State College, in Olympia, Washington, she attended courses at The Seattle Midwifery School.  Thereafter she attended births as a Doula.  Affirming her love for the work she furthered her commitment to midwifery and spent three years apprenticing in Belfast, Maine.

After many births, she completed her apprenticeship and followed it up spending a month in Jamaica working with midwives in a rural hospital.  Returning with even more fire in her belly for working with families, honoring the beauty of birth, she completed the process of becoming a Certified Professional Midwife. 

Tune into this week's podcast episode to hear Julie share her own birth stories as they intertwine with her midwifery journey. 

Whether you are a soon to be mom, a seasoned mother, or simply interested in the world of birth, these episodes are for you!

As part of my commitment to capturing these incredible moments I am proud to offer my birth photography services to families across Maine.  As an experienced photographer I am dedicated to capturing the beauty and emotion of this special moment.      #mombrain is real, but as your memory fades the photos will take you right back to that moment when you meet your baby for the first time.      Head over to my website for all of the info.      https://www.mymainebirth.com

Thank you for listening to the MyMaine Birth Podcast and I look forward to bringing you more amazing birth stories!  

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