Kim started her pregnancy planning to go unmedicated at a birth center, but ended up with a c-section at 36 weeks. When medical complications turned her birth plan upside down, she realized that her plan all along had been simple: Don't die. After weeks of diagnostic testing and uncertainty, find out how Kim took the power back and regained control of her birth with one simple decision.

Notes on Arrival is a podcast for women to share their pregnancy and birth experiences. This podcast does not offer medical advice.

Resources:

Lifecycle Womencare

Mindful Birthing

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Margo shares the story of her 40 hour labor with her son. She talks about how her passion for women's reproductive health impacted her choices during pregnancy and planning for her birth. Find out how emotional release finally induced her labor more than a week after her due date. 

Notes on Arrival is a podcast for women to share their pregnancy and birth experiences. This podcast does not offer medical advice.

All the resources:

Expecting Better

In Your Own Time

Spiritual Midwifery

Natural Cycles

Bridget Teyler

Nurse Zabe

Janet Gordon

Sophia Medina

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On episode one, Gwen and Margo talk about how they met in 2014 and decided ten years later to create the Notes on Arrival podcast. Gwen shares the story of her first pregnancy and birth. Learn why the switch to midwives impacted her birth story in a huge way and how this period in her life started her passion for childbirth.

Notes on Arrival is a podcast for women to share their pregnancy and birth experiences. This podcast does not offer medical advice.

Resources mentioned

Ava Fertility Bracelet

Business of Being Born

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

Natural Hospital Birth

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