This week on The Labor Line, I’m joined by my friend Maddie, whose birth stories are as powerful as they are different. From a long, exhausting hospital induction with polyhydramnios to a fast, redemptive unmedicated birth at a birth center—plus the emotional experience of miscarriage in between—Maddie shares it all with honesty, insight, and so much heart.

In this episode: 

• 3 DAYS of hospital labor (48+ hours unmedicated!)
• Moving across the country with a newborn
• Coping with a miscarriage
• The shock of a subchorionic hemorrhage
• Healing, unmedicated birth center experience
• A birth prep must = Disney Jeopardy! 

Maddie’s story is one of strength, surrender, and showing up with love. I know y’all will be just as moved by it as I was.

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Resources mentioned in this episode: 

Real Food for Pregnancy by Lily Nichols

New Sibling Course Pack by LoveEvery

Chapters: 

00:00 - Meet Maddie 

08:13 - Deciding to Have Kids

11:39 - 1st Pregnancy: Exhaustion + Polyhydramnios 

17:55 - 1st Labor: Induction, 3 DAYS of Labor, & Epidural

25:33 - 1st Postpartum: No Sleep + Cross-Country Move

30:18 - Miscarriage: Grief + Emotional Support

45:08 - 2nd Pregnancy: Physical Prep + Subchorionic Hemorrhage

56:25 - 2nd Labor: Birth Center + Redemptive Water Birth

1:29:00 - 2nd Postpartum: Quick Healing + Adjusting to 2 Children

1:35:00 -To My Pre-Mom Self..