Rhiannon briefly runs through her first birth experience, a post dates induction turned caesarean, and explains how she came to realise freebirth was the clear choice for her second pregnancy after all other options just didn’t feel right.

She grapples with personally leaning ever further away from the NHS whilst still working as a midwife, being labelled low PAPP-A, and the ongoing difficulty of turning down recommendations from medical staff who are also colleagues.

After her 6 hour pushing stage we also touch on the crucial ability for any support people to be able to allow the birthing woman to express frustration, concern, distress, pain, exasperation without jumping to take action, and instead being able to wait and determine whether or not they actually  want anything to be different.

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