Midwife chooses homebirth + bleeding in pregnancy, impact of midwife burnout & trauma || Emma's birth of August at home (South Australia)

Birthing at Home: A Podcast

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Today in episode 46, we hear from Emma in South Australia who is a midwife, nurse, and lactation consultant. She shares her 2 hospital births and homebirth story intertwined with stories of her life as a midwife, including her journey of unlearning and relearning about physiological birth, challenges with breastfeeding, bleeding during pregnancy, falling in love with your newborn, and the impact of birth related trauma from her work as a midwife.
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Resouces in this episode:

• Hypnobubs Course https://www.hypnobubs.com/
• Pre-labour rupture of membranes https://midwifethinking.com/2017/01/11/pre-labour-rupture-of-membranes-impatience-and-risk/
• Sebchorionic haemtoma - some info can be found here https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK559017/
• Janice having a baby on 'Friends' LOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrul9EqJ7uY
• Breast Abcess info https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/resources/breast-abscess
• Great Birth Rebellion Ep on Preparing for a Homebirth https://www.melaniethemidwife.com/podcasts/the-great-birth-rebellion/episodes/2148221037

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Chapter

1. Midwife chooses homebirth + bleeding in pregnancy, impact of midwife burnout & trauma || Emma's birth of August at home (South Australia) (00:00:00)

2. Emma's Pathway into Midwifery (00:02:55)

3. Birth with Oscar (00:09:40)

4. Birth with Hugo (00:18:12)

5. Challenges with breastfeeding (00:30:41)

6. Subchorionic Haematoma (00:47:09)

7. Burnout and PTSD as a Midwife (01:09:49)

8. Birth of August at home (01:16:00)