342: Focus Friday - Our Ultimate Birth Story

<p>TUB is now earthside!! Sarelle Jolie was born on February 11th at 1:11am weighing 7lbs 12oz. Mom and baby are both doing amazing.</p> <p>We're so excited to share our ultimate birth story with you! There is a lot to our story and it almost involved a hospital and an induction with Pitocin. With some luck and every natural protocol we could implement - we got to have our dream birth, at home :)</p> <p>Thanks for joining us on our birth journey!</p> <p><strong>In this episode, we discuss:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Acknowledging all the women who have given birth</li> <li>Hitting the 40 week milestone</li> <li>Natural induction protocols</li> <li>Potential risks involved with a hind water leak</li> <li>Our home birth nearly turned into a hospital birth</li> <li>Trying one last natural induction remedy... castor oil</li> <li>Finally contractions, home birth is back on!</li> <li>The arrival of our doula & midwives</li> <li>Trying various birthing positions & techniques throughout the day</li> <li>Manually breaking the water</li> <li>Our birthing tub experience</li> <li>Moving through the long and exhausting stages of labour</li> <li>Tough love from midwives at the end of labour</li> <li>The miraculous arrival of our baby girl!!</li> <li>Her name... Sarelle Jolie</li> <li>Delaying cord cutting and delivering the placenta</li> <li>The start of our breastfeeding journey</li> <li>We're so grateful for our birthing team</li> <li>The meaning behind Sarelle Jolie’s name</li> <li>Thank you for your love & support throughout our pregnancy & birth</li> </ul> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://marniwasserman.com/2020/03/13/the-ultimate-birth-story/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Ultimate Birth Story (Marni's blog post)</a></p> <p>Listen to Focus Friday – The Ultimate Baby – Our <a href= "https://ultimatehealthpodcast.com/the-ultimate-baby-our-1st-trimester/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">1st</a>, <a href= "https://ultimatehealthpodcast.com/the-ultimate-baby-our-2nd-trimester/" target="_bl