Nettles And Honey - Our Birth Stories

In this episode, Xela shares the birth of her first daughter, at home. She touches upon topics like: the death of loved ones during pregnancy, speaking up and advocating for yourself about practices or procedures you do not want in pregnancy and birth, the importance of communication before labour and birth, placenta encapsulation, and breastfeeding. Overall, she had a positive hom

In this episode, Katie shares her traumatic birth story of her daughter, Zoe, born at 27 weeks. This episode touches on hard topics such as: premature birth, placental abruption, hemorrhage, traumatic birth, and a long NICU stay.She shares her whirlwind of a birth followed by a 72 day NICU stay where the staff at VGH were amazingly supportive and connected her with countless resour

In this episode, Amanda talks about her unmedicated hospital birth story that she prepared so well for. She also touches on topics like trying to conceive, bonding with baby after birth, and the challenges that come with breastfeeding.Le leche league: https://www.lllc.ca/get-helpMeal Train: https://www.mealtrain.com/@nettlesnhoney https://nettles-and-honey.mailerpage.io/Consider do

In this episode, Annastasia talks about her 5 day long failed induction which ended in a c-section. She discusses her struggles with Postpartum Depression and Postpartum anxiety, and trauma after birth. @nettlesnhoney https://nettles-and-honey.mailerpage.io/Consider donating to this podcast: https://gofund.me/d2c51d61Disclaimer:The content on this podcast is meant for informational

In this episode, Courtney talks about her positive homebirth experience. She also talks about her miscarriage before her pregnancy with her son, anxiety during her pregnancy, breastfeeding challenges, PPA & PPD, and how she came to navigate these challenges. @nettlesnhoney https://nettles-and-honey.mailerpage.io/Consider donating to this podcast: https://gofund.me/d2c51d61Discl

In this episode, I go over the essentials that you need for your hospital stay (specifically at VGH in Victoria, B.C.) as well as everything that the hospital provides for mom and babe during your stay.@nettlesnhoney https://nettles-and-honey.mailerpage.io/Consider donating to this podcast: https://gofund.me/d2c51d61Disclaimer:The content on this podcast is meant for informational

In this episode, Erica talks about her third home birth, a birth that was perfect and that really surpassed all of her expectations. Erica does talk about an early loss before her pregnancy with her third baby. We talk about the fear that is often portrayed in birth and how it can really affect our mindset and thoughts around birth. @nettlesnhoney https://nettles-and-honey.mailerpa

In this episode, Rachael discusses her mindset change from no doubt about it- a hospital birth, to really wanting and planning for a home birth. She tells us about her positive home birth story and her love for evidence-based information as a scientist herself. We talk about placenta encapsulation, the exhaustion that comes with having a long birth and having a newborn, and the imp

In this episode, Tracy tells us her second home birth followed by a postpartum hemorrhage where she had to transfer to the hospital, and her postpartum experiences with both of her births.@nettlesnhoney https://nettles-and-honey.mailerpage.io/Consider donating to this podcast: https://gofund.me/d2c51d61Disclaimer:The content on this podcast is meant for informational and entertainm

In this episode, Tracy talks about her planned home birth, a painful fibroid, being in denial in labour, and a birthing pool that was never filled up. @nettlesnhoney https://nettles-and-honey.mailerpage.io/Consider donating to this podcast: https://gofund.me/d2c51d61Disclaimer:The content on this podcast is meant for informational and entertainment purposes only. Views expressed ar