#009 Stephanie - teen pregnancy, traumatic hospital birth, unconsented procedures, 8 years age gap, involving daughter in birth, unplanned conception, empowered homebirth

Hey hey, Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation. Today I chat with Stephanie, mum to 2 kids with an 8 year age gap. In this conversation we chat about ✔️having a surprise pregnancy at 19 ✔️feeling treated like a child and being told how the birth was going to unfold because of her age ✔️being forced into interventions to the convenience of the hospital ✔️not being informed and not knowing that you can decline interventions ✔️feeling traumatized by first birth ✔️having another children 8 years later ✔️preparing her daughter to have a sibling ✔️going through a private midwife and involving daughter in pregnancy and birth ✔️having a healing and empowered home birth where Stephanie felt in control of her body To be sure to be notified when a new episode comes out please subscribe to the show on your listening platform. If you would like to support the show, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on Apple podcast. If you would like to come on the show and tell your own birth story please get in touch through this link here https://forms.gle/YCCP5dMg8bYSXuAYA This podcast is available on Deezer, Spotify, Apple podcast, most other podcast listening platforms and Youtube Follow me on social media for more content Facebook: www.facebook.com/cuppawithadoula Instagram: www.instagram.com/cuppawithadoula Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode! Alicia :)