#023 Alicia - Exercise Physiologist, miscarriage, MGP, hypnobirthing, drug-free undisturbed hospital birth, physiological 3rd stage, baby blues

Hey hey,  Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation. Today I am the one stepping behind the mic to finally deliver to you the birth story of my first born, while pregnant with our second. In this talk, I tell you all about my journey from deciding to become a mum, to conception, pregnancy and beyond. I chat all about  ✔️navigating trying to conceive, not knowing my cycles and my body well yet and learning all about ovulation  ✔️experiencing a miscarriage after 9 months of trying to conceive and the perspective that it gave me   ✔️using the BRAIN acronym during pregnancy to help determine my options for birth  ✔️how I managed my pregnancy as an Exercise Physiologist ✔️how I prepared for my birth, decided what I preferred and navigated the system  ✔️finding the wait from 37 weeks (full-term) very challenging and being of two minds of wanting to have the baby soon but also wanting baby to stay in to mature for longer  ✔️my prelabour, how I managed it, finding my zone, doing what felt right for me and how things changed once I arrived to hospital  ✔️finding the transition into parenthood very challenging and experiencing the baby blues  ✔️feeling sadness and other negative emotions in the first 6-8 weeks of baby’s life  ✔️feeling anxious about partner returning back to work and looking after our daughter on my own  ✔️the process of deciding to have another child and what that was like  I am currently 33 weeks pregnant, if you are interested in my current pregnancy journey here are the summary of my first and second trimester  First trimester - https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/pregnancy-series-01-miscarriage-1st-trimester-recap/id1663704129?i=1000609190548&l=en-GB  Second trimester - https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/pregnancy-series-02-alicia-full-time-caravan-traveling/id1663704129?i=1000621320865&l=en-GB  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 your podcast listening platform or 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  If you would like to see my offerings including doula work, birth and parenting education classes head over to www.triskwell.com  Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!  Alicia :)