152. MyMaine Birth: How We Birth Matters, Katelyn's First Home Birth Story

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I talk with my niece Kately about becoming a mom at 19 and choosing a home birth in rural Maine where options are limited. We unpack a rapid, induced labor, unexpected third-degree tears, early breastfeeding struggles, and what it feels like when support stops being transparent and starts feeling like control. In this episode we discuss: finding out she was pregnant at 18 and the decision to parent why a home birth felt safer than the local hospital navigating prenatal care in a maternity care desert late pregnancy pressure to induce tinctures, castor oil, and a labor that moved too fast baby's first moments third degree tears and choosing no stitches boundaries in the birth space and questions about consent and experience Additional Resources: MyMaineBirth.com Closing Song by Kate Sutherland. Kate's community songs and deep nature connection work can be found here at KateSutherland.ca