20. How I Became a Christ-Centered Birth Doula, Part 3: My Home Birth Story After a Traumatic Hospital Birth

Send us Fan MailWe made it to Part 3, and this is the one where things started to change.In this episode, I'm sharing my second birth: a home birth after a traumatic hospital experience, and the story of how God used all of it to lead me exactly where I'm supposed to be.In this episode, I share:• Why I trained for a half marathon nine months postpartum (and what it was really about)• How we made the decision to pursue home birth and what my first phone call with a home birth midwife felt like• What prenatal care looked like with a CPM vs. the OB appointments I'd had before• The full story of my labor and birth, the long pushing stage, the birth stool, the moment everything clicked• The detail I didn't find out until after I gave birth • A childhood bicycle race story and what it taught me about feeling unseen by God• How my faith was transformed through all of this This is the one I've been excited to get to :)Thank you for going on this whole journey with me. 💛Just getting started?Use my free pregnancy and birth research checklist to jumpstart your learning.Free roadmap to planning a natural birth:10 Steps to Natural Birth Want to feel more confident making decisions in labor?Join the Autonomous Birth Workshop to learn how to advocate for yourself and navigate birth with clarity.Free Scripture-Based Affirmation CardsFor encouragement and truth as you prepare for birth, download my Free Scripture-Based Affirmation CardsConnect with me on Instagram:@rise.birth