Episode 1: Where Do We Begin? With My Doula Kylie Coad

Kylie Coad (heartfelthealingtherapies.com.au) is a birth and postnatal doula, hypnobirthing practitioner and the first wise woman in my own birth story. Kylie supported both my wife Ellen and I through our pregnancies, and most of the women you will hear from in this podcast came to me through her.I have wanted to record this conversation since I started this podcast. Kylie was with me at the very beginning, first for Ellen's birth, and then as my support in the lead-up to my own. In this conversation we cover what a doula actually does (and how it differs from a midwife), the six models of maternity care available to Australian women, the intake process Kylie uses with every couple, and what birth consistently reveals about who we are.