The Maternity Nurse who Home Birthed

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Rachel. Rachel is a mama of two from the US. Her passion for birth and babies started when she went to nursing school and wanted to work on a maternity floor. When she finally landed a job as a mother & baby nurse, she quickly was not impressed by how birthing mamas and newborns were cared for. She stayed working in the system for four years, but was constantly unlearning what she saw, and trusting birth in a whole other way through podcasts and Instagram.  It really goes to show the power of storytelling, women to women. So thank you for listening to these stories and spreading them far and wide. I can’t tell you how amazing it is to get your messages and emails, especially from birth workers who share this poddy with their clients or tell me how it's changing their practice and trust in women, babies and birth. Gives me goosebumps. Truly. Anyways, back to Rachel. When Rachel became pregnant with her first, she planned her dream home birth with a slightly wild pregnancy and left the maternity system at the very beginning of her first pregnancy. She’s now worked as a pediatric home care nurse and home birth assistant with a traditional midwife in the past few years, but mostly has been home raising her two babies. She just started her journey on encapsulating placentas.  And today we will hear about her home births. Curious about Rachel? Find her on Instagram as @_love_dahlia Did you know you can now watch all the podcast episodes on our YouTube channel? Every Sunday the new video version of this podcast is aired on The Spiritual Midwitch YouTube channel. Please pop on over all tell us what you think? Do you prefer to listen to watch ? Or maybe both? I’d love to know. Send me a dm on our Instagram @thenaturalbirthpodcast or comment on one of your favorite YouTube episodes! Curious about Needed? Find out more at thisisneeded.com Use the code THENATURALBIRTHPODCAST for 20% off your first month. Find All of Anna’s Links & Resources here: SACRED BIRTH INTERNATIONAL