Aiya's long labour and birth to Ezra
Doula, childbirth educator and single mum by choice, Aiya takes us on her incredible journey of conception, pregnancy, labour and birth to her baby boy Ezra. There are so many topics covered in this episode including: her donor and conception journey; why hypnobirthing was a must for her despite feeling so very confident and calm about birth; the tumultuous end to her pregnancy and moving house in her 3rd trimester; plans of a freebirth; her support team; the long labour of 99 hours at home; baby in a posterior position; the tools she used to cope so beautifully; why she coped so well; surrendering to the need to move to hospital; the fantastic team in hospital; meeting her midwife for the first time in her labour; informed consent; asking for her conditions to be met; anaesthetic, ventouse, processing a birth that didn't go to plan; surrendering but not giving up her power....plus more..... There's so much to learn from an episode like this, I know you'll enjoy it. As mentioned in the episode the book we talked about is: Woman Code by Alisa Vitti Hapu Helpers for info on donors and conception Aiya's doula services are found at Artemis Birthing Services instagram: Artemis_Birthing_Services If you too are looking for tools to help you through your labour and birth reach out to Helen at www.positivebirths.co.nz or find us on instagram @positive_births_nz