10: Double the Responsibility: Birthing Twins in Sovereignty

About this episode

Nicole shares her experience of choosing to birth her twins at home in sovereignty, rejecting fear-based medical narratives.

What happens when you choose a normal birth with twins? In this episode, I speak with Nicole, a mother from South Africa now living in the U.S., who chose sovereignty in one of the most medicalized and “high-risk” experiences imaginable: an identical twin pregnancy. From the very beginning, she was met with fear-based narratives—warnings of stillbirth, premature labor, and twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. But after enduring traumatic experiences in hospitals and with midwives, Nicole knew she would not birth her twins within the system. Instead, she underwent a profound process of deconditioning and committed to trusting her body. With the steady support of her husband, a Radical Birth Keeper graduate, and a community of women walking this same path, Nicole carried her twins to 40 weeks and welcomed them at home, in embodied sovereignty. Nicole shares the raw reality of holding responsibility for twins outside the system: the constant conversations about risk, the deep conviction it took to turn away completely, and the profound freedom of reclaiming birth on her own terms. Inside this episode: What Nicole witnessed in the hospital that made her vow never to return How she…

People in this episode

Host: Emilee Saldaya

Guest: Nicole

Topics covered

• birthing twins
• sovereign birth
• home birth
• medicalization of birth
• community support
• trusting the body

Keywords

• twins
• sovereignty
• home birth
• midwives
• hospital experiences
• risk narratives
• community support

Mentioned in this episode

Places: South Africa, U.S.

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