Birth Story: Not Asking for Permission & Preparing for Her Unmedicated Birth with Jo Gibson
About this episode
Jo Gibson shares her unmedicated birth experience and her approach of 'ask forgiveness, not permission'.
This first aired in March 2023 and became one of my most downloaded birth stories. Once you hear Jo's "ask forgiveness, not permission" approach, you'll understand exactly why. Jo Gibson is an army wife. Her closest family lives nine hours away. Her insurance meant she had to give birth in a hospital, with a rotating team of midwives she'd never met before — and no real option to switch providers. On paper, that's a tough setup for the unmedicated birth she wanted. But Jo did something...
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