At the threshold of birthing twins - again - with Leila Armour

About this episode

Leila Armour shares her experiences and insights on navigating twin pregnancies and postpartum care.

Leila Armour is the Founder of Village for Mama, a project for bridging the gap in postpartum care by fostering a supportive and nourishing community for new mothers. In this episode Leila, so very generously shares her experiences of not one, but two twin pregnancies in the 40th week of her second twin pregnancy. We hear how she navigated the complexities of navigating the maternity care system to get the level of care she wanted when birthing her first twins, while also managing to avoid the interventions she didn't want. We explore the narratives surrounding twin pregnancies and how they're "usually" shorter and what Leila has found to be closer to the truth in her experience. We also hear of her recommendations for postpartum with twins, importantly ensuring there's plenty of support for older children so a deep, deep dive into learning about the unique needs of two different newborns, who will want and need very different things. Leila also has a twin pregnancy and birth guide that she's very happy to share if you message her from her Instagram account. The other resources she mentions that come with her twin pregnancy guide are a reference to the book the Holistic Guide to…

People in this episode

Guest: Leila Armour

Topics covered

• twin pregnancies
• postpartum care
• maternity care system
• support for new mothers
• navigating interventions

Keywords

• twin pregnancy
• postpartum support
• maternity care
• newborn needs
• twin birth guide

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Village for Mama

Books & works: Holistic Guide to Twin Pregnancy, Great Rebellion Podcast

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