137: Triumph Over Trauma & the Power of Birth Support - Pt. 2 (Hospital Birth, Natural Birth) [with Kathleen Jones]

About this episode

Kathleen shares her transformative birth experience with the support of a doula and the challenges of postpartum life with a toddler on the spectrum.

When Kathleen was pregnant for the second time, she was understandably anxious about the impending delivery, but this time, per her therapist’s recommendation, decided to hire a doula and went to a different hospital to deliver, and her journey was redeemed in every way. Postpartum became challenging though, not because of her newborn, but because of her toddler who was recently discovered to be on the spectrum, and figuring out how to juggle the two would be difficult for anybody. But God ha...

People in this episode

Host: Kayla Heeter

Guest: Kathleen Jones

Topics covered

• birth support
• hospital birth
• natural birth
• postpartum challenges
• parenting
• mental health

Keywords

• doula
• hospital delivery
• natural childbirth
• postpartum
• toddler on the spectrum
• anxiety
• Christian birth story

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