S03E02 Ana: A Heart-Shaped Uterus, Walking Epidural and Finding Her Power

About this episode

Ana shares her journey of choosing motherhood on her own terms and navigating a heart-shaped uterus during labor.

Send us Fan Mail Ana's resources are under this description. A clear plan helps, but the real story begins when birth asks you to adapt. Anna joins us from Zurich to share how she chose motherhood on her own terms, navigated a heart-shaped uterus without panic, and prepared through hypnobirthing, swimming, yoga, and an English antenatal class at Triemli Stadtspital in Zurich city. What follows is a vivid, vulnerable account of labour: nausea between contractions, a walking epidural th...

People in this episode

Guest: Ana

Topics covered

• motherhood
• birth
• health
• hypnobirthing
• yoga

Keywords

• heart-shaped uterus
• walking epidural
• Triemli Stadtspital
• Zurich
• antenatal class

Mentioned in this episode

Products: hypnobirthing, yoga

Places: Zurich

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