A Traumatic First Birth - Here's Exactly What She Did Differently the Second Time - Unmedicated Birth Story | 256

About this episode

Linda Kelly shares her transformative journey from a traumatic first birth to a confident second unmedicated birth, emphasizing the importance of knowledge and advocacy in labor.

I am SO excited for you to hear this birth story with my Calm Labor Confident Birth Course student, Linda Kelly. Linda has been part of the Labor Nurse Mama community since 2021. She joined the Calm Labor Confident Birth course after her first birth that left her feeling like it just happened to her - no knowledge, no voice, no power. Fast forward to baby number two, and Linda walked into that hospital armed with her birth plan, her snacks, her AirPods in, Modern Family queued up, and absolutely zero tolerance for being told what to do. She went from a traumatic, unplanned induction the first time around to bouncing on the ball, eating her favorite foods, requesting an experienced provider to break her waters, and pushing her baby out in 20 minutes. And now? She's 30 weeks pregnant with baby number three! 💗 In this episode, we chat about: How a traumatic first birth (including an epidural that didn't work and not feeling like she had any say) pushed her to do things completely differently Why knowledge is everything - and why "just do what the doctor says" is not a birth plan How Linda went from people-pleaser to advocate (and why being Irish made that extra hard 😂) Eating…

People in this episode

Host: Trish Ware

Guest: Linda Kelly

Topics covered

• birth story
• unmedicated birth
• traumatic birth experience
• advocacy in labor
• mental aspect of birth
• labor preparation
• eating during labor

Keywords

• traumatic birth
• unmedicated birth
• birth plan
• labor advocacy
• eating during labor
• mental preparation
• Calm Labor Confident Birth Course

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Calm Labor Confident Birth Course

Books & works: Modern Family

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