About this episode

Margot McKirdy shares her experience of giving birth in Tahiti after a stalled labor at a birth center and discusses her positive unmedicated second birth in the US.

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People in this episode

Host: Bryn Huntpalmer

Guest: Margot McKirdy

Topics covered

• birth story
• unmedicated birth
• childbirth education
• parenting
• hospital birth
• labor experience

Keywords

• birth story
• Tahiti hospital birth
• unmedicated birth
• stalled labor
• childbirth course
• parenting
• breast pump

Sponsors

Aeroflow Breast Pumps

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Know Your Options Online Childbirth Course, Patreon

Places: French Polynesia, Tahiti

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