Jelena’s Home Birth in the Deep Forest

About this episode

Jelena shares her experience of giving birth at home in the Swedish forest and discusses her journey as a modern medicine woman.

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Jelena Jelena is a mama of one from Sweden. She is a modern medicine woman, artist and mother to Nahuel. She’s also a mentor for women who want to reconnect to their cyclical rhythms, nature and the sacred. She lives some parts of the year in the Swedish forest and some parts of the year in Colombia together with her husband Omar Romero and their son. Together they weave the wisdom from the jungle in the south, with the Nordic medicines, through healing ceremonies, retreats and events. She gave birth in Sweden, in their cottage house, deep in the forest together with my friend and home birth midwife Sigrid and I was a small part of her story as I wasn’t far away that day that she birthed her baby which we will mention in her story today. Curious about Jelena? Find her on instagram as @helakvinnan If you’re sitting on a natural and positive birth you’d like to share then pop on over to thenaturalbirthpodcast.com and apply to become a guest. I’d love to hear your story! Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship? Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links &amp…

People in this episode

Host: Anna

Guest: Jelena

Topics covered

• home birth
• natural birth
• parenting
• women's health
• cultural practices

Keywords

• home birth
• natural birth
• Sweden
• parenting
• cultural wisdom

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Sweden, Colombia, Swedish forest

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