This week I’m joined by my friend Summer, who gave birth standing up and caught her own baby! Summer takes us through how she prepared for her positive, unmedicated hospital birth, both physically and spiritually. She also gets real about the pain of back labor and how that affected some of her coping mechanisms, as well as the unexpected curve balls of postpartum, including recovering from a tear, postpartum depression, and a migraine that lasted 3 months!

Despite the bumps, Summer seriously has the best energy towards birth and motherhood as a whole. I’m so grateful for the positive perspective she brought to the podcast this week!

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Meet Summer

00:08:30 - Pregnancy: Prepping for Birth & Being Past Due

00:51:42 - Labor: Back Labor, Getting Vocal, & Catching Her Baby

01:13:49 - Postpartum: Learning the Purpose of Resting + Long-Lasting Migraine

01:23:43 - To My Pre-Mom Self…