Sara Nolan is a doula, writer, editor, and a mother/stepmother who lives in New York. Kaitlin and Sara connected through the Artist Residency in Motherhood Facebook group which we’ve mentioned here before. 

Sara also runs a wonderful project and business of conducting birth story interviews, called Tell Your Birth Story. So, as the subject matter of this season came into focus, we realized- why not sit with Sara and record our own birth stories, and share them with you all? Kaitlin took the leap and recorded her three birth stories- one for each of her children- which we are so excited to share with you in a special 3-part series. Today we share with you the first story, the birth of Kaitlin’s first child, who in this episode we’ll call C for privacy's sake. We’re releasing this episode on the day of her birth nine years ago.

We won't give too many spoilers as they'll all be covered in this birth story, but we hope you'll check out Sara’s work and consider sitting with her for a birth story yourself. She sits with birthing people in all manners of birth stories, including those that may be laced in trauma or loss, as well as those like this one that we’re sharing today that felt more triumphant after many years of heartache and infertility.

And the kicker of all this is that when we recorded these birth stories, Sara herself was pregnant, which she will share more about in her own writing and which you can find at tellyourbirthstory.com. 

Much love and gratitude to Kaitlin and C for sharing their beautiful story with us all. 

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