Velouria was a nurse and had experience in working in the intensive care unit for babies, and realised she needed to work on her mindset for birth as she had seen many struggles families can experience..
She prepares and starts to work on overcoming those fears and building her trust in herself.
She highlights her thinking around not having unnecessary vaginal examinations and we discuss how it can interfere with labour and a woman’s ability to just be in the moment. She shares a lot about the tools she used to get through and the powerful role her partner played. She experiences a tear and needs to be taken away to get some repair work. She discusses the role of the practices in preparing you not just for the birth but afterwards too. She reminds us we can get through so many things, more than we can imagine – and this realisation sets us up for parenting. A straightforward labour with lots to teach us – enjoy!