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Podcast: Positive Birth Australia
Episode: S5 EP155: Brooke Hall: Traumatic Hospital Birth/Episiotomy/Blood Loss + Healing Homebirth
Description: On today’s episode, we explore the contrasting journeys of Brooke’s two births. Brooke's first pregnancy was a planned and smooth experience, much like her initial birth plan. She envisioned a minimal pain experience, even joking she would "walk backwards into the hospital." However, the reality was a traumatic birth that left her shaken. Initially accepting this as normal, it wasn't until she heard other women who had experienced trauma similar to hers, describe their second births as empowering, that she began to question her own experience and the trauma she carried.When Brooke unexpectedly conceived her...