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Podcast: Positive Birth Australia
Episode: S6 EP172: Olivia Ruby: Caesarean + HBAC, Transfer, Hematoma + Freebirth, Face Presentation, 4kg+ Babies, Prolapse
Description: Today, I’m joined by Olivia as she takes us through her three vastly different birth experiences.Her first birth unfolded into a cascade of interventions, ultimately ending in a cesarean - an experience that opened her eyes to the realities of the mainstream birth system. Determined to do things differently, she planned a homebirth for her second.Olivia soon came to realise that hiring a private midwife and having a homebirth doesn’t automatically guarantee a fully supported, hands-off, undisturbed birth. Sometimes, even with the best intentions, a midwife’s past experi...