**trigger warning- positive birth story**
Part 2 of 4!
I found out I was pregnant after being at altitude in South America and skiing in Chamonix.
I ate raw cheese fondue.
I experience meralgia parasthetica triggered by the positive stress of pregnancy.
During my pregnancy there were so many things I questioned, some I had to make a decision based on what felt right to me.
I knew what sort of birth I wanted which meant traveling back to Australia to find the right midwife.
Sharing all about my pregnancy journey here!
Timestamps:
02:34 Deciding whether we will like to share being pregnant until 12 weeks
05:01 Pregnancy as a positive physiological stress
11:46 Pregnancy can be comfortable and there are a lot of services and modalities out there that can help you
14:05 Trying to find a midwife and deciding about where and how we will be giving birth
19:30 Expressing our decision about giving birth to my parents
21:30 Why I didn't want to have scans while pregnant?
24:12 Being verbal and vocal about what I wanna do for my pregnancy and birth
25:28 Books I love during my pregnancy
28:56 Finding an amazing midwife
31:43 Doing rockclimbing while pregnancy
33:44 Not stressing the body to things that it's not used to
37:42 My 35th week preparing for Violet
39:36 What did I eat in my 10-day vipassana experience before giving birth?
42:44 Connecting with other midwife clients
43:09 Waking up in the morning with my water is leaking
