Homebirth in Australia through Hospital Program
Lizzie Mills, is a young wife and mother from Melbourne, Australia who is passionate about birth and shares the birth story of her daughter who was born at home via a hospital sponsored homebirthing program with midwives.
In this episode she discusses
– the vulnerability she felt as her waters broke
– how she dealt with posterior back-ache during a long early labour
– how her pregnancy went, including losing 11 pounds due to morning sickness
– how the hospital supported homebirth program worked
– and ultimately the amazing waterbirth she had with her husband in the tub as support.
Lizzie Bio
Lizzie is a stay-at-home mum who loves motherhood and enjoys sharing the things she’s learning along the way. She talks about natural birth, how to be a good birth partner or support person, breastfeeding and more on her blog LizzieSophia.
You can follow her second pregnancy and birth story on youtube at LizzieSophiaTv
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Lizzie talks about natural birth, how to be a good birth partner or support person, breastfeeding and more on her blog LizzieSophia.
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There are some absolute gems in this birth story for other birthing Mums.
This Mumma’s instinctive part of her brain was definitely activated. I loved this. C xx