Josi’s Story - 4 children, 3 pregnancies, twins, preeclampsia, hellp syndrome-sections, vbac2, life as a mum to 4 and a doula.

Today we talk to Josi who is a Brisbane based Doula and mother to 4 children.

 

Josi tells us about her journey into motherhood which started when she found out she was unexpectedly pregnant at 23. After discovering late in her pregnancy that her baby was breached she decided to have C-section and details the beautiful birth she had with her daughter. 

 

Within a year, Josi found out she was pregnant again, this time with twins. She talks us through her fear of having three young children so close together. Josi tells us about the moment her intuition was telling her something was wrong only to find out she had preeclampsia and Hellp syndrome. she walks us through her second c-section birth and then explains the difficult time her and her husband had in their relationship having 3 young children and how they pulled through it together. 

 

A few years later, along comes Josi's 4th child which another unexpected pregnancy and now armed with much more knowledge , she decided to have a VBAC2 and explains the beautiful home like hospital birth she had in a sunshine coast hospital. 

 

We also discuss breastfeeding, postpartum and what life looks like as a mum of 4.

 

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