Katelyn’s Story - Doula, President of homebirth NSW. 2 daughters, emergency caesarean, HBAC, hospital transfer, resolving birth trauma, breastfeeding

Katelyn's Story - Today I talk with Katelyn who is a Mother of two beautiful girls, A doula and the president of Homebirth NSW.

Katelyn shares the story of going from Maiden to Mother with a private OB and care team that was unfortunately not aligned with any of Katelyn’s birth expectations. Being a first-time mother and not knowing her options Katelyn proceeded to birth with her current care team knowing that she was likely to end up with multiple interventions. She explains her labour as long and very difficult which ended in an emergency c section and resulted in her having birth trauma. 

When Katelyn found out she was pregnant with her second, she immediately knew she was going to have a HBAC (home birth after caesarean) and began putting all the plans in motion. When Katelyn's second labour began she describes that despite having such a supportive and loving medical team by her side this time the unresolved trauma from her first birth slowly start to creep in and after a long 24 hours in labour at home she was transferred to hospital which led Katelyn to a second caesarean and although not the outcome she had hoped for she details the contract between her two births with a medical team that did not allow her to make decisions vs one that was so supportive and trusting of her decisions.

Katelyn explains the fact she was attempting to heal her birth trauma by out birthing it in a healing home birth and that did not work for her which leads us to the detailed discussion about birth trauma and how she did the work to resolve her trauma and follow her dreams to become a doula to support women going through this journey. 

 

Mentions in the show:

@australianbirthstories

@coreandfloorrestore

@rheadempseybirth

@thebirthcounsel 

Birth Photographer - @naturalfocus_birthphotography

Facebook Group: VBAC Australia Support Group 

COPE WEBSITE: https://www.cope.org.au/