“After the trauma of giving birth to my daughter in hospital, I was determined to have the rite of passage, ecstatic physiological birth I knew I had been robbed of when I found out I was pregnant again. I deprogrammed myself from being a “good” girl (and family relationships ended as a result), did a lot of mindset work and became a real birth nerd in the intervening 3 years.

I engaged a wonderful doula (Natalie Meddings) and she alongside two amazing homebirth midwives and my husband were the wise women (and man!) loving, supporting and holding space for me as I welcomed my son into the world. It was the most empowering experience of my life. Just as I knew in my bones it would be - an instinctive dance between myself and my baby. Slow and steady and gradually intensifying to a peak before he arrived earthside. It felt so natural and extraordinary at the same time. Just how nature intended it to be.”

Elizabeth