Ep 280: Embracing Your Intuition in Birth and Motherhood

If you had a pretty good experience in the hospital with your first baby, what’s the point of changing things up with subsequent births?   Today we’re speaking with Kylie, who is living the dream as a stay at home mom of 3. She is married to her husband of 10.5 years, Tim and they live in Franklin, TN. They are passionate about embracing the adventure of life wherever it takes them and celebrating both the little things and big things in life! Kylie is a self-proclaimed birth junkie and could talk all things birth with you all day if you'd let her, which we did in this episode, and you are going to love the conversation that came from this.     Episode Roundup:     I loved the flexibility Kylie and Tim allowed to have their minds changed.  Before becoming pregnant, Kylie believed that she would most certainly give birth in the hospital with an epidural. But as the reality of pregnancy hit, Kylie was open to the experiences of the friends around her that had positive things to say about giving birth unmedicated.  Instead of shutting down, Kylie listened and was open to reconsidering her desires.  This is half the battle, my friends- allowing our minds to think, “But what if things could be different…” It was so special to hear the beautiful way that prayers were answered throughout Kylie’s births, but the moment that stands out to me the most happened in her second birth.  When Kylie and Tim didn’t know what to pray, they just asked the Lord to do what was best in terms of timing.  The fact that their oldest daughter was asleep for the birth but woke up directly after was so beyond what could be considered a coincidence, right?!  That’s not something she did!  And yet here she was, awake and able to immediately meet her new little sister in the height of the experience. And finally, I want to touch on something so beautiful that Kylie shared. She mentioned the importance of intuition– listening to your intuition, hearing the Holy Spirit guiding you and acting in that faith… I just wanted to share how special it is that Kylie journals so much, because she has the evidence of this relationship.  She has the evidence of her intuition being correct again and again.  I cannot tell you how much I have loved keeping a journal this last year to be able to look back on situations and see exactly what I was processing in the moment, and then to see how those events unfolded or resolved or were transformed.  To have all of these special, specific accounts… It’s beautiful.  That’s where the Lord meets me- in my journaling.  That’s where I hear Him guiding me, and I have these beautiful records to reflect on and even share with others.  I feel like this message is for someone specific listening to this episode.  Get the journal!   Links: Samaritan Ministries | samaritanministries.org/happyhomebirth Happy Homebirth Academy | happyhomebirth.thrivecart.com/happy-homebirth-academy-checkout/ Interview Application | interviewwithkatelyn.my.canva.site/direct-to-landing-page Youtube | youtu.be/wTQMlqb5RLE