Ep 168//First Time Mom Homebirth Story | "This was all I knew!"

I love a good birth story and this one is so sweet! If I had a quarter for anytime I heard a first time mom say she’s going to birth at a birth center or hospital for the first one “just in case.” There is no “test run” in your childbaring years. Every birth is so different and deserving of love, care and respect. Each birth is different and each birth matters. My “test run” birth with my first baby which ended in a c-section, obviously set me up with a deficit in future births.  And for 30% of women birthing in a hospital it’s also setting them up with a deficit as well. I’m seeing a movement of first time moms, like my guest today, make empowered and faithfilled decisions to birth at home and it makes me so excited! You are apart of the movement to make homebirth the FIRST option in our country! Changing cultural norms takes time but it starts with you and your family.  Let me introduce my guest to you all today: Olivia and her husband, CJ, had their first baby, Zara, in December of 2023, finding out she was pregnant shortly after their wedding and move to Nebraska. Olivia now stays home with Zara while still dabbling in her previous career as a journalist by freelancing from home. From the moment the pregnancy test read positive, Olivia dove into all things pregnancy and birth be has become a birth enthusiast — talking about homebirth to anyone who will listen.   Connect with Olivia: IG- Olivia_grace_318   You're invited to apply for my Premiere VIP peaceful homebirth coaching program! This is an experience where I take the women who are serious about doing the mind-body-spirit work to fully prepare for a peaceful homebirth without having to get sucked down the many rabbit holes on social media and spending hours searching for birth stories just hoping that will ease your anxiety. I take the women who are ready to process previous births and not let it define their next one. I’m here to take the first time moms who know that when you invest in something like pregnancy, birth and postpartum it will help with the transition to being a mother. If you’re a first time homebirth mom and are looking for a faith based approach to preparing for birth and you also want to do it with someone who has gone before you. You don’t have to prepare alone.    Apply here---- > bit.ly/phpapp   Everything You Need at Your Homebirth- Homebirth Essentials Checklist Download   Biblical Homebirth Preparation Course- Get 10% off Homebirth Hub using the code "PHP10"   Get 10% off Araza Beauty Products using code "empoweredbirth"   Get 10% off 8Sheep Organics with code "ALY32903"   Join Our Peaceful Homebirth FB Group   Website- peacefulhomebirth.com