Faith's home VBAC to Hera - with her midwife Helena

"It was more amazing that I imagined.... it felt so good, it was the greatest day of my life, no amount of money can buy that for you." Imagine planning a home birth and then having to see the land you’re building on (and intending to birth on) slide away down a bank on your due date..... In this episode we chat to Faith and her midwife Helena about a wonderful birth outcome and Faith and Fraser's determination to do everything they needed to prepare for a positive birth and achieve a successful home VBAC - despite so much going on for them as a result of the terrible weather events in Feb 2023. You'll hear words like surrender, blessed, holding things lightly, letting go, releasing. There are so many pearls of wisdom within this extraordinary journey of faith (yes, literally) and hope and love and the necessity of having to really dig deep and understand what was truly important at this time in their life. Midwife Helena is able to provide her perspective on supporting a VBAC mother at 42 weeks, and shares what sounds like just an incredible energy during the birth, the way Faith was so beautifully supported and you can hear the connection and bond they formed through what was an amazing experience for all involved. Please listen to the end and soak up all this inspiration, it is truly a remarkable, uplifting and positive birth story!!! To learn the tools Faith describes she used in her birth to help her head to www.positivebirths.co.nz or contact Helen at [email protected]