Mitra's two homebirths to Arlia and Marlow

Mitra shares with us the details of her two homebirths in 2021 and 2023 speaking with us when baby Marlow is just 5 weeks old. She found hypnobirthing in her first pregnancy just before escaping Auckland's long lockdown and moving to Gisborne to meet a new midwife in her 3rd trimester. But as it turns out this midwife didn't make it to her birth, and Mitra shares with us how a different midwife impacted on the birth, but regardless it was a positive, smooth birth with Arlia born at 3:30pm after the early signs of labour had started around 4:00am that morning.  In her second pregnancy Mitra was fairly confident this birth would be quicker, but this didn't turn out to be the case. You'll hear how Mitra had to deal with a mindset challenge, move into herself and use her tools to cope and bring Marlow into the world at home, outside in the pool on the deck. We also briefly touch on Mitra's experience with colic with Arlia and how that's impacted on her parenting journey. If you're curious to learn the tools Mitra shares in this conversation check out the range of Positive Births hypnobirthing courses at www.positivebirths.co.nz