27 | Nyssa - Using a Private Midwife in the Public System, Assisted Vaginal Birth, The Golden Month & the Importance of Processing & Talking About our Birthing Experiences

In this episode I speak to Nyssa and she’s sharing her birth story from Melbourne, Australia with her daughter. Nyssa and her partner chose to hire a private midwife and still go for a hospital birth within the public system and they had a very good experience. We talk about wishes for birth and how important it is to give consent and to be able to debrief the experiences that we have. Nyssa gave birth to her daughter with a bit of assistance, including epidural and forceps and she had an episiotomy and she shares how it felt in the moment and how it has been to process her birth experiences afterwards.

We have a discussion about postpartum maternal health and the golden month and I have a feeling we might get back to more on this topic in a later episode as we are both quite passionate about maternal health.

Nyssa really recommends reading The Golden Month by Jenny Allison, and Birthing with Confidence by Rhea Dempsey. Her partner especially found the chapter about pain during childbirth helpful to be able to support Nyssa. She also really recommends listening to other parents birth stories.

If you'd like to reach out to Nyssa, just send me an email at: the9monthspodcast@gmail.com and I'll forward everything to her from there.

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*The stories on this podcast are personal experiences and should never be interpreted as medical advice. Always seek out a birth professionals expertise before making any medical decisions. The 9 Months Podcast is in no way advocating for a specific kind of birth, but on the contrary, we believe that all births are beautiful, just as they are.