29 | Alex & Avalon - Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum during COVID-19, Miscarriage & Rainbow Baby C-Section Birth

In this first episode of 2022 we hear from Alex as she shares the birth of her little girl Avalon. Alex shares her journey of going through a previous miscarriage in California and what kind of support and clarity that experience brought her and her husband. They eventually started to plan for a baby and she shares their journey toward becoming pregnant as well as going through the pregnancy and planning for a birth during COVID-19 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Alex talks about finding her way through the Czech medical system and the choices she made while preparing for birth. Avalon was born via c-section and Alex shares her experience with that and how her postpartum journey went while recovering from surgery. She was only 4 weeks postpartum when she shared her birth story with me so listen in for a beautiful story that is very fresh in memory.

Alex really recommends Aperio.cz and their courses in preparation for birthing within the Czech Republic and she also highly recommends hiring a doula or having another person there with you who speaks the local language (Czech in this situation) so that you don’t have to worry about being understood or understanding everything and can focus on the birth process instead.

If you'd like to reach out to Alex, 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.