In today’s episode I talk with a woman whose pregnancy was straight forward, and who was aimed at a home birth with a midwife.
She talks about why she decided on a home birth
How the home birth was progressing and her strategies for managing it
What sent her to the hospital
the ways that she managed the unexpected progress of her labor.
We also hear from an OB/scientist who is working to decipher how the uterus creates contractions and how these contractions can be measured. What follows is the first part of our conversation.