17. Georgia & Talbot’s birth story — choosing homebirth for their first baby

Birth Choices

In this episode we speak with Georgia and Talbot, barrister and engineer, about their decision to birth their first baby at home. Georgia and Talbot initially chose a private midwife as no publicly funded programs were running after COVID, but late in pregnancy, after agonising over the decision, changed to a publicly funded program. Georgia reflects on the impact of her mum’s work as a midwife on her philosophy of birth (and the beautiful support she then gave them during labour and birth), and how when seeking a physiological birth, home felt like the most appropriate choice for them. They take us through those last weeks of pregnancy, including one of the best oxytocin-inducing activities we’ve heard yet. Like many first time birthers, Georgia set her expectations on a marathon birth, bossing her way through labour and denying it until they could deny it no longer. This is an exhilarating listen for reasons you will come to understand.

Links

• Birth Time — the documentary
• Internal pelvic release through The Pelvic Space