3 Children, 1 Stillborn, Divorce, Postpartum Doula & Author with Foster Wilson - S7 E62

Becoming Parents Podcast · May 21, 2025 · 34m

- 3 birth experiences

- 1) intended home birth with midwife, ended as cesarean due to cholestasis

- 2) heartbreak of a 24-week fatal diagnosis, termination, vaginal delivery to a stillborn baby (my son Wilde)

- 3) rainbow baby through a VBAC after induced labor with repeat cholestasis

- career shifted to being a postpartum doula at 39

- work to shift the narrative around postpartum care, rest, recovery

- left my marriage after 17 years together, became a "part time single mom" - most challenging and brave decision I had to make

I'm a postpartum doula and poet/author.

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