210: HOME BIRTH STORY - Proving Doctors Wrong with an Empowering HBAC with Ruth Sufrin

Did any naysayers try to convince you that you couldn’t have the birth you wanted? It can be very challenging to process and deal with the feedback we get from people around us, especially care providers. In today’s episode we’re chatting with Ruth Sufrin about her HBAC journey. After an unplanned c-birth with her son Zev, she grieved the natural birth she had desired, felt less than and like no one understood her. She found herself up against the argument that often comes up around reconciling birth trauma: “You’re healthy, baby is healthy...everything is fine.” But sometimes it’s not as simple as that. Ruth describes the journey for her second birth beginning the day after her first birth, after being told that she would not be able to have a vaginal birth in the future. She began educating herself, became a doula, joined support groups like ICAN. Ruth’s birth of her Sara was glorious, victorious and a tremendous experience with a beaming oxytocin high! She proved the doctors wrong, and ultimately proved to herself that the power was all inside of her. Links: Our website: Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vJcPmU DIAH website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/ DIAH Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv DIAH Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingitathome/ DIAH YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pzuzQC DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/ DIAH Merch: https://bit.ly/3qhwgAe  Donate to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9