My accidental freebirth and how I become a freebirth Doula

Today on the show I speak to freebirth doula and Mama of 2 Olivia. After a traumatic hospital birth with her first, Olivia decided to have a homebirth with midwife for her second. Living in Spain at the time, Olivia had planned to have her Mum attend and was waiting for her to arrive from Germany. The week leading up she had all sorts of sensations and she feels like she was holding off, until her Mum arrived. Literally the moment her Mum walked in the door, the final moments of the birth process started. Thinking she had done a poo - Olivia asked her Mum to check - but alas it was her daughter’s head crowning. Her baby was born moments later into her Mums arms and her midwife arrived after the placenta was born. After moving back to Australia - Olivia undertook doula training and this is where the alignment with her freebirth and where she wanted to go in life started clicking in. After working in the birth space in both hospital and home - Olivia has now decided to mainly work with freebirth clients. We also talk about men’s role in birth, doulas who are too scared to attend free births, postpartum depression and Olivia’s experience attending her Mum giving birth to her younger sibling when she was 19. Olivia is grounded, caring and someone who trusts birth. She sees how simple birth can be and I hope this episode reiterates this to you too. More about Olivia: Full spectrum doula / birth keeper. I am a mother, a daughter, a sister, a partner, an environment lover, and a free birth doula. I am the woman behind Conscious Bodies Co. I have two beautiful children that were both born in Mallorca, Spain. There I experienced 2 completely different births, a long hospital birth with interventions and trauma, and an unintended free birth at home. This has cemented to me that I have the ability to support women no matter what kind of birth she wants. I first became in awe of the power of women’s bodies when I watched my sister being born at home in the water when I was 19 years old. Those images are still imprinted in my mind. I offer conscious birthing through supporting women to feel empowered, respected, held and heard before, during and after birth. Business Name: Conscious Bodies Co. Instagram: @consciousbodiesco Website: https://www.consciousbodiesco.com Podcast: Men at Birth @menatbirth Email: [email protected] Phone Number: 0478 640 321