DiscoverHomebirth Stories AustraliaS3 EP: 1 Jessie - Four Births, Hospital Birth (X3), Freebirth, Doula, Miscarriages, Prodromal Labour, Epidural, D-MER
S3 EP: 1 Jessie - Four Births, Hospital Birth (X3), Freebirth, Doula, Miscarriages, Prodromal Labour, Epidural, D-MER

S3 EP: 1 Jessie - Four Births, Hospital Birth (X3), Freebirth, Doula, Miscarriages, Prodromal Labour, Epidural, D-MER

Update: 2025-02-11
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In today’s episode, we have the privilege of speaking with Jessie, a seasoned Doula based in Karratha, Western Australia. Jessie generously shares the profound wisdom she gained from her four unique birth experiences—three in hospital and one empowering free birth with her fourth child. Reflecting on her first journey into motherhood, she discusses how the prevailing narrative around birth was one of pain and fear, which led to unexpected interventions. Through her work supporting other women as a doula, Jessie came to understand that women already possess everything they need within themselves to bring their babies into the world. She takes us through her personal evolution, from hospital births to the decision to have a free birth. 

Jessie also opens up about D-MER (Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex), a condition where some breastfeeding women experience negative emotions just before milk let-down, during breastfeeding, expressing, or even when not nursing.

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S3 EP: 1 Jessie - Four Births, Hospital Birth (X3), Freebirth, Doula, Miscarriages, Prodromal Labour, Epidural, D-MER

S3 EP: 1 Jessie - Four Births, Hospital Birth (X3), Freebirth, Doula, Miscarriages, Prodromal Labour, Epidural, D-MER