Hannah’s Transformative Cesarean Birth Story
30% of people giving birth this year in the U.S. will birth via Cesarean section. This week, Episode 10 of Poised & Powerful Podcast is about Hannah Villhauer is sharing her transformative cesarean birth story!
CW: Baby experiencing respiratory distress at birth, and being separated from newborn after birth. Everyone ends up healthy.
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“Crunchy, mindful, modern mama of 1, Los Angeles born and bred, Hannah Villhauer lived on the East Coast after college and met my husband in Boston, where we lived for 7 years and birthed our kiddo. I moved back to California 3 months postpartum to be close to family. I was very privileged to be able to take a ten month maternity leave before going back to work, and I have anxiety-tears whenever I think about the brevity of our eventual next maternity leave. When I'm not working full-time, we are hiking, cooking, dancing, and encouraging our kiddo's curiosity. He loves to slide down my legs like a firehouse pole when I'm doing yoga. We don't share his face or information on social media. Like a typical mom, the hardest part of this form was finding a nice picture of myself.”
In this episode of Poised & Powerful Podcast, Hannah Villhauer and I discuss the following:
Hannah’s mother’s experiences disrespect & limitations during her births - even as a labor and delivery nurse, and how this was a big influence on Hannah.
How Hannah prepared for a birth center birth. Her birth did not go according to her birth plan, but she still felt transformed by her birth and becoming a mother to her son.
Societal pressures that are present when you become a parent, and finding your own voice in the process.
Key decision points during the birth experience. Hannah’s process to be an active participant in her birth and to experience agency in her experience, even when plans changed.
You contain multitudes.
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A Good Birth: Finding the Positive and Profound in Your Childbrith Experience