Birth Story: Her Husband Caught the Baby Before His Coffee Was Ready - Veronica's Home Birth
What would you do if your baby came so fast… your husband hadn't even had his morning coffee yet?
Veronica planned a home birth... she just didn't plan for it to look like this: her husband catching their daughter in their bedroom, the midwife and doula still an hour away, and a baby who had absolutely no interest in waiting for anyone. 😉
And she definitely didn't plan for her placenta to be so rare that a midwife with YEARS of experience had never seen anything like it...
... Or for that same placenta to be the very reason her intuition had been telling her the entire birth: do not let anyone touch me.
This episode is one of the most complete birth stories I've ever had on the podcast.
We are talking about the full journey:
✅ The mindset work leading up to her birth
✅ The daily prep (including how her toddler held her accountable to her exercises!)
✅ The birth itself (minute by minute, because you need every detail), and what happened after
✅ The post-birth matrescence that I think every single person who loves a pregnant woman needs to hear
Veronica came into her second pregnancy knowing she wanted something different. She just didn't know how different it would actually get.
Here's What You'll Learn in This Episode:
2:00 - Meet Veronica. Second-time mama, My Essential Birth Course grad.
08:51 – Veronica details her first birth, and the comment from a provider that left Veronica with a gut feeling she couldn't shake for days.
19:44 – "I'm just a regular person. I'm not someone who does a home birth."
How Veronica went from that thought to interviewing midwives, building a unified birth team, and making the decision. (I LOVE how she details why her husband's instant "yes" to a home birth was one of the greatest gifts he ever gave her!)
41:30 – The Birth Story!!
Super Bowl Sunday. Halftime show dancing. A mucus plug at 10pm she convinced herself was probably nothing. A husband who went to work. Contractions going from 6-1-1 to 3-1-1 in 15 minutes. A thousand tools in her birth closet (she was prepped for this moment!)...I can't wait for you to hear it all!!
1:04:00 – Why her intuition told her the whole pregnancy not to let anyone touch her!
It turns out there was a very specific medical reason for that, one that her rare placenta revealed after the birth. And what she shares about matrescence (the becoming of a mother) is something that will stay with you long after this episode ends.
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Links & Resources
- My Essential Birth Course
- 3 FREE Exercise Guide
- The episode that started it all for Veronica. Catch Dr. Stu's unfiltered take on modern obstetrics on the podcast here.
ALL my love,
