From The Vault Birth Story: Unmedicated Hospital Birth with Jamie Peterson
I first aired this one back in August 2023 and it went on to become one of the most downloaded birth stories I have ever put out.
There are just some episodes I cannot let disappear into the archives, and Jamie's is one of them.
So I dusted it off and pulled it back out for you. Whether this is your first time hearing her story or you are coming back around for another listen, I think you are going to walk away from this one feeling so encouraged. ❤️
Here's What You'll Learn in This Episode:
Here you go — reordered in episode order with a timestamp on every bullet:
Here's What You'll Learn in This Episode:
[2:36] Meet Jamie — living in Minnesota with her husband Erik and her daughter Noa who just turned one in March. She is honest right out of the gate that she hated being pregnant, and we get into allll of it. 😂
[4:45] The glucose test scare — what happened when she failed the one-hour test "miserably," and the twist that came with the three-hour. 👀
[6:38] Choosing a hospital birth with a low intervention team — and the one tradeoff that came with it.
[8:18] How she "tested" her providers on their induction protocol — and why their answer told her she was exactly where she needed to be. 💪
[8:18] The quote that stopped me in my tracks — it took her husband nine months to learn how to support her, and nine months for her to learn how to be supported by him. 😅
[10:54] Everything she did to prepare — the birth course on the ball every night, Webster chiropractic care from 12 weeks, acupuncture, walking, squats, red raspberry leaf tea, and the affirmations she loved. This is the part that made all the difference. 💪
[10:54] Why she hired a doula — and whether her birth went anything like she pictured. 😅
[18:13] Her birth — the membrane sweep that did NOT go as expected, the "just get settled in" moment that turned into something else entirely, and a labor that left every nurse in the room stunned. 👀
[18:13] Pushing as a first-time mom — the mindset shift that had her thinking "well, that wasn't so bad, I can do it again." 💪
[28:40] How she coped through contractions — the one position that was the only thing that helped.
[30:19] Postpartum — immediate skin to skin, delayed cord clamping, and Erik's sweet "I thought we were supposed to wait" moment. ❤️
[31:24] Jamie's best advice for moms and dads — including a reminder you are going to want to hold onto long after birth. 💛
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