Christie Sears Thompson
Oct. 26, 2022
E16 Christie: Have A Supportive Birthing Team and Advocate For Yourself- traumatic first birth, postpartum anxiety, change to birth center, doula, redemptive birth
In Christie's first birth, she was treated like an assembly line part, not a first-time mom who was scared and had no birthing experience. She didn't know how to advocate for herself. She trusted that the doctors and nurses would support her. It was a traumatic experience for her. The nurses treated her horribly, and she didn't feel like she mattered. She developed postpartum anxiety as a result. Christie worked hard to heal from that experience and wanted to make her second birth better. For ...
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