56 Meet Brooke. Unmedicated Hospital Birth. Later contracted COVID.

Brooke is one of my doula clients and she was featured in last week's episode (episode 55) when we visitied True Rest Float Spa to try out float therapy while pregnant. This episode was the very beginning of COVID. I was able to attend Brooke's birth in person, but then the world shut down. We opted for a Zoom postnatal and on a whim I hit record when she was retelling her birth story. She walks us through going into labor unexpectedly at 38 weeks, being in denial, and finally moving to acceptance. She was in triage asking for the epidural when her husband Jason called me to come. I said, "If you can wait until I get there without the epidural, I will get you through til the end." I raced to the hospital and found her in the tub and went to work.   Brooke continued on, broke her own water, and pushed like a birth warrior goddess.  After she birthed, she and her husband and baby all contracted the Coronavirus. Brooke is currently in a study out of the UofCali to study the antibodies in her breast milk. All are recovered and hanging at home.  If you are interested in birth doula or virtual doula services you can contact Heidi at www.mydoulaheidi.com Follow Heidi on IG www.instagram.com/birthstorypodcast Follow Heidi on Facebook www.facebook.com/birthstorypodcast Follow Heidi on Pinterest www.pinterest.com/birthstory Follow Heidi on YouTube www.youtube.com/birthstorypodcast TO PURCHASE THE BIRTH STORY PREGNANCY GUIDEBOOK WRITTEN BY HEIDI & DR. JOHN THROP, OBGYN VISIT WWW.BIRTHSTORY.COM