{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"My Positive Home Birth Story as a First Time Mom + Q&amp;A with Husband!","description":"Welcome back to a new episode! It has been a long time since we had a new podcast. Life has been crazy in all the best ways after having our baby. Full Written Birth Story: https:\/\/freshfitnhealthy.com\/homebirthstory\/ (see FAQs here too about birth!) In this podcast I talk about my homebirth experience from my prep work to the actual birth to after the home birth. We also have Brandon at the end of the podcast to talk about the homebirth through his perspective. &amp;nbsp; In this episode of Real SOULutions: 02:30 \u2013 My home birth experience 06:30 \u2013 The difficult moments in my pregnancy 09:20 \u2013 Some of my prep work before labor 13:05 \u2013 The start of the labor 24:55 \u2013 The birthing pool incident 28:00 \u2013 The pushing time 29:35 \u2013 The actual birth 34:50 \u2013 The benefits of olive oil massage 36:30 \u2013 What is stay active management? 36:55 \u2013 My post birth story 42:00 - Start of podcast with Brandon - what prepwork\/ research did Brandon do? 42:40 - What changed Brandon\u2019s mind about homebirth? What did he think post-homebirth 44:35 - What was Brandon\u2019s biggest fear about homebirth? 47:30 - Brandon\u2019s thoughts while I was giving birth and the most surprising part for him 50:30 - When did Brandon go back to work? 52:30 - Ask your midwife a lot of questions 56:30 - Writing sparknotes for things you need to say 01:00:30 - Brandon\u2019s most favorite part of fatherhood so far More Links:  Labor Prep in 3rd Tri:  https:\/\/freshfitnhealthy.com\/prepare-for-labor-3rd-trimester\/&amp;nbsp; Birth Plan and Prep as a First Time Mom:  https:\/\/freshfitnhealthy.com\/birth-plan-as-a-first-time-mom\/ Home Birth IG Highlight Bubble answering more questions: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/highlights\/17968727443569518\/  ","author_name":"Real Soulutions Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/realsoulutions.libsyn.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/24142059\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/24142059"}