#035 Cobi - OB, switched to private midwife at 20 weeks, FIFO husband, birth at 41 weeks, accidental freebirth, 4.2kg baby Cuppa with a doula

Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Cobi, actually on the day of this episode being released is Cobi’s boy’s Sidney’s 2nd birthday, so happy birthday to you little Sidney



In this episode we chat all about 



✔️initially going through an OB-led model of care, thinking she would get the highest possible care for herself and baby 

✔️having a friend tell her about home birth and meeting with a private midwife, deciding this was the right option for her 

✔️in hindsight seeing how negative her OB was, never really giving her info, just telling her how it will be, not accepting of Cobi’s birth choices or wishes 

✔️hiring a private midwife at 20 weeks and building a beautiful relationship which spanned beyond Cobi’s pregnancy! 

✔️Cobi’s labour with Sidney beginning at 41 weeks, 1 week after her husband started his leave (he was a DIDO worker at the time) 

✔️Cobi’s parents being present for her labour, having her mum braid her hair, having them support her during this transition 

✔️Cobi’s labour unfolding very quickly and finding she needed her dad present to help ground her and her partner and bring some “chill vibes” to her birth 

✔️Birthing her baby boy Sidney (4.2kg), in the shower, on her own terms, without her midwife who didn’t have time to make it

✔️Solo parenting for 4 weeks at a time while her partner is FIFO and away 



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