When Life Throws a Curveball | Switching To Home Birth During COVID-19 The BirthCircle | Birth, Pregnancy, & PostPartum Conversations

In today’s episode, we talk with Dani Reed, doula and founder of Mind Over Maternity. We talk about the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on birth, including how it led Dani to change her birth plan from a hospital to a home birth. She tells about the doubts, decisions, and adjustments leading up to her home birth, and shares how every member of her birth team was necessary during her successful but turbulent birth experience, making it the right choice for her in the end. We then discuss how to adjust and maintain control when your birth plan is affected by unforeseen and uncontrollable circumstances. Why Dani Changed Her Birth Plan to Home Birth 2:23How Did The Birth Go? The Birth Team 11:36How To Deal With External Forces on Our Birth Plans 22:50“One of the biggest things is safety, and that’s I think a very common concern about home birth for a lot of people. And so, I bombarded the midwife with questions: ‘What medications do you carry? What do you do in this situation? When do you know when you should transfer?’” 6:37Reach Out to Dani: http://mindovermaternity.net/birthcircle.com