#94: Preparing Older Children For Attending Your Homebirth

Are you planning on having your older children attend the birth of your new baby at home? Have you wondered if there are things you can do to prepare and educate them so that their experience, and yours, is as smooth as possible? Well, you've found the right podcast episode because today we're diving into the multitude of ways that we can begin layering in conversations around what birth is like for our children - to do just that. We chat about verbiage you can use that's helpful, how to act out what labor may be like so they know all the sounds and faces that are normal, good resources for books and videos to begin sharing with your other children so they have many layers of exposure to the topic and won't be scared or shocked come game day. We also talk about general considerations for ages and backup plans to have in case of transfer or tantrums. This one is packed- let's go!

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Resources From This Episode:

• Books about home birth for children: Amazon list
• Instagram accounts to find birth videos:
  • @monetnicolebirths
  • @badassmotherbirther
  • @homesweethomebirth
• Dr. Morgan's Immediate Postpartum Course

Other Episodes Mentioned in this Episode:

• Episode #85 Body Safety and Talking to Your Kids About Sex
• Episode #59 Adding More Children to Your Family: Considerations + Tips

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