#240 | An Unexpected Twin Born at Home: Elizabeth Parsons of @PurelyParsons

Down to Birth

Cynthia Overgard & Trisha Ludwig

Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum, Midwives, Alternative Health, Home Birth, Society & Culture, Newborn, Documentary, Hypnobirthing, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Breastfeeding, Pregnant, Birth, Maternity, Motherhood

4.8 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Elizabeth Parsons of Purely Parsons is a mother of five, living on seventy acres in Appalachia, homesteading with her husband and children. For her fourth pregnancy, she had a planned home birth with her seasoned midwife. Despite having regular prenatal care and even an ultrasound the day before she went into labor, Elizabeth had an unexpected twin double breech birth at forty weeks! After the first baby was born, six minutes later, she felt the urge to push again and it seemed unusually inte...

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0:00.0	what just happened like how did this happen to us um so you thought a placenta was coming out of your
0:08.8	body and when you the moment you felt you birthed the placenta it you found out it was another baby
0:14.5	i wasn't shock i was i was in a lot of shock she felt two babies. She never heard two babies. The twins were
0:24.1	only six minutes apart. And so I thought that I was pushing the placenta out. And I hear her say,
0:33.2	we have a surprise twin. I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypniburthing of Connecticut, childbirth advocate, and postpartum
0:42.7	support specialist.
0:44.4	And I'm Tresha Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board certified lactation consultant.
0:50.4	And this is the down-to-birth podcast.
0:55.0	Childbirth is something we're made to do, but how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture? Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.
1:09.3	Hi, everyone. I am Elizabeth Parsons. I am over on Instagram at purely Parsons, where I share all things motherhood, birth, wellness, faith. I talk about a lot of different things that I'm passionate about, and birth is definitely
1:28.3	one of those. And I am so excited to be here today to share my last birth story, which is a twin
1:36.2	surprise home birth story, which is not something that you hear about a lot these days. But I'm grateful
1:43.8	that it is mine to tell.
1:47.6	A little bit about me.
1:49.1	If you are not familiar, I am a mama to five.
1:52.1	We have one on the way due in January.
1:55.9	Confirmed just one.
1:58.7	I am a former pediatric nurse.
2:00.7	I came home in 2020 and have been home with my kids
2:04.7	ever since. We homeschool. We homestead. We have 70 acres in the Appalachian Mountains. I'm sorry,
2:10.0	Appalachian. We just moved here. And I've heard that if you say Appalachian, people will be like,
2:15.0	they know you're not from here. And we have cows and dogs and
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