EBB 230 - An Inspirational Home Waterbirth Story with EBB Childbirth Class Graduate, Shelitha Owens
Evidence Based Birth®
Rebecca Dekker
4.6 • 978 Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
On today's podcast, we're going to talk with EBB Childbirth Class Parent, Shelitha Owens about her inspirational home waterbirth story.
Shelitha Owens (she/her) is an environmental policy manager who lives in Oaklawn Illinois, a suburb of Chicago with her husband Bobby, their dog, Reeses and their new baby, Alexander, who was born on June 18, 2021. Having a biology background, Shelitha has always been fascinated with anatomy and was curious about pregnancy and birth. After having her son at home with a planned water birth, Shelitha’s interest in birth work skyrocketed as she enjoys talking to new and expecting parents about their birth stories.
We talk about how her experience in the EBB Childbirth Class supported her positive mindset related to the stages of labor and birth. She felt confident with the knowledge helping her and her partner prepare for their home waterbirth.
Content note: We mention grief, implicit bias/racism, and medical trauma, and there is gendered language related to finding out baby's sex.
Resources:
- Signature Article on Waterbirth: https://evidencebasedbirth.com/waterbirth/
- Research on Racial Disparities and Systemic Racism in Childbirth YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUmqcRCXysM
- EBB Childbirth Class: https://evidencebasedbirth.com/childbirth-class/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with EBB child birth |
| 0:04.0 | class parent Shalitha Owens about her home water birth story. |
| 0:12.4 | Welcome to the evidence Based Birth Podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse with my |
| 0:17.7 | PhD and the founder of Evidence Space Birth. Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based information into the hands of families |
| 0:26.7 | and professionals around the world. |
| 0:29.3 | As a reminder, this information is not medical advice. See EB Birth. |
| 0:34.0 | Com slash disclaimer for more details. |
| 0:37.0 | Hi everyone, my name is Rebecca Decker, |
| 0:41.0 | pronouns she-her and I will be your host for today's episode. |
| 0:44.5 | Today I am so excited to welcome |
| 0:46.4 | EBB Childbirth Class graduate Shalitha Owens. |
| 0:49.8 | Before we interview Shalitha, I want to let you know |
| 0:51.8 | that if there are any detailed content or trigger warnings, we'll post them in the description or show notes that go along with this episode. |
| 0:58.0 | And now I would like to introduce our honored guest. |
| 1:01.0 | Shalitha Owens, pronouns, her, is an environmental policy manager who lives in |
| 1:06.6 | Oakland, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, with her husband Bobby, their dog Reese's and their new baby Alexander who was born on June 18 of last year. |
| 1:15.9 | Having a biology background, Shalitha has always been fascinated with anatomy and |
| 1:21.0 | was curious about pregnancy and birth. |
| 1:23.0 | After having her son at home with a planned water birth, |
| 1:26.0 | Shalitha's interest in birthwork skyrocketed |
| 1:29.0 | as she enjoys talking to new and expecting parents |
| 1:32.0 | about their birth stories. |
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