Welcome to Bear Stories with me, Klemi Hooper, created by Offscript. So it was in 2014 and we conceived very quickly in the second month of trying, but that was a complicated pregnancy in that it was a partial mould of pregnancy so that ended in miscarriage.

We conceived second time around with my son Nelson exactly two years later.

Both pregnancies, we found out on my boyfriend's birthday.

I was doing the weekly shop with my boyfriend and I bought some baby bells and he was like why

you buying baby bells because it's not something you usually buy and I, I know. The last time I bought baby bells

was when I was pregnant before and he went, you're fucking pregnant. Now every time I see a baby

bell and I think, oh yeah, I could have one of those I get the fear

Hello, I'm Klemi Hooper and to birth stories, a podcast where I talk to amazing

women about the fascinating and unique ways they have their babies.

I'm a midwife and a mother of four and I also run a blog called Gassinair where women share their stories of childbirth.

Today's guest is Maisie Hill, a woman's health practitioner and also the author of a new book called Period Power.

Her son Nelson was born after a really positive home birth

three years ago.

Maisie, thank you so much for joining me.

Thanks for having me.

So obviously, Maisie, we actually know each other.

Yes, we do.

I used to be a caseloading midwife in the same area of London

where you worked, and we also have a mutual friend who you were her dealer for.

So what, how would you describe what a dealer is?

So the official line is that we offer practical and emotional support to people who are

pregnant and their families. So it supports through pregnancy, birth and the

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