Welcome to the My Essential Birth podcast. I'm Courtney and I'm Stephanie and we're professional

doulas, childbirth educators and the creators of My Essential Birth, the holistic, empowering,

online childbirth education course helping mothers everywhere confidently achieve their best birth.

So join us each week as we share tips and advice for all things pregnancy, birth and beyond.

Be sure to subscribe to the podcast so that you can be the first to get new content.

And head over to www.mysentialbirth.com for more information about our birth course

and to join a community of mamas just like you.

We want to give a shout out to our reviewer of the week, Emily Garrett, who says, provides

comfort and unknown territory.

As a first time mom to be, I can't recommend this podcast enough.

I'm so thankful to the friend who recommended it to me when I told her I was pregnant.

I'm someone who fears pain, discomfort, and uncertainty.

Courtney and Stephanie have a way of easing those fears and giving you the tools you need to get excited about the labor process ahead.

I can't believe how calm I feel about the process after listening to each episode.

Emily, we want to thank you for leaving such a kind and generous review. You guys, those really help other women to find our podcast. We also

want to give a big thank you to your friend who shared it with you because sharing this podcast

with friends that you know are expecting is another great way to not only help them, but it

helps us too and we appreciate it. So the most obvious reason why a hospital birth is better is

because you have access to advanced life-saving measures should you need them. And there's a ton

of peace of mind that can come for you and your partner in knowing that

shouldn't emergency arise you are already in the right place and while out of hospital midwives

have things necessary to help baby breathe if they're struggling to breathe after birth or give

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