Welcome to the birthful podcast. I'm Adriana Lozada, and on today's Friday birthful story,

I'll be talking with Hanley Rice about her preemie vaginal birth. While pregnant,

Hanley signed up for childbirth education classes and planned for a homebirth. Then at 30 weeks,

she started leaking amniotic fluid. Her world got turned upside down and she was admitted to the hospital

to wait for a baby to arrive, hopefully not before 34 weeks. Even under those stressful circumstances, having a team that was sensitive to what she had planned made for a beautiful birth experience.

Stay tuned.

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today's show, we have Henley Rice here today to share her premature birth story.

Hanley, welcome. It's great to have you here. Hi, thank you so much for having me.

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