Before she was even pregnant, Loi had read all there is to read about pregnancy and childbirth. She knew that she wanted an unmedicated birth, and began to prepare herself by learning all she could about labor and delivery. After a smooth pregnancy, Loi had a home water birth with a midwife attending in Nairobi, Kenya!

In today's birth story episode Cassie Walek shares the story of her daughter's water birth which was an empowering experience that has left her wanting to pursue a career working with pregnant and new mothers

Today's birth story episode is with Vanessa Merten of Pregnancy Podcast.
Vanessa was planning a birth center birth and wanted to labor at home for as long possible so when she finally got to the birth center she was already 10 centimeters dilated. But the birth wasn't quite over yet as she pushed and pushed and pushed for much longer than expected. Listen to her tell her story in her own words!