4 | From calm to chaos: My birth story with Charli & the second time I sat in recovery wondering if my baby was alive
I thought this birth would be different. After the chaos of my first birth and the heartbreak of miscarriage, I planned for a calm, straightforward cesarean. Instead, I found myself living a nightmare I’d already been through once, sitting in recovery, fully awake, wondering if my baby was even alive.
In this raw, unfiltered episode, I share Charli’s birth story from the peaceful morning before surgery to the moment everything shifted when she was whisked away with a punctured lung.
You’ll hear:
💔Why we chose a planned cesarean after my first traumatic birth
💔The shocking moment we realised something was seriously wrong
💔Watching doctors perform a life-saving procedure they’d never done before on my newborn. It was like they were watching a Youtube how to video!
💔The gut-wrenching goodbye as she was flown 4 hours away without me
💔The rocky road to finally bringing her home
This isn’t just another birth story. It’s about the resilience you find when motherhood tests you in ways you never imagined and the strength that carries you through when the “newborn bubble” you dreamed of is ripped away.
If you’ve experienced a traumatic birth, NICU stay, or had your baby taken from you after delivery, this episode will hit deep and remind you that you’re not alone.
Read the blog post on this story here
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