Trust and Surrender: The Birth of Adelaide Marie
On the evening of Tuesday 16 June, we welcomed our sweet second daughter to our family. Adelaide Marie Woods Born 9:38pm on 16/6/26 (at a gestation of 41+3!) 3240g // 7lb 2oz 52cm long, 35cm head circumference While my love of birth stories was firmly in place at the time our older daughter was born (as evidenced by the 15,000 word epic saga of her birth published on this blog), I think I've fallen even deeper down the rabbit hole of positive birth since then. I never stopped listening to The Hypnobirthing Podcast between pregnancies, and have become an avid listener of a few other birthy podcasts in the interim. Take a look at the 'favourite resources' section at the end of this post if you're pregnant and wanting some recommendations! Special shout out to Holy Confident Birth , which is my new favourite Catholic birth space - I was even lucky enough to share my first birth story on Eve's podcast recently (which, if you're curious to listen to, might be a mor...