Today on the show I speak with Aisha. Aisha is a birth worker, mother of 4 and strong Maori woman. After birthing her first in the hospital with a private obstetrician, which ended with her babe in NICU, she decided a different path was needed for her subsequent pregnancies.

Her 2nd was a home water birth with a midwife and she had a vastly different and positive experience. With her 3rd, Aisha was with a new partner and when he asked about kids - she said she had one non - negotiable - the baby must be born at home. When he whole heartedly agreed - they decided to conceive. For them though, it wasn’t straight forward and ended in an IVF conception. She went on to birth her 3rd also at home with the same midwife.

4th time around and post pandemic - Aisha had had significant spiritual growth and knew freebirth was on the cards. With another IVF conception - Aisha made some unconventional choices about the IVF process (I found this really interesting). I love Aisha’s story as it tells of how just because we start on one path we don’t have to end on the same path. We always have a choice to change where we are going and what the end destination looks like. Thanks Aisha for your openness with your story.

About Aisha

35yo mother of 4, 1 hospital birth, 2 homebirths, 1 freebirth, and 2 IVF journeys.

Contact Aisha here

https://www.facebook.com/Honouredbirthservices?mibextid=ZbWKwL

https://honouredbirth.weebly.com/