A Cook Birth Story w/Rebecca Richter, Abby Vidikan, Kara, Tracey & Ozzie

The Zaddy Zone

I thought it’d be a great idea to tell our birth story. It’s obviously such a crazy amazing moment in anyone's life, and our story is no exception. It was a really surreal time.

We’re joined by Rebecca Richter, our doula, Abby Vidikan, our midwife, Kara, my wife, Tracey, my mother in law and maybe even the man of the moment, our new son, Ozzie.

If you go to the YouTube, you’ll see photos and videos all taken by our doula Rebecca. We go deep, it’s raw, and real and funny too. Feel free to share it if you connect with it.
Xoxo,
Zaddy
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INTRO

3:47
What is a doula?

4:37
What is a midwife?

6:02
Conception and how her water broke 😏. What May or may not have been a “large load”.

10:12
There are two layers of the embryonic sac and ways to encourage a break. Sex got the baby in, sex will get the baby out.

12:22
Contractions

14:33
Water break safety precautions

15:22
The arrival of Youngma and Ozzie. Getting the labor journey started.

17:22
Active resting, supporting labor. The fan favorite, peanut ball! Other positions. Melatonin and oxytocin.

20:18
Birthing and feeling safe. Stay informed and plan! Tracy takes the mic and shares her home birthing experience. Hospital birthing prescriptive for Tracy and Kara

24:22
Cigarettes After Sex. Can you have sex during labor? Orgasmic birth. Luke’s mom walks in on someone.

26:37
Describing the feeling of a contraction. Moving from the toilet, shower and back to the bed. Zaddy learns his place and a massage technique.

29:32
Listening to your body, figuring out how to get comfortable for you and your baby. Navigating the pelvis.

32:52
What the peanut ball is. Further into delivery. Bodily autonomy of home birth.

36:42
The benefits of not having an audience sometimes. When to get into the water. Labor patterns.

38:42
Signs that you’re progressing and how partners can contribute. The second time in the pool. Last bit of dilation.

40:48
Moaning together. Time to finally tell the joke. The doula and mother or mother to be connection.

44:37
The last bits of labor, transition. An unfortunate happening during Tracy’s other daughters birth.

46:57
Prevalence of second time birthers going home and

49:32
Johanna, the vagina whisperer. Preventing vaginal tearing.

51:27
When Ozzie’s head poked thru. Cardinal movements, the rotation. The McRoberts.

55:42
Time for baby to breathe. Slight complications. Neonatal resuscitation. Mini parent freak out for Zaddy. 10% of births need resuscitation. Mom in euphoria, dad will panic.

1:07:02
That feeling when everyone is reaching the finish line during a home birth. A Doula’s perspective working with Midwives.

1:09:27
The relationship a mother and midwife develop. What would Annie look for in a midwife.

1:13:52
The risks of having a home birth. Lack of education around birth.

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