raw hearts real healing

queen of hearts — episode three in this episode, i talk about the days leading up to birth — early labour signs, being sent back and forth from hospital, and feeling like i had to convince people that i knew my own body.
i also speak about how hard it was being away from my children, the emotional weight of suddenly having space to process everything, and the gratitude i still carry for the people at ronald mcdonald house who supported us through such an uncertain time.
this was the waiting period before everything changed.

queen of hearts — episode two
in my fourth pregnancy, everything changed at the 20-week anatomy scan. what started as a routine appointment became the beginning of learning that my baby had a complex heart condition.
in this episode, i talk about being presented with medical termination, holding onto hope, and eventually receiving the diagnosis of tricuspid atresia with vsd and pulmonary stenosis.
this is the beginning of our journey into the single ventricle world

queen of hearts — episode one in this first episode, i’m sharing the story of my first three pregnancies and three very different birth experiences — from an emergency c-section after discovering my baby had iugr, to navigating labour with birthing affirmations, and eventually having an en caul home water birth. these are the first chapters of the story that eventually led to raw hearts real healing — and there’s still one more birth story to tell..