by Mum Give ʙɪʀᴛʜ In The Wild Without A Midwife Or ᴘᴀɪɴ Relief
Simone Thurber, 43, posted the footage of her youngest daughter Perouze, now four, being born in the wild.
“My first three girls were home ʙɪʀᴛʜs but I have always wanted to have a baby in nature. women have been giving ʙɪʀᴛʜ in the wild for thousands of years but the thought a modern women squatting in a creek and giving ʙɪʀᴛʜ ʜᴏʀʀɪFɪᴇᴅ many people even before I gave ʙɪʀᴛʜ and shared the video. I remember mum often telling us when a local lady had her baby and how at the time when she was due to give ʙɪʀᴛʜ she simply found a nice spot pushed out the baby breast fed it. That sᴛᴜᴄᴋ with me and is one of the reasons I wanted to give ʙɪʀᴛʜ to Perouze in the wild.”she said
When she realised she was pregnant with her fourth baby, Simone told her then partner Nick of her dream. He was supportive so she started ʀᴇsᴇᴀʀᴄʜɪɴɢ where she could give ʙɪʀᴛʜ. Initially she hoped to find a spot near a rock pool and the sea to welcome her baby, but she was living in Melbourne, Australia, at the time and the weather was too unpredictable. She was also worried the beach would be too public.
Two weeks before her due date, Simone and her family headed to the house and started scouting out locations. Eventually they found a creek, with Simone’s daughters – now aged 18, 16 and six – all saying it’s just where they would have chosen to be born if they could. Simone went into labour at 11pm and thought it would be quick because her others had been. That meant the creek wasn’t going to happen – but by 9am the following day she was still having ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs.
The family got in their car and went to the creek, and after two hours Perouze entered the world as Simone squatted in the stream.
“I had brought a thin foam mat with me like the type used for yoga and when the baby’s head came out I naturally flicked onto my back but she was slightly sᴛᴜᴄᴋ,” .It took another two hours to ʙɪʀᴛʜ the placenta and when we got back to their friends house I ripped a piece off and I had a placenta smoothie. I sᴜFFᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴘᴏsᴛ-ɴᴀᴛᴀʟ ᴅᴇᴘʀᴇssɪᴏɴ with all my ʙɪʀᴛʜs and this helped, I felt energised and awake” .Simone said
“So many women especially first time mums have thanked me saying I have inspired them to not be as terrified.”she add
