Show Notes
What if your first birth left you believing your body had failed, but your next birth became a beautiful testimony of healing, surrender, and freedom from fear? After nearly 48 hours of labor at home, Katie Caceres's first birth ended in a hospital transfer and an unexpected cesarean. She carried feelings of failure, disappointment, and unresolved birth trauma into her next pregnancy. But instead of allowing her first experience to define her second, Katie began a journey of healing, faith, a...
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