Content warning** In this episode we speak about the loss of Tori's third child in detail, if you are at a point in your journey where you may be vulnerable to this information, please save this episode for a later time. 

Tori's Story - Tori tell us about her journey from Maiden to Mother which started when she was 22 with a surprise pregnancy with her eldest daughter Kaia. Living in Melbourne at the time, and not having an understanding of how birth worked or a plan, Tori had a long and difficult labour which ended in a C-section. 

After moving to the Gold Coast a few years later, her and partner Cas decided to expand their family and they conceived second daughter Mia. After her experience with her first birth, Tori opted for a planned caesarean and shares the much more peaceful and smooth experience. 

A year later Tori was happy to find out she was unexpectedly pregnant again with their third daughter Eden. Tori shares that her intuition was screaming at her the entire pregnancy that something was wrong and after a few complications early in the pregnancy they found out at 20 weeks that her pregnancy was not viable and she was going to have to deliver her daughter Eden sleeping. Tori shares her vaginal birth with Eden and the entire process that happened following the birth and the devastating aftermath of losing a child. 

Eden Leonie Caspersen - 18-07-22

Services mentioned:

https://www.sands.org.au/

https://www.beyondblue.org.au

https://www.lifeline.org.au/