Ready or Not11 Huhti 2023

Midwife and mother of four Erin Phibbs on birth trauma, the most challenging transition, and what her husband learned from taking full-time parental leave

Erin Phibbs is a midwife, childbirth educator, and mother of four. She has a twin sister who seemed to fall pregnant at the drop of a hat while it took her years, and she's had some very different births and maternity leave experiences.

From a traumatic first birth and an intense and lonely first postpartum, to a healing second birth and her husband taking six months of parental leave, she's experienced it all.

Here, she shares what her husband learned from becoming the primary caregiver for a period, how she navigated birth trauma as a midwife, and what transition she's found the most challenging.

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