{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Girly Pop Birth Talks","title":"Episode 33: From High-Risk to Homebirth with Jamie Garrison","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3822,"description":"In this episode, we sit down with Jamie Garrison—a birth and postpartum doula, homesteader, and mama of four—who shares her powerful journey from high-risk pregnancies to a full-circle homebirth.\nJamie opens up about becoming a mom at 19 and navigating multiple medically complex pregnancies, including inductions for hypertension and preeclampsia, a premature birth at 34 weeks, and the heartbreak of miscarriage. Through each experience, her perspective on birth, motherhood, and support continued to evolve.\nWe also dive into her NICU experience—what it felt like to have a baby in the NICU, the emotional highs and lows, navigating uncertainty, and how that season shaped the way she now shows up for families as a doula. She shares what support actually looks like in those moments, what she wishes more people understood, and how deeply those early days can impact a mother’s healing.\nA big part of this conversation centers around postpartum mental health—how it showed up for her, what it looked like behind the scenes, and the importance of being supported, seen, and cared for in the fourth trimester. We talk about the weight many moms carry silently, and how community and intentional support can change everything.\nWe talk about:\nWhat it’s like to walk through repeated high-risk pregnanciesInductions and navigating medical decision-makingExperiencing preeclampsia and early deliveryThe emotional reality of having a baby in the NICUPostpartum mental health and navigating the fourth trimesterHolding space for loss while continuing to grow your familyHow her mindset around birth shifted over timeChoosing a homebirth after hospital experiencesHow her personal journey led her into birth and postpartum doula workWhat kind of support actually matters most to moms in vulnerable seasons\nJamie’s story is honest, layered, and deeply grounding. This episode is for anyone who has experienced medical complexities, NICU time, postpartum struggles, loss, or is simply learning to trust...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/PRnSyuoTVOzGCdba2s9DscSnO_le7HQThb2IM0AVaxk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMGI5/ZGU3ODczYWI0NGNm/NGM4YzkwODFmNDlk/OTM4Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}