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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Laura Clery planned home-birth for her first child but ended up in the hospital
Chapter 3: It's better to forsake fantasies and face reality when considering childbirth
Chapter 4: Laura Clery had two unique experiences in birthing her children
Chapter 5: Despite her desire to have an unmedicated birth, Clery had her second child after medically hastening labor
Chapter 6: The government of every country should make postnatal care available to citizens
Chapter 7: Childbirth influenced every area of Clery's life, including her social media career
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Description
This warm, story-driven summary follows comedian and creator Laura Clery as she moves from an idealized vision of childbirth into the unpredictable truth of labor, delivery, postpartum recovery, and emotional wellbeing. Along the way, she reflects on fear, people-pleasing, medical decisions, and the surprising ways motherhood can reshape identity.
Across seven chapters, the narration explores Clery’s first birth—planned as a home water birth but ending in a hospital—and her second birth, where conflicting advice and medical interventions changed the experience again. The takeaway is gentle and practical: there’s no single “right” way to give birth, support matters, and postnatal care deserves far more attention than it often gets.
Who Should Listen
- Expectant parents who feel drawn to a “perfect birth plan,” and want a more grounded, compassionate perspective.
- New parents navigating postpartum recovery, identity shifts, or postpartum depression and looking for reassurance that they’re not alone.
- Creators and working parents trying to balance ambition, art, and family life without constant guilt.