#13 | Hikari - Japanese mama, baby girl born by C-section in Aiiku Hospital

In this episode we speak with Hikari who is Japanese with an English husband. She talks about the pressures that she felt within her own culture around pregnancy + body image and the relief she felt being able to speak to her foreigner friends about it.

Birth facility:
+ Aiiku Hospital, Tokyo
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Show notes:
Questions around being able to conceive, happy pregnancy, morning sickness, conscious of weight gain, body image, epidural, C-section, blood loss, breastfeeding issues, super tired post-birth, weight gain articles - CNN Japan , Tokyo Pregnancy Group

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Opening
00:49 - Intro
01:26 - Journey to pregnancy
04:50 - Pregnancy
09:14 - Birth story
15:43 - Postpartum recovery
22:03 - Cost
22:58 - Bottle time
25:44 - Outro