# 089 - Helena | 2 babies, 2 miscarriages, pre-term baby, hospital birth, physiological birth, doula

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Podcast: [Birth Tales](https://stenobird.com/podcast/birth-tales-6594383)
Published: 2026-07-16T05:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3853

## Resource

In today's episode Helena shares the stories of her two pregnancies and births, which unfolded in surprisingly similar ways. She had planned to welcome her babies at home, but as both labours began earlier than expected, she ended up giving birth in the hospital twice instead. Helena talks us through her two physiological births, the coping techniques she leant on to get her through and the extra care her pre-term babies needed in the early days postpartum. This was a particularly special episode to record because lovely Helena was my first proper doula client - I was actually at her daughter's birth! So it was a joy to reflect on her baby's birthday together and I know you're going to love hearing her story too. Helena's IG: https://www.instagram.com/helenacolv/ The Birth Prep Bundle: https://sincere-union-68693.myflodesk.com/zkj6c4q686 My website: www.serenalouth.com My IG: https://www.instagram.com/serenalouth/

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