Birth Story: How I Healed After a Difficult Birth and Approached My Next Pregnancy Differently with Caitlyn Sunseri
In this deeply personal episode of Birth Story, we sit down with Caitlyn Sunseri, a doula and prenatal yoga teacher based in Bakersfield, CA, to talk about healing after a difficult birth and how that healing shaped a completely...
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In this deeply personal episode of Birth Story, we sit down with Caitlyn Sunseri, a doula and prenatal yoga teacher based in Bakersfield, CA, to talk about healing after a difficult birth and how that healing shaped a completely different second birth experience. Caitlyn opens up about her first birth with her son Ryder, the vision she held for it, and how reality diverged from that vision, and the years of emotional processing that followed as she prepared to grow her family again.
The conversation traces Caitlyn’s path from birth trauma recovery to becoming a doula and prenatal yoga teacher, and how that professional journey became intertwined with her own personal healing. She shares candidly about what it took to face the fear that history might repeat itself, the education and advocacy tools she leaned on the second time around, and what it meant to walk into the very same hospital room years later, this time experiencing the golden hour she’d missed the first time with her daughter Chloe.
This episode is a must-listen for anyone processing a hard birth story, preparing for a subsequent pregnancy after trauma, or simply looking to feel less alone in the complicated emotions that can follow childbirth. Caitlyn’s story is one of resilience, self-advocacy, and the power of informed, supported birth.
In this episode, we discuss:
Caitlyn’s path to motherhood and her work as a doula and prenatal yoga teacher Her first birth experience with her son, Ryder, and the gap between expectation and reality The emotional processing and healing work she did between pregnancies How becoming a birth worker deepened her own healing Getting pregnant with her second child and preparing differently this time Her daughter Chloe’s birth, including returning to the same hospital room and finally experiencing a golden hour The role of birth education in advocating for herself Advice for parents currently healing from a difficult birth**Get the most out of each episode by checking out the show notes with links,
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About Caitlyn:
Caitlyn is a doula and prenatal yoga teacher in Bakersfield, CA. As a mom of two, she’s passionate about empowering mothers in their own strength as they move through the full journey to and through motherhood.
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