Meet Lynnea

I am a mother of two boys, and live on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. 

The birth of my first child was a deeply traumatic one, that ultimately ended in a surgical birth. After that birth, I spent the first year postpartum struggling with PTSD and depression. I couldn’t wrap my head around why I couldn’t birth my baby. On a deep level, I felt that my body was broken. 

I asked myself, what was wrong with me? I had trusted the process, I had done “all the things,” and I had read all the books.

After becoming pregnant with my second baby, I was on a healing quest. Determined not to repeat the same experience, I found my way to have a beautiful, autonomous birth at home, in my own bed, after a c-section. 

I even caught my own baby. 

Turns out, my body was not at all broken. And I believe the same is true for you. 

I have deep empathy for any woman who has had a traumatic birth, feels conflicted about it, or simply has feelings that need to be resolved around her birth. I am especially passionate about serving VBAC (Vaginal Birth After C-section) mothers, and mothers who would like their next birth to be different from the last one. Having navigated a maternal care system in a state where VBAC delivery options are limited, I can provide practical advice and guidance. 

I have trained with Birthing From Within as a Birth Story Listening facilitator.

Most of all, I believe that it is every woman’s right to emerge from her birth process feeling her power, bonded to her baby, and supported by those around her.