• What A Mermaid Birth Is Actually Like

  • Jun 22 2021
  • Length: 25 mins
  • Podcast
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What A Mermaid Birth Is Actually Like

  • Summary

  • When Louisa Dow found out she was pregnant, she had a feeling she was having twins. She had no proof… but it was just a feeling she couldn’t shake. And of course, she was right. But what Louisa and her partner Mick didn’t know was that their twins shared the same placenta. This made Louisa’s pregnancy extremely high risk. And extremely rare. Then, 32 weeks into the pregnancy, Louisa had a ‘veiled birth’... or a ‘mermaid birth’. Which in some cultures, they believe are magic...

    CREDITS

    Host:  Jessie Stephens 

    Guests: Lousia Dow

    Producer: Gia Moylan

    Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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