27 Aug 2026 · 46 min
82. Dual Mil Navy Sailor Allison Shares MTF and Home Birth Stories
In this episode of “Military Birth Talk,” Annie talks with Allison Ledesma, an active duty Navy lieutenant and dual-military mom stationed in Pearl Harbor, about her two births. During her first pregnancy on shore duty in San Diego, she received care through Centering Pregnancy, discovered a breech baby at 39 weeks, had an initially unsuccessful ECV, then a second ECV in the OR that worked, followed by induction and a 30+ hour labor ending in a healthy vaginal birth supported by Balboa’s free...
