Katherine shares her experience getting pregnant via IUI as well as deciding to switch from a hospital birth to a homebirth at 24 weeks gestation. She went into labor on Halloween and baby was born at home with a midwife in attendance.
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At 37 weeks, Katie went in for an induction due to an ICP diagnosis (thanks to learning about it from this show and Nicole Phelps' story!) Hoping for a very low-intervention birth experience, the team of midwives and nurses were amazing at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass in providing as gentle of an induction as possible.
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Abby Theuring of the Badass Breastfeeder shares her hospital induction birth story as well as her subsequent homebirth story. She also talks about breastfeeding struggles and how a lactation consultant helped.
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Haylie and her husband, Jeffrey, had been married for a year when they decided to try and get pregnant. With many tales from friends and family members that it could take a while to conceive (it was news to Jeffrey that you actually had to "try" to get pregnant) they were surprised when a pregnancy test came back positive only a few months later. Haylie had a history of depression but was adamant about getting off antidepressant medication while pregnant. At first she felt fine, both emotionally and physically. But right around her second trimester, serious signs of depression and anxiety began to creep in. This made for a difficult pregnancy in which Haylie sought help from a number of sources to cope with the mounting feeling that she was unprepared for motherhood. As she prepped for an unmedicated hospital birth, she also battled a constant fear that she wasn't ready to be a mom. As you'll hear on this episode, there were several unexpected twists and turns during Haylie's labor and delivery that ultimately led to an epidural and a long but successful vaginal delivery. Haylie also shares how experiencing depression during pregnancy morphed into postpartum depression and talks about the lifesaving support she received after her son was born.
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Megan shares her story of her 1st pregnancy & birth, receiving dual care from an OB and midwifery practice. Megan's story culminates in an empowering home waterbirth.
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Barbara shares her experience with trying to conceive, gestational diabetes, a cord prolapse and emergency cesarean as well as some challenges with breastfeeding.
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Olivia shares her birth story and experience with embryo adoption.
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Whitney shares her birth story and about why it was positive despite not going to plan.
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Emily shares her two very different birth stories.
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Melissa shares about her hospital birth during COVID.
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In Part 2, Kelly shares the birth story of her rainbow baby.
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Annie shares four birth stories.
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Jess shares her two (very) different birth stories.
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Charity comes back on TBH to share her twin birth story.
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Sionann shares her varied birth experiences.
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Sarit shares about her births in Switzerland and Germany, and discusses being diagnosed with PCOS.
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J.J. shares her birth and postpartum stories.
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Claire shares her birth story and discusses misdiagnoses during labor and an empowering postpartum.
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Amanda shares her birth story and discusses the postpartum struggles that led to her founding Nest Collaborative.
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After over 4 years of dealing with infertility, Gisselle and her husband, Lynneric, found out they were pregnant due to an IUI.
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Chloe shares two birth stories and discusses infertility, using IVF, and postpartum depression.
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Angela shares her birth story, discusses her journey with infertility, and also shares about losing her baby late in her second trimester.
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Carolyn shares her birth story and discusses her postpartum recovery challenges.
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Lana shares her birth story and discusses postpartum preeclampsia.
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