What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights
309 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsCreating a family is a life transforming event that’s a lot harder than the culturally-generated marketing suggests.
Relying on the glossy media depictions of this transition leaves many women feeling like they are broken or failing when their actual experience doesn’t match their expectation.
I tripped over every step of this process: getting pregnant, being pregnant and giving birth on my way to having two kids.
This podcast showcases the really, really of people’s experiences:
* what they didn’t expect when they were expecting
* what they wish they’d known.
You’ll hear shareable insights gleaned from time in the IVF gauntlet, ways to manage the flattening nausea and fatigue of pregnancy, 40 hour labors and much more including expert medical insights to remake our expectations, making them more real, more human and more useful.
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How Did we Get our Current Culture Around Pregnancy & Birth: Ask the Historians of Science
August 26, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBTalking to my mother and other women from previous generations it sounds like they got pregnant and gave birth in a culture that's different from the one we face today. Based on these talks, I have often wondered how we got to the specific point we are at: where pregnancy is a very medical experience, C sections are so common, we seem to be just starting to talk more openly about miscarriages and the postpartum period, and women are trying to navigate the demands of breastfeeding and work. ...
After the Birth, Breastfeeding Challenges & Postpartum depression: Dana's story
August 17, 2021 07:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBToday's guest sailed pretty smoothly through the process of starting a family--she got pregnant relatively easily, carried her pregnancy without too many hiccups and gave birth in a way that wasn't too far from her expectation--and then she hit a breastfeeding wall, which likely contributed to her experience with post partum depression. Now she's focused on helping women build a better relationship with their bodies. She clearly articulates the mental and emotional struggle so many of us e...
The Press of the Postpartum Period: Dana's story
August 17, 2021 07:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBToday's guest sailed pretty smoothly through the process of starting a family--she got pregnant relatively easily, carried her pregnancy without too many hiccups and gave birth in a way that wasn't too far from her expectation--and then she hit a breastfeeding wall, which likely contributed to her experience with post partum depression. Now she's focused on helping women build a better relationship with their bodies. She clearly articulates the mental and emotional struggle so many of us e...
What happens when Breastfeeding challenges & PPD arrive? Dana's Birth story + Historian of Birth insights
August 17, 2021 07:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBToday's guest sailed pretty smoothly through the process of starting a family--she got pregnant relatively easily, carried her pregnancy without too many hiccups and gave birth in a way that wasn't too far from her expectation--and then she hit a breastfeeding wall, which likely contributed to her experience with post partum depression. Now she's focused on helping women build a better relationship with their bodies. She clearly articulates the mental and emotional struggle so many of us e...
This Birth Led to a Skydive, a Triathlon, and an English Channel Crossing: Gill
August 08, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBThis episode could be titled "Overcoming: a guide". My guest overcame the challenges of premature birth, and a fourth degree tear, and a misdiagnosis, and a fistula and a stoma. Having had so many elements of her life overturned by her experience of birth, she was reborn in a way, as a complete badass tackling every physical thing that previously induced fear in her. She's challenging all the ideas that have created limits on her life and in the process, raising awareness and money for oth...
What Happens when Birth Involves a 4th degree Tear & that Fuels your Transformation? Gill's Birth Story + OBGYN insights
August 08, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBThis episode could be titled "Overcoming: a guide". My guest overcame the challenges of premature birth, and a fourth degree tear, and a misdiagnosis, and a fistula and a stoma. Having had so many elements of her life overturned by her experience of birth, she was reborn in a way, as a complete badass tackling every physical thing that previously induced fear in her. She's challenging all the ideas that have created limits on her life and in the process, raising awareness and money for oth...
Birth Before and After Becoming a Doula: Keisha
July 29, 2021 07:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBIf you look at birth over time, it used to be the case that women were always attended at their births by other women, and sometimes midwives, and these births happened at home. In the 1930s american women moved those births into hospitals, in part to pursue effective pain relief and the allure of more safety--but for a good decade it was not actually safer to have births in hospitals. And over the next 50 years the process of childbearing became more heavily medicalized--with benefits: lowe...
What Does Birth look like Before & After becoming a Doula? Keisha's Birth Story
July 29, 2021 07:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBIf you look at birth over time, it used to be the case that women were always attended at their births by other women, and sometimes midwives, and these births happened at home. In the 1930s american women moved those births into hospitals, in part to pursue effective pain relief and the allure of more safety--but for a good decade it was not actually safer to have births in hospitals. And over the next 50 years the process of childbearing became more heavily medicalized--with benefits: lowe...
What Happens when you become a Surrogate? Cheney's Pregnancy Story
July 19, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBIn this episode, my guest tells her own story of pregnancy and she shares her experience of being a surrogate for another family. It is, as you can imagine, a very involved process in part because it involves IVF, which always sounds to me like a full time job. Despite the fact that the pregnancies were relatively straightforward, there are challenges along the way, like postpartum depression, which can make other issues that come up more daunting to manage and we discuss those, too. For d...
One Woman's Story of Surrogacy: Cheney
July 19, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBIn this episode, my guest tells her own story of pregnancy and she shares her experience of being a surrogate for another family. It is, as you can imagine, a very involved process in part because it involves IVF, which always sounds to me like a full time job. Despite the fact that the pregnancies were relatively straightforward, there are challenges along the way, like postpartum depression, which can make other issues that come up more daunting to manage and we discuss those, too. For d...
Don't Tell her No, SMA and Pregnancy: Sarah's Story
July 10, 2021 00:00 - 42 minutes - 29.6 MBIf I had to use one word to describe today’s guest i’d say driven, or maybe fierce--truly, and maybe it’s because of these personal attributes that her life in the world doesn’t match the predictions you might make if you looked at her health status on paper. She was born with a neurodegenerative disease that dramatically affected her mobility--she’s never walked and has been wheelchair bound for almost her whole life...and despite the challenges this kind of condition invites, she’s a schoo...
What happens when you have a neurodegenerative disease and want to pursue pregnancy? Sarah's Pregnancy Story + Neurologist insights
July 10, 2021 00:00 - 42 minutes - 29.6 MBIf I had to use one word to describe today’s guest i’d say driven, or maybe fierce--truly, and maybe it’s because of these personal attributes that her life in the world doesn’t match the predictions you might make if you looked at her health status on paper. She was born with a neurodegenerative disease that dramatically affected her mobility--she’s never walked and has been wheelchair bound for almost her whole life...and despite the challenges this kind of condition invites, she’s a schoo...
Pregnancy & Birth when the Internet was a Baby: Julie's story
June 28, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBToday's guest encountered her own set of surprises in pregnancy and birth. Because she gave birth almost two decades ago, she didn't have easy access to the overwhelming amount of information that's available now, we had kids before the iPhone was a thing and before the internet was the endless warehouse of information it is today, but she forged her path to parenthood, without immersing herself in the baby and parenting books that we had access to and learned a lot from the process itself...
What Does Pregnancy & Birth look like before the Internet? Julie's Birth story
June 28, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBToday's guest encountered her own set of surprises in pregnancy and birth. Because she gave birth almost two decades ago, she didn't have easy access to the overwhelming amount of information that's available now, we had kids before the iPhone was a thing and before the internet was the endless warehouse of information it is today, but she forged her path to parenthood, without immersing herself in the baby and parenting books that we had access to and learned a lot from the process itself...
Take Love and Determination on the IVF Journey: Emily's Story
June 19, 2021 13:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBIf you have the slightest bit of doubt about the complex chemistry needed to inspire an embryo to develop into a baby, a casual stroll around the details of IVF will quickly disabuse you of that notion. Today’s guest set out to get pregnant a few years after she’d turned 35 and pretty quickly turned to IVF. Agreeing to IVF is agreeing to become a science project. Because she so deeply wanted children, she willingly gave all the blood samples, took all the shots, attended all the appointment...
Take Love and Determination, Add Science: Emily
June 19, 2021 13:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBIf you have the slightest bit of doubt about the complex chemistry needed to inspire an embryo to develop into a baby, a casual stroll around the details of IVF will quickly disabuse you of that notion. Today’s guest set out to get pregnant a few years after she’d turned 35 and pretty quickly turned to IVF. Agreeing to IVF is agreeing to become a science project. Because she so deeply wanted children, she willingly gave all the blood samples, took all the shots, attended all the appointment...
What Happens when Pregnancy requires and IVF Journey? Emily's Pregnancy Story + OBGYN insights
June 19, 2021 13:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBIf you have the slightest bit of doubt about the complex chemistry needed to inspire an embryo to develop into a baby, a casual stroll around the details of IVF will quickly disabuse you of that notion. Today’s guest set out to get pregnant a few years after she’d turned 35 and pretty quickly turned to IVF. Agreeing to IVF is agreeing to become a science project. Because she so deeply wanted children, she willingly gave all the blood samples, took all the shots, attended all the appointment...
What I learned from visits to the NICU and the ICU postparum: Sarah's Story
June 09, 2021 21:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBToday's guest went into pregnancy without many expectations about what the process would be like. This openness likely helped her and her partner negotiate the challenging things she had to manage in delivery and the postpartum period. After her first birth, the baby encountered an issue that landed her in the NICU, and a few days after her second delivery, my guest wrestled with some scary postpartum issues, sending her to the ICU. Now a few years out from those experiences, everyone is th...
Expect the Unexpected: Sarah's Story
June 09, 2021 21:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBToday's guest went into pregnancy without many expectations about what the process would be like. This openness likely helped her and her partner negotiate the challenging things she had to manage in delivery and the postpartum period. After her first birth, the baby encountered an issue that landed her in the NICU, and a few days after her second delivery, my guest wrestled with some scary postpartum issues, sending her to the ICU. Now a few years out from those experiences, everyone is th...
What I learned from visits to the NICU and the ICU postparum: Sarah's Birth Story + High Risk OB insights
June 09, 2021 21:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBToday's guest went into pregnancy without many expectations about what the process would be like. This openness likely helped her and her partner negotiate the challenging things she had to manage in delivery and the postpartum period. After her first birth, the baby encountered an issue that landed her in the NICU, and a few days after her second delivery, my guest wrestled with some scary postpartum issues, sending her to the ICU. Now a few years out from those experiences, everyone is th...
Communication is Key to a Good Birth, Lessons Learned: Stacey
May 30, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBThe challenges of pregnancy and birth can be useful mentors for future parents. Today’s guest learned something significant from each of her three birth experiences. The first taught her that she’d need an advocate in birth given that it’s such a powerful and vulnerable experience. The second taught her that trust could be restored in a situation when a real partnership was at work, and the third taught her about physical limits and flexibility. Her experiences also encouraged a career chang...
What Happens when Birth's Teach you to be a Better Advocate? Stacey's Birth Story + OBGYN insights
May 30, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBThe challenges of pregnancy and birth can be useful mentors for future parents. Today’s guest learned something significant from each of her three birth experiences. The first taught her that she’d need an advocate in birth given that it’s such a powerful and vulnerable experience. The second taught her that trust could be restored in a situation when a real partnership was at work, and the third taught her about physical limits and flexibility. Her experiences also encouraged a career chang...
Learning to be Your Own Doula, Lessons Learned: Stacey's story
May 30, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBThe challenges of pregnancy and birth can be useful mentors for future parents. Today’s guest learned something significant from each of her three birth experiences. The first taught her that she’d need an advocate in birth given that it’s such a powerful and vulnerable experience. The second taught her that trust could be restored in a situation when a real partnership was at work, and the third taught her about physical limits and flexibility. Her experiences also encouraged a career chang...
What happens when an OB encounters challenges in her pregnancy? Dr.Shieva Ghofrany's Birth Story
May 20, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBThere are three reasons to tune into today’s episode: first, it is a chance to see pregnancy through the eyes of an OB who is both the emotional individual experiencing what we all experience when we try to grow our families, and someone endowed with much more experience and information than most of us. Second reason: when you hear the story of a fully trained OB, who has seen how pregnancies and births can progress in a multitude of ways, but still cannot control her own experience it’s a p...
On Both Sides of the Line: An OB's journey: Dr. Shieva Ghofrany
May 20, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBThere are three reasons to tune into today’s episode: first, it is a chance to see pregnancy through the eyes of an OB who is both the emotional individual experiencing what we all experience when we try to grow our families, and someone endowed with much more experience and information than most of us. Second reason: when you hear the story of a fully trained OB, who has seen how pregnancies and births can progress in a multitude of ways, but still cannot control her own experience it’s a p...
What happens when your cervix doesn't dilate in labor? Stefanie's Birth Story + OBGYN insights
May 10, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBToday's guest experienced both extremes of the spectrum when it came to creating a family: uncomplicated pregnancies that led up to more challenging births. She enjoyed an easy step into her first pregnancy and wrestled with infertility leading to her second. Both pregnancies were straightforward while both births, strayed from the script, injecting unwelcome drama. While labor more or less spontaneously arrived, her cervix refused to heed the call, and that led to births she didn't anticipa...
A Reluctant Cervix, When Cervical Dilation Doesn't Happen: Stefanie
May 10, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBToday's guest experienced both extremes of the spectrum when it came to creating a family: uncomplicated pregnancies that led up to more challenging births. She enjoyed an easy step into her first pregnancy and wrestled with infertility leading to her second. Both pregnancies were straightforward while both births, strayed from the script, injecting unwelcome drama. While labor more or less spontaneously arrived, her cervix refused to heed the call, and that led to births she didn't anticipa...
The Challenges of a Reluctant Cervix: Stefanie
May 10, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBToday's guest experienced both extremes of the spectrum when it came to creating a family: uncomplicated pregnancies that led up to more challenging births. She enjoyed an easy step into her first pregnancy and wrestled with infertility leading to her second. Both pregnancies were straightforward while both births, strayed from the script, injecting unwelcome drama. While labor more or less spontaneously arrived, her cervix refused to heed the call, and that led to births she didn't anticipa...
Recipe for Happiness: Check your Expectations at the Door to L&D: Tabitha
May 01, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBOur ability to delay pregnancy through various forms of birth control may lead us all to have expectations about our ability to manage our own fertility. It’s one thing to stop pregnancy, and something altogether different to initiate it. Today’s guest, a fan of control like the rest of us, is a master planner. She planned to get pregnant quickly, have an enjoyable pregnancy, and a routine birth. But the birth refused to follow the birth plan. Pregnancy is, among other things, an educator, ...
What happens when your Epidural doesn't work as expected? Tabitha's Birth Story + Anesthesiology insights
May 01, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBOur ability to delay pregnancy through various forms of birth control may lead us all to have expectations about our ability to manage our own fertility. It’s one thing to stop pregnancy, and something altogether different to initiate it. Today’s guest, a fan of control like the rest of us, is a master planner. She planned to get pregnant quickly, have an enjoyable pregnancy, and a routine birth. But the birth refused to follow the birth plan. Pregnancy is, among other things, an educator, ...
Help! This Pregnancy has Taken Over my Body: Alasen
April 22, 2021 07:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBToday’s guest stepped into her first pregnancy relatively easily,getting pregnant within a few months of trying…... and that was the last easy thing she experienced. She describes herself as someone who is “not a pregnancy unicorn”. She had body image issues while pregnant, felt nauseous, swollen and was generally physically uncomfortable for most of the pregnancy. And then postpartum recovery was even more challenging. A hormonal imbalance caused a too dramatic weight loss, she was visite...
Help! How Pregnancy Can Affect Body Image: Alasen's Answer
April 22, 2021 07:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBToday’s guest stepped into her first pregnancy relatively easily,getting pregnant within a few months of trying…... and that was the last easy thing she experienced. She describes herself as someone who is “not a pregnancy unicorn”. She had body image issues while pregnant, felt nauseous, swollen and was generally physically uncomfortable for most of the pregnancy. And then postpartum recovery was even more challenging. A hormonal imbalance caused a too dramatic weight loss, she was visite...
What happens when Body Image issues are part of your pregnancy? Alasen's Story + OBGYN insights
April 22, 2021 07:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBToday’s guest stepped into her first pregnancy relatively easily,getting pregnant within a few months of trying…... and that was the last easy thing she experienced. She describes herself as someone who is “not a pregnancy unicorn”. She had body image issues while pregnant, felt nauseous, swollen and was generally physically uncomfortable for most of the pregnancy. And then postpartum recovery was even more challenging. A hormonal imbalance caused a too dramatic weight loss, she was visite...
What happens when HELLP syndrome visits your pregnancy? Brooke's Birth Story + MFM insights
April 10, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBToday’s guest is no stranger to hard labor. As a strength and training coach she’s seen how disciplined effort produces results. But long runs and weight lifting sets didn’t prepare her for some of the consequences that the complicated chemistry of pregnancy can produce. Through the course of her different pregnancies she tangled with HELLP syndrome--a pregnancy complication that requires emergency attention, and a visit by gestational diabetes. Now, with three kids under 5, she can add a ne...
Your Placenta: Best Friend or Frenemy? Brooke
April 10, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBToday’s guest is no stranger to hard labor. As a strength and training coach she’s seen how disciplined effort produces results. But long runs and weight lifting sets didn’t prepare her for some of the consequences that the complicated chemistry of pregnancy can produce. Through the course of her different pregnancies she tangled with HELLP syndrome--a pregnancy complication that requires emergency attention, and a visit by gestational diabetes. Now, with three kids under 5, she can add a ne...
What happens in an OB's pregnancy: Dr. Nicole Rankins Birth Story + Policy Analyst Insights
April 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBIt seems self evident that most doctors would agree that being the doctor and being the patient are two entirely different experiences. And being the patient as a doctor is a third, different path. Today’s guest is an OB, and got pregnant with her first daughter when she was still in residency. Unlike many guests, she probably knew too much about the world she was stepping into--which led her to have an anxious first pregnancy. As it turned out, that anxiety was well placed, as she did run i...
A Double Sided View: Pregnancy Through the Eyes of an OB: Dr. Nicole Rankins
April 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBIt seems self evident that most doctors would agree that being the doctor and being the patient are two entirely different experiences. And being the patient as a doctor is a third, different path. Today’s guest is an OB, and got pregnant with her first daughter when she was still in residency. Unlike many guests, she probably knew too much about the world she was stepping into--which led her to have an anxious first pregnancy. As it turned out, that anxiety was well placed, as she did run i...
What happens when preeclampsia shows up just before your Birth? Audrey's Story + High Risk OB insights
March 22, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBLike many women, today’s guest imagined that having a child would be straightforward–that’s the way she’d always seen it portrayed in the culture around her. And at the start, her expectation and experience lined up well. Getting pregnant wasn’t a challenge and being pregnant, was an exercise in smooth sailing for many months. But then the swelling hit, followed by an episode of fainting, and she and her husband found themselves caught up in the whirlwind of preeclampsia, including some of t...
Wrestling with Preeclampsia: Audrey
March 22, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBLike many women, today’s guest imagined that having a child would be straightforward–that’s the way she’d always seen it portrayed in the culture around her. And at the start, her expectation and experience lined up well. Getting pregnant wasn’t a challenge and being pregnant, was an exercise in smooth sailing for many months. But then the swelling hit, followed by an episode of fainting, and she and her husband found themselves caught up in the whirlwind of preeclampsia, including some of t...
What happens when Colic is a part of your Postpartum? Clarissa's Story + pediatrician insights
March 12, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBSome women waltz easily into pregnancy and motherhood, at least in the Hollywood version of the story. This was not the version today’s guest experienced. Getting pregnant and being pregnant was not as straightforward as she was led to believe. Recovering from her first trimester loss was challenging, but my guest and her partner persevered and her subsequent pregnancy went swimmingly. The next challenge: birth--which was physically and emotionally daunting. And as she recovered from the bi...
Just When you Thought you Crossed the Finish Line, Colic: Clarissa
March 12, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBSome women waltz easily into pregnancy and motherhood, at least in the Hollywood version of the story. This was not the version today’s guest experienced. Getting pregnant and being pregnant was not as straightforward as she was led to believe. Recovering from her first trimester loss was challenging, but my guest and her partner persevered and her subsequent pregnancy went swimmingly. The next challenge: birth--which was physically and emotionally daunting. And as she recovered from the bi...
The Last Hour: Ashley
March 02, 2021 08:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBLike all great adventures, pregnancy rarely goes as planned, especially for first time mothers. For today’s guest, the journey had all the hallmarks of a grand adventure: pure joy when she found out she was pregnant, the excitement of an impending birth, the physical challenges of a natural labor, and a real dose of anxiety, pain and fear in the aftermath of that birth when a serious hemorrhage becomes life threatening. Listen to her tell her story of ultimate triumph. Read more about Ashley...
What happens when you encounter a Postpartum Hemorrhage? Ashley's Birth Story + OBGYN insights
March 02, 2021 08:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBLike all great adventures, pregnancy rarely goes as planned, especially for first time mothers. For today’s guest, the journey had all the hallmarks of a grand adventure: pure joy when she found out she was pregnant, the excitement of an impending birth, the physical challenges of a natural labor, and a real dose of anxiety, pain and fear in the aftermath of that birth when a serious hemorrhage becomes life threatening. Listen to her tell her story of ultimate triumph. Read more about Ashley...
Managing a Postpartum Hemorrhage: Ashley's Story
March 02, 2021 08:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBLike all great adventures, pregnancy rarely goes as planned, especially for first time mothers. For today’s guest, the journey had all the hallmarks of a grand adventure: pure joy when she found out she was pregnant, the excitement of an impending birth, the physical challenges of a natural labor, and a real dose of anxiety, pain and fear in the aftermath of that birth when a serious hemorrhage becomes life threatening. Listen to her tell her story of ultimate triumph. Read more about Ashley...
Zen & The Art of the PeriPartum Period: Maria
February 20, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBEvery pregnancy is awash in chemicals--that’s how the magic happens, how we turn an egg and a sperm into another human being. But this chemistry can have other consequences, notably, peripartum depression. Peripartum depression, the condition formerly known as postpartum depression, has been renamed to reflect the fact that this form of depression can strike during a pregnancy, as well as after it. It is believed to affect 1 in 9 mothers, a full 50 percent of these cases are thought to occur...
What happens when Peripartum Depression visits your Pregnancy? Maria's Birth Story + Clinical Psychologist insights
February 20, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBEvery pregnancy is awash in chemicals--that’s how the magic happens, how we turn an egg and a sperm into another human being. But this chemistry can have other consequences, notably, peripartum depression. Peripartum depression, the condition formerly known as postpartum depression, has been renamed to reflect the fact that this form of depression can strike during a pregnancy, as well as after it. It is believed to affect 1 in 9 mothers, a full 50 percent of these cases are thought to occur...
The Fates have Their Own Birth Plan: Jules
February 10, 2021 08:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBMany women enter pregnancy, coming from a life that feels firmly under their control. That was the case for today’s guest, whose past experience in the world led her to make detailed plans for her home birth. But the stars did not align, and what started out as a home birth ended with a hospital birth attended by a life threatening case of eclampsia. Luckily, both she and her son survived. For her second birth, she planned to be in the hospital, and again the fates refused to abide--a preci...
All Kinds of Weather: Charlotte
January 30, 2021 08:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBThe project of starting a family involves some elements that are totally under your control (when you start trying to get pregnant, the doctors or midwives or doulas you choose) and other elements that you expect to be uncertain: what the pregnancy is like or when the baby comes. But for today’s guest, almost every element of the process carried uncertainty: when she was pregnant, if the pregnancy would take, and if her other organs would behave during the pregnancy, to name a few. She weat...
Pregnancies visited by Miscarriage, Prematurity and Placenta Problems: Charlotte's Story
January 30, 2021 08:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBThe project of starting a family involves some elements that are totally under your control (when you start trying to get pregnant, the doctors or midwives or doulas you choose) and other elements that you expect to be uncertain: what the pregnancy is like or when the baby comes. But for today’s guest, almost every element of the process carried uncertainty: when she was pregnant, if the pregnancy would take, and if her other organs would behave during the pregnancy, to name a few. She weat...
What happens when Prematurity and Placenta Problems visit your pregnancies? Charlotte's Story + OBGYN insights
January 30, 2021 08:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBThe project of starting a family involves some elements that are totally under your control (when you start trying to get pregnant, the doctors or midwives or doulas you choose) and other elements that you expect to be uncertain: what the pregnancy is like or when the baby comes. But for today’s guest, almost every element of the process carried uncertainty: when she was pregnant, if the pregnancy would take, and if her other organs would behave during the pregnancy, to name a few. She weat...