What Happens when you Initiate a Baby Shower Revolution, Changing Postpartum? Kaitlin's Birth Story, Part II

In today's episode, I finish my conversation with Angie.
She's a mindset coach and worked in early interventions from birth to three.

we talk about parenting the son that she initially fostered and then adopted;
how her training and experience led to a new approach, both in her own life and her work.

She talks about how important mindset is and how to manage our mindset

You can find Angie here: https://www.connectedparentswithangie.com/

In today's episode I speak with a MINDSET COACH about her experience with pregnancy and with fostering and then adopting a child. She talks about what she learned with respect to colic and tongue tie and some of the challenges she met in this process and how she, someone trained in early interventions from birth to three, ultimately had to change the way she approached parenting. What follows is the first part of our conversation. 

Trends in home and birth center births, 2004-2017
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8827343/#:~:text=(AABC%2C%202021)
Definitions of Preterm Birth
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11386/
Tongue Tie
https://www.healthline.com/health/dental-and-oral-health/tongue-tie-in-adults#9

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10167863/

his week I finish my conversation with Suzzie. She shares:
* how the second birth felt like a redemption of the first one
* all the things she did between the first and second births to make that outcome more likely, including:
* more birth education
* facing her fears
*managing her expectations.

 We pick up where we left off last week. Suzzie has spent hours contracting and waiting and ultimately her stalled labor leads to a C section. She's now been left in the recovery room by herself, with little sense of where her husband and new baby are.

You can find Suzzie's contacts:
Childbirth Class: https://shebirthsbravely.com/learn

What Does Your Birth Plan Say About Your Personality Quiz:  https://shebirthsbravely.com/quiz

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shebirthsbravely/

This week's episode features that story of a woman who had two nearly opposite experiences of birth.
 Like many of us, the FIRST one was ROUGH--including anything but gentle treatment at the hospital and an unpleasant C section;

The SECOND was a vast improvement, which started her on a journey to learn more about birth and to become what she needed that first time around: an excellent DOULA;

 what follows is the first part of our conversation
Molar Pregnancy

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17889-molar-pregnancy

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/molar-pregnancy/symptoms-causes/syc-20375175
Connection between Psychological State and Labor Progress
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4027004/

https://www.parents.com/pregnancy/giving-birth/labor-and-delivery/when-labor-stalls/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1595201/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1595201/

ACOG: infection after PROM

https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2019/02/approaches-to-limit-intervention-during-labor-and-birth

To find Suzzie' s contacts:
Childbirth Class: https://shebirthsbravely.com/learn

What Does Your Birth Plan Say About Your Personality Quiz:  https://shebirthsbravely.com/quiz

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shebirthsbravely/

In todays episode we hear the end of Tanya's story.

To remind everyone, last week we left Tanya:

*She's spent the whole pregnancy on a boat with her 4 other children & husband
*the boat is docked in Sarasota Florida for the birth
*Although it's her 5th birth, it doesn't go quickly
*The midwife sends her to see an acupuncturist during her stalled labor
*Tanya is terrified of needles

Listen to how this birth unfolds....

Castor oil and labor
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7138266/

https://evidencebasedbirth.com/ebb-128-inducing-labor-with-castor-oil-and-dates/ 

This week's episode features details of a pregnancy on a boat.

My guest Tanya shared her experiences of her other 4 births on an earlier episodes:

Her first episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-you-learn-from-your-first-two-of-5-births/id1546909059?i=1000617239231

The second half of that story: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-happens-when-with-each-birth-you-get-closer-to/id1546909059?i=1000618066765
 
She had a variety of experiences in the hospital:
*induced labor
*shoulder dystocia
*large babies
with midwives and OBs, but this pregnancy and birth are entirely different. 

She shares what she learned both about her body and the process of birthing, including the fears she had and how she overcame them. 

Acupuncture & Labor Induction

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6953318/

https://www.ajogmfm.org/article/S2589-9333(23)00414-7/fulltext

Today's guest uses IVF to get pregnant
* she's successful, but nearly not
*she has a relatively straightforward pregnancy, but
*hypertension sneaks in at the finish line, and
*a not straightforward postpartum, ushered in by a hemorrhage and uterine atony.

She  can look back over that experience at both the beautiful and hard parts, and learn something important from them.




geriatric patient
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6789409/https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22438-advanced-maternal-age
unexplained infertility
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23187-unexplained-infertility
retained placenta
https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijgo.14800
https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/placenta-delivery#takeaway
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6789409/
breastfeeding trends
https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/nis_data/rates-any-exclusive-bf-state-2020.htm

This week we have the end of my conversation with Andria. 

She talks about:
* how that first birth unfolded
* dealing with the unexpected C section and all the pain and fear that it brought
* the difficulties of that first postpartum 

AND 
she also shares:
*the research she did for the second birth
*the value of the midwife
*the empowered birth she created

Dr Amutah-Onukagha shares her advice for how to manage challenging birth settings and her hopes for the future of black maternal care

In today's episode I talk to a woman who walked into her pregnancy imagining that:
*  it would be relatively easy
* miscarriage wasn't a part of the equation and 
* that her doctor would tell her everything she needed to know. 

It's a very relatable story, given that this is the way a lot of us walk into this experience. It's certainly the way I initially walked into pregnancy. 

She'd wanted an unmedicated birth, but her scheduled induction turned into a C section in a way that really scared her and her husband. It also taught her how to adopt a different approach for the second child. 

We talk about her experience as a black woman in a maternity setting, and I also talk with a fantastic professor of black maternal health who shares the work she's doing in improving this setting from within a medical school.

ACOG preparation for an unmedicated birth:
https://www.acog.org/womens-health/experts-and-stories/the-latest/thinking-about-childbirth-without-pain-medication-heres-how-you-can-prepare

Dr. Amutah-Onukagha at Tufts School of Medicine: https://medicine.tufts.edu/people/faculty/ndidiamaka-amutah-onukagha

Note: this episode contains some information about military sexual trauma; no explicit details are shared

In today's episode we hear from a woman who navigated her pregnancy and birth with all kinds of obstacles, including that her partner was away on military assignment 

She also encountered some significant issues in delivery that turned out to be related to an undiagnosed chronic condition-- Ehler Danlos syndrome, 

Once she got her diagnosis, she was able to use it to improve the lives of her children.

She also shares what she did to create the community around her that she needed, and how ultimately getting a diagnosis dramatically changed her life and her children's lives.

For more facts on military sexual trauma: https://www.protectourdefenders.com/?fbclid=IwAR1hFiujoboAufjSw7MrN2TnBM9CSnhgRa84TrcOqSpKYCTiaYmvGowIe1g