195: Jessica left the hospital without her baby

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 1 November 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Having your first baby is exciting. Your life is changing because you’re gonna be bringing this new little human into your home and into your family. The whole dynamic will change. Your focus will change. But having that first baby can also be a little scary. You’ve never done this before. You don’t really know what to expect exactly. You might even wonder if you’re doing it right. Today you’re going to hear from Jessica. She and Cody were looking forward to the birth of their first child, their little girl named Hayden. But things didn’t happen as they expected. Content warning – this episode includes discussion of stillbirth. If you’d like to contact Jessica, you can do that through her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/j3ssbb/ Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/195 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/WHATWAS and get on your way to being your best self. To get 15% off your next gift, go to UncommonGoods.com/WHATWAS Sign up today at https://www.butcherbox.com/whatwas and use code whatwas to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year, plus $20 off your first order. Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/WHAT Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Go to Seed.com/what and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to storyworth.com/what to save $10 on your first purchase! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/whatwas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Please consult the episode notes for content warnings.
0:04.0	Having your first baby is exciting.
0:10.0	Your life is changing because you're going to be bringing this new little human into your home and into your family.
0:17.0	The whole dynamic will change. Your focus will change. But having that first baby
0:25.4	can also be a little scary. You've never done this before. You don't really know what to expect
0:32.7	exactly. You might even wonder if you're doing it right.
0:41.5	Today you're going to hear from Jessica.
0:48.6	She and Cody were looking forward to the birth of their first child, their little girl named Hayden.
0:52.7	But things didn't happen as they expected.
1:01.4	Real people in unreal situations.
1:07.7	The eerie silence when I walked in, and he's just staring at me.
1:10.0	I was like, hello, like, are you okay?
1:14.6	And then I had to tell him, it was me. I was like, hello, like, are you okay? And then I had to tell him it was me. There was just blood everywhere.
1:16.6	They're shouting, they're screaming, they're being hit by bullets, they're hitting the ground.
1:20.6	And in that moment, I literally thought this is how I die.
1:24.6	Everything changed then.
1:26.6	And I just thought to myself, this isn't happening. Every single
1:31.4	story deserves to be heard. I'm Scott Johnson, and this is what was that like?
1:47.0	Hey, it's Scott, and guess what?
1:49.1	You're about to hear an ad.
1:51.0	And that's both good and bad.
1:55.6	It's good because ads are what make it possible for me to keep bringing you these episodes.
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