697| Two Birth Stories and Perineal Massage - Dr. Joanna Ellington (encore)
The Birth Hour - A Birth Story Podcast
Bryn Huntpalmer
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2022
⏱️ 71 minutes
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In spite of being a Large Animal Veterinarian (Board Certified in Animal ObGyn) and a Reproductive Physiologist studying human fertility, Dr. Joanna Ellington was surprised when the flu threw off her ovulation cycle and an unplanned pregnancy occurred. Using excellent classic references like Active Birth and Spiritual Midwifery, Joanna used perineal massage to prepare for childbirth, and was maybe a little too active with a 2 mile hike that turned into 5 miles the day before her membranes began leaking. An induction resulted in a normal birth where Joanna used her knowledge of birth and lactation in animals to enjoy the process as much as possible, even telling her midwife “That was kind of fun!”
Joanna's second son was born within 10 minutes after she arrived at the hospital. In the chaos and discomfort of having two male doctors she had never met working on her son and her private parts, Joanna coped by switching into “medical professional mode" and talking to them about her research. But, she lost her focus on her baby and the moment. Sadly, she forgot to invite her waiting son and mother in to see the birth, as she had planned. This was a valuable lesson of not “taking care of others” or outwardly focusing during birth, but staying centered and baby focused.
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| 0:00.0 | I think my water just broke. I felt like things really intensify. She was right there and |
| 0:09.5 | she was coming. It was it was an amazing feeling. I'm gonna cry just thinking about it. I could |
| 0:14.7 | feel her head. We heard her cry. We were squeezing hands and she was screaming. I'm |
| 0:22.0 | Brynn Hunt Palmer and you're listening to The Birth Hour. This podcast is designed as a safe place |
| 0:27.3 | to come together and share childbirth stories. Stick around and join us to hear informative and |
| 0:32.3 | empowering birth journeys from all over the world. Today's episode is sponsored by Fairhaven Health. |
| 0:42.0 | Fairhaven Health offers a wide range of products for fertility, pregnancy, breastfeeding, |
| 0:46.3 | and women's health. Today we're highlighting a product from their vaginal care line, baby it, |
| 0:51.0 | perineal massage, and postpartum gel. Baby it is a water-based isotonic and paraben-free gel designed |
| 0:58.8 | specifically for perineal massage during pregnancy and to soothe sore tissues postpartum. Fairhaven |
| 1:05.0 | Health is generously offering 15% off all products with the code birthhour15 at fairhavenhealth.com. |
| 1:12.0 | At the end of this episode I'll speak with Suzanne from Fairhaven Health all about their baby it product. |
| 1:16.9 | I'd love to take a minute to tell you about our online childbirth course called Know Your Options. |
| 1:22.8 | This course takes you from the final week's of pregnancy all the way through preparing for |
| 1:26.5 | birth and postpartum as well as a bonus course all about pumping, storing milk and preparing to go |
| 1:31.6 | back to paid work if that's part of your plan. You can see all the different modules laid out for you |
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| 1:46.1 | love to have you join the private Facebook group for that course as well as our biweekly zoom calls. |
| 1:51.2 | So again, head over to thebirthhour.com slash course to get all the info and use the coupon code |
| 1:56.7 | 1-00-0-F for $100 off enrollment. We'd also love to tell any new listeners who haven't heard that we |
| 2:04.0 | have a Patreon group. You can head over to patreon.com slashbirthhour to see all the information there |
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