[Birth Stories] Natural Induction Attempt, Frustrating Vaginal Checks, and a Not-So Helpful Epidural
Birthful
Adriana Lozada
4.7 • 706 Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2018
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Margo Fox shares her challenging vaginal birth, that included trying all the natural things to avoid a medical induction, navigating disappointing vaginal checks, reluctantly getting an epidural. And yet, she persisted.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the birthful podcast. I'm Adriana Lozada, and on today's Friday |
| 0:16.0 | birthful story, I'll be talking with Margo Fox about her challenging vaginal birth that |
| 0:20.5 | included trying |
| 0:21.2 | all the natural things to avoid a medical induction, navigating disappointing vaginal checks, |
| 0:26.0 | and reluctantly getting an epidural. And yet, she persisted. Stay tuned. |
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