EBB 147 - Long Preterm Birth with Caitlyn Martens

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

Pregnancy, Health & Fitness, Childbirth, Parenting, Birth, Medicine, Kids & Family, Doula, Obstetrician, Midwife

4.6 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

n this episode, I interview an Evidence Based Birth® Childbirth Class parent, Caitlyn Martens from Mesa, Arizona. Her son - now more than a year old - arrived a month early. Caitlyn took the EBB Childbirth Class with Instructor Lora Fiala, and had a doula. At 28 weeks Caitlyn switched her prenatal care from an OB practice to a midwife team, who were able to attend her at her planned hospital birth.

**Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss birth trauma, and an experience of newborn resuscitation with intubation is described.**

Caitlyn had a full spectrum of birth experiences - including a very long labor, nitrous oxide, an eventual c-section, and a few complications. We talk about how everything transpired, and her very healthy reflections and framing of these challenges. We also talk about the latest evidence on VBAC in birth centers.

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Lora Fiala's EBB Childbirth Class can be found here: https://birthwithknowledge.net/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with Caitlin Martin's about
0:04.2	her unexpectedly long but rewarding pre-term birth experience.
0:10.0	Welcome to the Evidence-based birth podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a
0:16.7	nurse with my PhD and the founder of evidence-based birth. Join me each week as we
0:22.2	work together to get evidence-based information into the hands of families and professionals around the world.
0:28.0	As a reminder this information is not medical advice.
0:32.0	See EB-B-B Birth.com slash disclaimer for more details.
0:37.0	Hi everyone today I'm so excited to welcome Caitlin Martins to the Evidence
0:41.9	Based Birth Podcast. Caitlin Martins to the Evidence-Based Birth podcast.
0:44.0	Caitlin Martins was working for a nonprofit that focuses on inclusion with individuals
0:49.0	with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
0:52.0	She just quit her job a week ago to be a stay-at-home parent.
0:55.6	Caitlin lives in Mesa, Arizona with her husband and they had their first child last
1:01.2	year in April of 2019. He arrived a month early.
1:06.1	Caitlin took the evidence-based birth childbirth class with EBB instructor Laura
1:10.3	Fiala and she also had a dla with her at her planned hospital birth.
1:15.4	She also received prenatal care from midwives at a birth center and those midwives were
1:19.2	able to attend her in her hospital birth.
1:22.3	Before you listen to Caitlin's story, I do want to give you a heads up with a content notice,
1:26.6	and that is we will talk about a birth where there was a newborn resuscitation
1:30.5	with intubation required. But overall I think Caitlin really shares an
1:35.8	amazing story of how she overcame her birth trauma and was able to look back on her
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