EBB 62 - Facing an unplanned Cesarean with parent Michelle Wilson
Evidence Based Birth®
Rebecca Dekker
4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I interview Michelle Wilson, one of the first parents to take the Evidence Based Birth Childbirth Class. Michelle has one son, Matthew, and is a stay-at-home mom in Berea, Kentucky. Michelle and her husband Matt were very passionate about gathering as much information as possible prior to Matthew's birth. They chose to plan a natural childbirth in a hospital setting, and Michelle labored with non-drug comfort measures for nearly 24 hours. Circumstances eventually led the baby to be born via cesarean.
While Michelle's c-section was an option she chose and was a good experience for her, she did end up with postpartum hemorrhaging.We discuss the evidence on postpartum hemorrhage in subsequent births, as well as the pros and cons of elective c-sections versus VBAC.
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California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative OB Hemorrhage Toolkit
VBAC Facts
Further studies to explore:
Postpartum Hemorrhage: Prevention and Treatment
Risk Factors for Severe Postpartum Hemorrhage After Cesarean Delivery: Case-Control Studies
Guise 2010 meta-analysis for the AHRQ
Landon et al. (2017)
NIH (2010) Consensus Statement
Association of Ontario Midwives VBAC Guidelines
Landon et al. (2016). "What We Have Learned About Trial of Labor After Cesarean Delivery from the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Cesarean Registry." Seminar Perinatol Aug;40(5):281-6
Landon et al. (2004)
Smith et al. (2002)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with Michelle Wilson about |
| 0:04.1 | her experience being one of the first to take the evidence-based birth childbirth |
| 0:08.3 | class and we'll also talk with her about Cezerians and postpartum hemorrhage. |
| 0:13.0 | Welcome to the Evidence-Based Birth Podcast. |
| 0:19.0 | My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse with my PhD |
| 0:22.0 | and the founder of Evidence Base Birth. |
| 0:25.0 | Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based information into the hands of families and professionals |
| 0:31.5 | around the world. |
| 0:33.0 | As a reminder, this information is not medical advice. |
| 0:36.4 | See EBbirth.com slash disclaimer for more details. |
| 0:42.4 | Hi everyone today I'm so excited to welcome Michelle Wilson to the Evidence-based Birth podcast. |
| 0:48.0 | Michelle lives in Berea, Kentucky, and she is the first-time mom to Matthew who is now five months old. |
| 0:56.0 | Michelle is currently a stay-at-home parent and when I met her she was one of the first people in the very first evidence-based birth childbirth class in Lexington, |
| 1:05.1 | Kentucky. |
| 1:06.1 | Welcome Michelle to the Evidence-based Birth podcast. |
| 1:09.3 | Hi, thanks for having me. |
| 1:11.2 | So I am just thrilled that you are joining us on the |
| 1:13.9 | podcast because I will never forget meeting you and your husband and just being |
| 1:18.7 | impressed by you right away about how you were so interested in just educating yourself and gathering as much |
| 1:24.7 | information as possible about pregnancy. Tell me a little bit about what led you to |
| 1:29.9 | take that evidence-based birth childbirth class when nobody had ever taken it before. |
| 1:34.3 | As you said, I am in everything in life, any new situation. |
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