Ep 278: Jenna’s Birth Story - Expecting More Than Just “A Healthy Baby”

Birth With Power

Dr. Nicole C. Rankins

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

How did a birth described as “a series of traumatic events” end up being the best experience of Jenna’s life? Despite all of the unexpected challenges, getting through the 65 hour labor and birth helped her find peace and confidence in her intuition.

Jenna’s story reminds us that it’s okay to feel both grateful to a medical team and to feel upset about how certain aspects of care were handled. It’s well beyond time to stop saying that “all that matters is a healthy baby”—the full experience matters, too. I’m so excited for you to hear Jenna’s journey and how she navigated this incredibly challenging birth.

In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:

Why Jenna booked a preconception consultation
How polyhydramnios and gestational diabetes affected the pregnancy
Why she opted for a 39-week induction
Which interventions her team used to help progress labor
What challenges her baby’s position presented
How she managed through a failed epidural experience
How her intuition and persistence led to an emergency C-section
What an Erb’s Palsy diagnosis meant for her baby’s recovery
What role postpartum therapy played in reframing her experience

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0:00.0	In this birth story episode with Jenna, you're going to learn how a birth described as a series of traumatic events ended up being the best experience of her life.
0:18.1	Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast.
0:21.8	If you're having a baby in the hospital, you are giving birth in a system that too often takes away power from women over what happens in their own bodies.
0:30.5	I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankins, a practicing board certified OBGYN, who's had the privilege of helping well over a thousand babies into this world.
0:38.4	I've been a doctor for over 20 years and I'm here to help you take back your power,
0:43.5	advocate for yourself, and have the beautiful pregnancy and birth that you deserve.
0:48.0	This podcast is for educational purposes only and it's not a substitute for medical advice.
0:52.7	Check out the full disclaimer at Dr.Nockelrenk's.com forward slash disclaimer. Now let's get to it. Hey, if you're not getting
1:01.3	the birth with power brief in your inbox each week, you are missing out. It's my free newsletter
1:09.5	with trusted tips, mindset shifts, and birth prep
1:13.5	strategies to help you feel calm and confident without doom scrolling for answers. Go to
1:20.7	Dr.Nockelrenkens.com forward slash email and get on the list. Hello there. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. This is
1:31.7	episode number 278, whether it is your first time listening or you have been here before. I am so
1:38.4	glad you're spending some time with me today. Jenna, her husband, John, and their beautiful daughter, Nora, live up north by Lake Superior.
1:47.9	Jenna's birth experience was transformative, marked by what her midwife described as a series
1:54.6	of traumatic events. And by traumatic events, we mean a 65-hour labor induction, an epidural that had to be replaced
2:03.4	twice and never really worked, three hours of pushing, a C-section with a spinal that had to be
2:10.5	done three times, something called uterine at knee during a C-section, which can increase
2:15.7	bleeding. Her baby had a birth injury. She also
2:19.3	had delayed postpartum bleeding that required something called a hystoroscopy, and she was diagnosed
2:25.4	with something called placenta site nodule. Now, despite all of those challenges, Jenna said her
2:33.6	birth had wonderful moments and was in fact the best experience of
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