EP 300: When to Head to the Hospital in Labor
The Pregnancy to Parenting Show with Elizabeth Joy
Elizabeth Presta
4.2 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Liz is diving into the signs of labor and how to know when it is time to go to the hospital. Depending on the type of birth you want, this can affect the time you plan on laboring at home. The signs of labor can sometimes be confusing but there is truly one way to know that you are really in labor!
Resources
https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-inducing-labor-water-breaks-term/
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199604183341601
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Elizabeth Joy, a birth dula, a prenatal coach and birth advocate passionate about all things from pregnancy to parenting. |
| 0:14.0 | In this podcast we will be hearing from amazing experts and moms just like you |
| 0:19.4 | as we continue to grow in this fun, chaotic, and beautiful season of life. |
| 0:24.2 | Welcome to the pregnancy to parenting show. |
| 0:29.6 | Welcome back to the pregnancy to parenting show. I'm so excited to continue this week |
| 0:35.8 | with you guys putting out five episodes this week, getting right to the point with |
| 0:41.4 | some education and doing some awesome giveaways. |
| 0:45.0 | So I'm really excited that you are listening or that you're watching on YouTube and |
| 0:50.0 | that you are along for this ride with me. |
| 0:53.7 | We are going to talk today about how to know |
| 0:56.9 | when you are in labor and when to go to the hospital |
| 0:59.7 | or birthing center. |
| 1:01.4 | This isn't really necessarily for home birth because if you are planning on home |
| 1:05.0 | birthing, you've probably already been in communication with your midwife and collaborating |
| 1:10.0 | together on when the right time is for the midwife to come. |
| 1:16.0 | You can actually really tell from a phone conversation. |
| 1:20.0 | As a birth dula, I do that. |
| 1:21.0 | I'll talk to clients on the phone, you can kind of gauge where they're at by just listening through a contraction. |
| 1:28.0 | And I've had that happen with my last couple of births too, calling the midwife. |
| 1:34.5 | She's kind of listening through a contraction seeing what I'm doing and you can gauge a lot on that when it's time |
| 1:40.4 | to come in all hospitals and providers kind of like have their own thing |
| 1:44.8 | that they're gonna tell you. |
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