Ep108: Kalishia’s Birth Story - Success with Transabdominal Cerclage

Birth With Power

Dr. Nicole C. Rankins

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of the podcast we have a unique birth story episode from Kalishia. Warning: This episode includes pregnancy loss.

Kailishia had a transabdominal cerclage and a successful full term pregnancy after exepreicing a miscarriage at 16 weeks and then a stillbirth at 21 weeks.

In this episode, Kalishia walks us through her experience. This episode is a bit longer because you really have to understand her first two pregnancies to understand the 3rd.

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0:00.0	In this birth story episode, you'll hear from Kalisha and her experience with trans
0:05.0	abdominal surclotch. Warning, this episode does involve pregnancy loss.
0:15.9	Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast. I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankins, a board certified OBGYN, who's been in practice for nearly 15 years.
0:27.2	I've had the privilege of helping over 1,000 babies into this world, and I'm here to help you be calm, confident, and empowered to have a beautiful pregnancy in birth. Quick note, this
0:39.7	podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice. Check out the full
0:45.9	disclaimer at Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash disclaimer. Now let's get to it.
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1:23.2	Hello, hello. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. This is episode number 108.
1:29.2	Thank you for being here with me today.
1:31.7	On today's episode, we have a birth story episode from Kalisha.
1:36.2	Kalisha had a transabdominal circlage and a successful full-term pregnancy as a result
1:41.8	after experiencing a miscarriage at 16 weeks and then a stillbirth
1:47.0	at 21 weeks.
1:48.0	A circlage is a stitch that is placed around the cervix and the cervix is the opening to
1:54.0	the uterus and that stitch helps to keep the cervix closed.
1:59.0	It can be placed either through the vagina, which is far more
2:02.7	common, and Kalicia actually had that before she had the transabdominal serclodge, or it can be
2:08.6	placed transabdominally, and you'll learn more about that in the episode. A circlage is something
2:14.2	that we do for women who have a weakened cervix for whatever reason, whether from
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