Ep132: Alex’s Birth Story - Cholestasis and Induction

Birth With Power

Dr. Nicole C. Rankins

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In today’s birth story episode we have Alex. Alex is an oncology pharmacist at her local cancer center. She joins us today to share her experiences with loss, pregnancy during Covid, a rare complication, and induction without an epidural.

This episode is an example of why it’s so important to have a pain management plan. You don’t know what options will work for you until you try. You need lots of tools in your toolbag which is why educating yourself is so important. You can take my new, quick quiz to assess your knowledge about managing pain in labor.

In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:

-Why Alex’s doctor recommended against a D&C (dilation and curettage) after miscarriage

-How Alex’s co-workers helped mitigate the risks of working in a cancer center

-What cholestasis is and how serious it can be

-How listening to birth stories helped Alex prepare for a non-epidural birth

-Why Alex’s doctor induced her in response to her cholestasis

-How quickly Alex’s pain level escalated and why she regrets utilizing nitrous oxide

-How effective pelvic floor therapy can be for myriad purposes

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, it's another great birth story episode.
0:09.0	Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast.
0:13.7	I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankin's, a board certified OBGYN who's been in practice for nearly 15 years.
0:20.5	I've had the privilege of helping over
0:22.4	1,000 babies into this world, and I'm here to help you be calm, confident, and empowered
0:29.2	to have a beautiful pregnancy in birth. Quick note, this podcast is for educational purposes only
0:35.3	and is not a substitute for medical advice.
0:38.4	Check out the full disclaimer at Dr.naclerenkins.com forward slash disclaimer.
0:43.4	Now let's get to it.
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0:58.1	you a fun pregnancy fact, one mind set shift, and one small step to prepare without the overwhelm.
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1:15.1	Head to Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash email to sign up today. Hello, hello. Welcome to
1:22.2	another episode of the podcast. This is episode number 132. Thank you for being here with me today. In today's
1:31.1	birth story episode, we have Alex. Alex is 30 years old. She had her baby girl in March of this year.
1:38.4	She's been married for four years, and they live in the mountains of Colorado. She is an oncology pharmacist at her local
1:46.2	cancer center and she likes to hike, ski, and travel. Alex joins us to share her experience of having
1:53.0	a miscarriage with her first pregnancy at around 11 weeks. She then got pregnant fairly quickly
1:58.4	thereafter about three months later. That pregnancy was pretty uneventful until about 33, 34 weeks when she started to have really bad itching.
2:07.4	And she was diagnosed with something called coli stasis of pregnancy.
2:11.0	And you're going to learn what that is in the episode.
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