Ep166: Taryn’s Birth Story - An Emergency Cesarean and a Stay in the NICU

Birth With Power

Dr. Nicole C. Rankins

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the podcast, being brought to you by Ellement prenatal supplements, we have Tarynn sharing her birth story. Tarynn is actually one of the members of The Birth Preparation Course. Things didn’t go exactly as planned with her birth, in fact they went exactly the opposite. Now it would be easy for me to only share birth stories from course students where everything went great but that would be dishonest of me. The reality is that sometimes things don’t go as you’d like, despite having done great childbirth education. Birth is an unpredictable process that can’t be controlled. But that doesn’t mean childbirth education isn’t important. Tarynn was thankful for the podcast and Birth Preparation Course as they helped her adjust on the fly and do what was necessary to get her baby home safe.

Baby Eleanor and Tarynn are doing well now but it took some time to get there. In sharing her story Tarynn hopes she can help others learn the value in being adaptable and shine a light on what she calls that “mama strength we all have inside of us”.

In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:

-Why it’s ok to switch doctors if it doesn’t feel like a good fit

-How COVID affected Tarynn’s prenatal care and birth

-How Tarynn decided to be induced at the last minute - and why she has some regrets about that

-How her induction ended in an emergency C-section

-What happened when both she and her baby developed sepsis

-How her baby ended up in a NICU hospital nearly two hours away

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0:00.0	This is a birth story episode and it is being brought to you by Element.
0:12.0	Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast. I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankins, a board certified
0:19.5	OBGYN who's been in practice for nearly 15 years.
0:23.2	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.
0:34.9	Quick note, this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute
0:39.6	for medical advice. Check out the full disclaimer at Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash disclaimer.
0:45.8	Now let's get to it.
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0:56.2	The Birth with Power Brief is my free weekly email that gives you a fun pregnancy fact,
1:04.0	one mind set shift, and one small step to prepare without the overwhelm. It's like having me in your corner cheering
1:14.4	you on every Thursday. Don't miss it. Head to Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash email to sign up
1:22.1	today. Hello there. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. This is episode number 166. I'm so glad you're spending some time with me today. So in this episode of the podcast, we have Terran sharing her birth story. Terran is one of the members of my online childbirth education class, the birth preparation course. The online childbirth education class, they get too
1:45.6	calm, confident, and empowered to have a beautiful birth. And things don't go exactly as Terran
1:54.2	wanted with her birth. In fact, they went exactly the opposite. Now, it would be easy for me to only share birth stories
2:03.2	from course students where everything went great. There are certainly plenty of those,
2:07.0	but that would be dishonest of me because the reality is that sometimes things don't go as you
2:13.4	like despite having done phenomenal childbirth education.
2:18.0	Birth is an unpredictable process that cannot be controlled.
2:21.3	But do not get it twisted.
2:23.1	That doesn't mean that Taryn doesn't think that the experience of the birth preparation
2:27.6	course wasn't good.
2:28.7	In fact, she said she was thankful for the podcast and the course.
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