Ep182: Megan’s Birth Story - Knowing Which Questions to Ask Makes SUCH A Huge Difference
Birth With Power
Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Megan is here to share her experience of moving cross country during her pregnancy, having to find a new OB, and then needing to be induced at 39 weeks. Although things didn't go exactly as she would have liked she was ultimately very happy with her experience and she says a big part of that was because of the education that she got from being a member of The Birth Preparation Course!
We talk a lot in this episode about the shortcomings of the American healthcare system when it comes to pregnancy and birth. Even with the best care staff you’re oftentimes very much on your own. Megan does a great job of exemplifying how to pick up where medical care leaves off by educating herself and asking others in her community for help.
In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:
-What made Megan choose to sign up for the birth prep course
-How Megan got proactive with her birth experience
-What it was like for Megan to have PUPPP
-What cholestasis is and how it affected Megan’s pregnancy
-How childbirth education helped Megan to understand vacuum assisted delivery and feel more confident when it came time to make that decision
-How she worked through breastfeeding issues
-When she decided it was time to be done with nursing and how that made her feel
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| 0:00.0 | This is a birth story episode where things didn't go exactly as anticipated. |
| 0:06.4 | Megan had something called pups, colistasis, and a vacuum-assisted birth, |
| 0:11.4 | but she was ultimately very satisfied with her experience, |
| 0:15.1 | and you're going to hear all about that in the episode. |
| 0:27.9 | 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. I've had |
| 0:34.3 | 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. |
| 0:45.5 | Quick note, this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice. |
| 0:51.8 | Check out the full disclaimer at Dr.Nockelrenkins.com forward slash |
| 0:55.8 | disclaimer. Now let's get to it. |
| 1:02.0 | Want to feel more calm and confident about giving birth? The Birth with Power Brief is my free |
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| 1:30.8 | forward slash email to sign up today. Hello there. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. |
| 1:38.0 | This is episode number 182. Thank you for being here with me today. In today's episode, we have a great birth story with |
| 1:46.4 | Megan. Megan is a mother to Noah and wife to Joel. They are a military family currently |
| 1:52.7 | located in the national capital region. She is a social worker by training and is passionate |
| 1:59.0 | about mental health and helping people in trauma recovery. |
| 2:04.4 | Megan enjoys reading, baking, and painting. She is here today to share her experience of moving |
| 2:12.6 | cross-country during her pregnancy, having to find a new OB, and then needing to be induced at 39 weeks |
| 2:20.5 | after being diagnosed with something called pups, P-U-P-P-PS, and coli-stasis. And although things |
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