Finding the Purpose of the Unexpected with Disability Advocate, Amber Pierson

Badass Basic Bitch

Brianna Dunbar-DeMike

Self-improvement, Entrepreneur, Life Coach, Career, Mom Boss, Mom, Working Mom, Parenting, Education

4.2 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Disability Advocate, Amber Pierson, and mom of Kai, found her life turned upside down at 36 weeks pregnant. Going with her gut, she demanded a scan at a non-traditional time in her pregnancy, which exposed a huge problem with her baby boy Kai who was born with Hydrocephalus. Unfortunately, Kai's diagnosis didn't end there and was diagnosed with Epilepsy, Cortical Dysplasia, Dandy-Walker Brain Malformation, and several others. Kai has had several major brain surgeries including ones to drain f...

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0:00.0	Never underestimate a badass basic bitch.
0:06.3	I'm Courtney.
0:07.2	I'm done fitting into what everybody else needs me to fit into.
0:10.9	And I'm Brianna.
0:12.1	You are the only one that can make this change.
0:15.9	We're here to bring you the badass basic bitch podcast.
0:19.2	We're going to share the untold stories and dive deep into the shit nobody talks about.
0:23.7	Buckle up, we're totally unfiltered, about to get very sassy and inviting you into some of our most intimate conversations.
0:30.6	Welcome to the Batty B Club.
0:35.6	Beautiful.
0:40.3	We'll see. We'll stand. Oh. Beautiful Word Wultz it will stand So we went back to the C-section room
0:50.3	And that was actually pretty calming
0:53.3	They walked us through the whole process. At that
0:55.7	moment, the only thing that mattered was let's get him out and make sure he's breathing.
1:05.2	On today's podcast, we're going to hear from Amber Pearson, who is a proud mom, a very special
1:10.0	boy, Kai. And at 36 weeks
1:12.5	pregnant, Amber found out that Kai had something called hydrocephalus. And we're going to go through
1:18.7	that journey with her and learn how Kai has changed hundreds of lives. Absolutely. Thanks so much for
1:27.2	having me, guys. So I'm Amber and I'm really excited to be
1:31.6	here and share Kai's story with you guys. Just like Brianna had mentioned, my husband and I have our
1:37.5	son Kai, and he's our one and only right now. And things were going great through my pregnancy. We were excited to be new parents and all
1:48.7	was good until about 36 weeks, which may seem a little odd because you don't typically
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