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The Longest Shortest Time

Ina May's Guide, Completely Revised and Updated

The Longest Shortest Time

Hillary Frank | QCODE

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.84.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The mother of modern midwifery returns to tell you (yes, YOU) that if you didn’t have a “natural birth,” you are not a failure. Heads up, this episode contains discussion of childbirth injuries and traumatic birth. To join the conversation, go to longestshortesttime.com! Sign up for our newsletter. Follow us on Instagram. This episode is brought to you by Pillsbury Crescent Rolls, Third Love, and ThredUP.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey people, it's Hillary and what you're about to hear today is a little different from

0:12.4

our usual format and it's also very special.

0:16.2

First, we're going to dig way back into our archives to 2014 and play you a show that

0:21.6

I made 190 episodes ago.

0:25.4

It was episode 28 and it's called the Missing Chapter to Ina Mae's Guide.

0:30.2

Then, we're going to play you an update to that story.

0:33.9

And guys, I have been crossing my fingers for five years that this update would happen.

0:39.9

It's an update that's personally meaningful to me and I hope it will be to you too.

0:46.0

Also a quick note on language.

0:47.9

When you hear me talk about natural birth, what I mean is birth without surgery or medication.

0:54.0

I've never loved the term natural because it implies that some births are unnatural.

0:59.8

But this is the term that people were using back when I first made this episode.

1:03.7

So that is what you'll hear me say.

1:05.9

Okay, here we go.

1:08.1

The Missing Chapter to Ina Mae's Guide.

1:10.6

A year ago, I was a guest on a live call-in show.

1:27.9

Welcome, I'm Holly Kernen and this is your call.

1:30.9

That day on your call, Holly was discussing choices in childbirth.

1:35.6

Holly gave birth in 1999 and like me, she wanted to do it naturally.

1:41.6

And then the actual day comes and it is nothing like I've imagined or planned for.

1:47.1

It seems like every device in the hospital is attached to me and I am being pumped full

1:51.4

of drugs.

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