You're listening to the Mommy Labor Nurse Podcast episode number 24.

Hey guys, I hope everybody is having a good week amongst all this craziness still with the coronavirus.

I live in North Carolina and we just got word that it's

definitely going to be until the end of April before we can really leave our

houses or do anything normal.

We're currently on a shelter in place.

That means you really can't leave your house

unless it's absolutely necessary.

But it's all good.

We've been making it work and I'm feeling much better now since I was sick last week.

So this week we are doing a birth story and I recorded this a couple months back with my friend Amanda.

Amanda has been following me for a long time

and we have been going back and forth

DMing each other on social media for a long time.

And shout out to her because she was actually

the one who introduced me to my Barbies and getting my Barbies involved in my pictures.

So I love her for that. Thank you, Amanda.

Amanda came on my podcast today to share the story of her first birth, her daughter

Juniper, who she lost at term. Her and her husband had went into their last MFM appointment in the city for a

growth ultrasound before her scheduled induction that was just four days away. They heard the words at this appointment no

pregnant woman ever wants to hear. I'm sorry there is no heartbeat. Their

precious little baby Juniper had died still in womb. They left the clinic, stopped at home, and then

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