Hey friend, quick note. I'm taking a summer break to rest, realign, and finish some exciting

things behind the scenes. While I'm away, I'm sharing some of the most loved episodes. Look for power

replays in your feed. Whether this is one of those episodes or this is a gem you found on your own from the archives,

enjoy.

Wishing you a joyful summer and I will see you in October.

One of my favorite parts of this podcast is birth stories and I know that you love birth stories too.

So I hope that you enjoy this special rebroadcast episode of my birth stories where I talk about

the births of my two girls. I focus a lot on the birth of my first daughter. She was born eight

weeks early. She had a rare intestinal malformation, had to have surgery three days after birth. She spent a

month in the NICU. I also had a C-section for her and did not

have adequate anesthesia. So I share all of that in the episode today. And don't worry,

everything turned out fine. I hope you enjoy the episode. Welcome to the all about pregnancyregnancy 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 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. Quick note, this podcast is for educational purposes only, and it's not

a substitute for medical advice. Check out the full disclaimer at Dr. Nicole Rankins.com

forward slash disclaimer. Now let's get to it.

Well, hello there. As always, I am glad to have you here today. On today's episode of the

podcast, I am going to open all the way up and share my two birth stories. Fair warning, there is some

trauma and a little bit of regret involved in my birth stories. So if that may bother you,

you can sit this episode out. But I will say that even with the not so good aspects of

my birth stories, I am grateful for what I've been able to learn from the experiences and how

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