REPLAY: EBB 253 – Preparing for a 38-week Labor Induction due to Intrauterine Growth Restriction with Leah Bergman, EBB Childbirth Class Graduate
Evidence Based Birth®
Rebecca Dekker
4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everyone. On today's podcast, we're going to talk with Leah Bergman, evidence-based birth |
| 0:05.1 | childbirth class graduate about her birth story and experience using the EBB childbirth class |
| 0:10.0 | to prepare for a labor induction due to intrauterine growth restriction. |
| 0:18.0 | Welcome to the evidence-based birth podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker, and I'm a nurse with my PhD and the founder of evidence-based birth. Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based information into the hands of families and professionals around the world. As a reminder, this information is not medical advice. See eBbirth.com slash |
| 0:40.0 | disclaimer for more details. Hi, everyone, and welcome to today's episode of the Evidence-Based |
| 0:47.5 | Birth Podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker, pronouns she-her, and I'll be your host for today's |
| 0:52.4 | episode. Today, we are so excited to welcome a graduate |
| 0:55.8 | of our evidence-based childbirth class to share their birth story. Before we get started, |
| 1:00.8 | I want to let you know that we will be talking about interneeding growth restriction or fetal growth |
| 1:05.0 | restriction, including the risk of stillbirth associated with that condition and the use of |
| 1:10.2 | medical interventions to |
| 1:11.3 | medically induce labor. If there are any other detailed content or trigger warnings, |
| 1:16.3 | we'll post them in the description or show notes that go along with this episode. And now I'd |
| 1:20.8 | like to introduce our honored guest, Leah Bergman. Leah Bergman, pronouns she, her, is a new mom |
| 1:26.8 | who recently made the decision to leave her full-time |
| 1:29.1 | job as a church musician to dedicate more time to her family and raising her daughter. |
| 1:34.5 | Leah received bachelor's degrees in cello performance and music education from the Ohio State |
| 1:39.3 | University and attended Luther's Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota as a Masters of Sacred Music student. |
| 1:46.2 | While living in the Twin Cities, she performed with various ensembles, including singing with a national Lutheran choir. |
| 1:53.4 | Originally from Iowa, Leah moved back to Iowa in 2016, where she has enjoyed playing her cello with local music and theater groups. When she's not |
| 2:01.9 | involved in music or busy with her baby, Leah enjoys cooking, knitting, coloring, sewing, and going |
| 2:07.3 | on walks with her husband Gunner and their dog Winnie. Both Leah and Gunner were graduates of the |
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What happens when your carefully planned, low-intervention birth transforms into something entirely unexpected? In this replay episode, Dr. Rebecca Dekker revisits her conversation with Leah Bergman, a graduate of the Evidence Based Birth® Childbirth Class, and her birth story of navigating a surprise diagnosis of fetal growth restriction (sometimes called intrauterine growth restriction or IUGR) in late pregnancy. Together, they unpack the emotional rollercoaster of changing birth plans, wrestling with uncertainty, and making tough decisions around induction while still finding space for empowerment, advocacy, and joy.
Leah opens up about leaning on evidence-based education, support from her husband and doula, and a compassionate midwifery team as she faced a challenging induction process complete with surprises, setbacks, and two trips to the hospital. You'll also hear practical strategies for advocating during labor, the realities of taking a break from an induction then "starting over", and how to build a positive birth experience even when things go off script.
Content Note: Discussion of the risk of stillbirth associated with fetal growth restriction.
(10:43) Placenta health and birth timing
(14:50 Discussing timing of delivery
(17:41) Labor induction experience
(23:29 Beginning stages of labor induction
(25:55) Advocating for rest during labor
(28:48) Unexpectedly quick delivery experience
(31:51) Managing baby's low birth weight
For more information about Evidence Based Birth® and a crash course on evidence based care, visit www.ebbirth.com. Follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Ready to learn more? Grab an EBB Podcast Listening Guide or read Dr. Dekker's book, "Babies Are Not Pizzas: They're Born, Not Delivered!" If you want to get involved at EBB, join our Professional membership (scholarship options available) and get on the wait list for our EBB Instructor program. Find an EBB Instructor here, and click here to learn more about the EBB Childbirth Class.