S23 Ep2: Life Threatening Emergency
Something Was Wrong
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4.1 • 24.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
*Content warning: birth trauma, medical trauma and neglect, death, infant loss, pregnancy loss, SIDS, postpartum depression.
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*Sources:
American College of Nurse Midwives
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
APGAR Score
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003402.htm
Birth Trauma
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/birth-trauma
Breech Baby
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21848-breech-baby
Intravenous nutrient therapy: the "Myers' cocktail"
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12410623/
March of Dimes
https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/about-us
Maternal placental abnormality and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10192307/
Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC)
National Midwifery Institute
https://www.nationalmidwiferyinstitute.com/midwifery
North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)
Preeclampsia
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/preeclampsia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355745
Pseudocholinesterase deficiency
State investigating Dallas birth center and midwives, following multiple complaints from patients
Succinylcholine injection
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/drugs/20755-succinylcholine-injection
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Tawagi, George. "Compound Presentations." Oxorn-Foote Human Labor & Birth, 6e Eds. Glenn D. Posner, et al. McGraw-Hill Medical, 2014,
https://obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=1247§ionid=75163840.
Umbilical Cord Prolapse
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/12345-umbilical-cord-prolapse
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)
Zucker School of Medicine, Amos Grunebaum, MD
https://faculty.medicine.hofstra.edu/13732-amos-grunebaum/publications
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Something Was Wrong is intended for mature audiences. |
| 0:03.8 | This season contains discussions of medical negligence, birth trauma, and infant loss, |
| 0:10.2 | which may be upsetting for some listeners. |
| 0:13.1 | For a full content warning, sources, and resources, |
| 0:17.0 | please visit the episode notes. |
| 0:19.9 | Opinions shared by the guests of the show are their own |
| 0:22.4 | and do not necessarily represent the views of myself, |
| 0:26.5 | broken cycle media, and wondering. |
| 0:29.1 | The podcast in any linked materials should not be misconstrued |
| 0:32.9 | as a substitution for legal or medical advice. |
| 0:37.0 | At the time of this episode's release, |
| 0:39.3 | midwives Jennifer Crawford, |
| 0:41.2 | Gina Thompson, and Caitlin Wages |
| 0:43.2 | have not responded to our request for comment. |
| 0:47.3 | This season is dedicated with love to Malik. |
| 0:54.5 | You're making on me, you don't know me well at all. |
| 1:05.0 | You don't know anybody until you talk to someone. I'd had multiple high BP readings. |
| 1:34.4 | I had started to swell pretty severely. |
| 1:37.3 | At this point, I had abnormal lab results at 36 weeks. |
| 1:42.3 | My hemoglobin was low. |
| 1:44.5 | My hemacrit was abnormal as well. |
| 1:46.8 | So all of these things were suggesting that there was something more going on than just a normal pregnancy. |
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