Whoa, Baby! Common Questions about Labor, Delivery, and Postpartum

The PedsDocTalk Podcast: Child Health, Development & Parenting—From a Pediatrician Mom

Dr. Mona Amin

Medicine, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Parenting

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

I welcome Labor and Delivery Nurse and Instagram phenom, @mommy.labornurse to discuss your common questions about labor, delivery, and postpartum. Liesel is also 36 weeks pregnant with her second child at the time of the recording. We discuss how she is approaching her delivery this time around, what she's looking forward to, how she's staying safe being pregnant in a pandemic, what we both wish we had known prior to delivering, and your common questions submitted on my Instagram @pedsdoctalk! How best can I advocate for myself during labor, especially during a pandemic? (Ill chime in about COVID precautions) What are some C-section must-haves? What are some vaginal delivery postpartum must-haves? How can I maximize BF success postpartum? How to care for stitches postpartum? Listen is as we have a fun discussion about the joys of pregnancy, delivery, and motherhood! Follow us @pedsdoctalk and @mommy.labornurse on Instagram to continue the conversation! Check out my weekly videos on child health & development by ⁠⁠subscribing to PedsDocTalk on YouTube⁠⁠. Get trusted pediatric advice, relatable parenting insights, and evidence-based tips delivered straight to your inbox—join thousands of parents who rely on the PDT newsletter to stay informed, supported, and confident. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! And don’t forget to follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@pedsdoctalkpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Instagram—our new space just for parents looking for real talk and real support. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠PedsDocTalk Podcast Sponsorships⁠⁠⁠⁠ page of the website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to episode 27, Whoa Baby, common questions about labor, delivery, and postpartum. Hey everyone. Welcome to the PEDs Doc Talk Podcast. I'm your host Dr Mona
0:17.8	where each week I hope to educate and inspire you in your journey through
0:21.0	parenthood with information on your most common concerns as a parent
0:25.0	and interviews with fellow parents and experts in the field,
0:28.0	my hope is you leave each week feeling more educated,
0:31.0	confident, and empowered in the decisions you make for your child.
0:34.0	Hello and welcome to this week's episode. I have Liesel from Mommy Labor Nurse.
0:48.8	So if you are not following Mommy Labor Nurse already, you definitely need to she is a labor
0:54.7	and delivery nurse who is also pregnant with her second baby and she is
0:58.8	recording this episode when she is almost 36 weeks pregnant thank you so much for being here today.
1:04.1	How are you doing?
1:05.4	I'm happy to be here.
1:06.4	Thank you.
1:07.4	I'm doing great.
1:08.4	It's really, like I was just telling you before we got started up, I'm really,
1:10.8	I feel good for being almost 36 weeks I'm like counting my lucky
1:15.2	stars that I'm not miserable yet and I'm sleeping pretty good I mean it's it's good I'm
1:20.6	good I'm good I'm so so happy that you could join me. I know you know obviously where you're at and you're
1:26.0	gestational right now but also given you know obviously you're very busy with your
1:30.9	amazing page and your amazing podcast and that's you know I don't
1:35.7	think I've ever told you but I actually found when I first started Instagram I found your
1:40.6	page because some of my my friends were like you need to follow her.
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