Dominique Weiss tells her High Risk Birth Story of pregnancy and delivery of twins. Dominique is a labor nurse and found out she was pregnant with twins a few months after a miscarriage. She shares her story with early ultrasound mishaps, delivering her twins vaginally, and more.

Shaindy wrote in to Dr. Fox to share her High Risk Birth Story and her experiences with pregnancy in both Israel and New York City, plus some of the differences in the medical systems between these two places. She tells the story of delivering and losing her first baby in Israel and, later, having a cerclage and high-risk pregnancy in New York through Covid.

Caroline, an FOM (Friend of Melka) joins High Risk Birth Stories to talk about her difficult experience with pregnancy. Caroline has type 1 diabetes, and had to manage this condition as well as nausea until 26 weeks and placenta previa at 18 weeks through her pregnancy.

Leah Stern emailed Dr. Fox to share her High Risk Birth Story because “my story was really miraculous, I am extremely grateful for our happy ending.” In this episode, she describes a subchorionic hematoma, preterm labor at 25 weeks, and eventually delivering her son at 30 weeks.

Simi Hersko, who was previously a Healthful Woman guest to talk about ATime, joins High Risk Birth Stories to talk about her own experience. Simi’s story includes struggling with infertility, miscarrying twins after IVF, and choosing not to resuscitate her twins born at 23 weeks.

Laura Lane, co-host of the “This is Why” podcast, joins Dr. Fox to discuss her pregnancies. After learning that she only has half of a uterus, Laura learned more about fertility and her best options for having children. She explains her struggles with miscarriage and later the birth of her son, Rilo, in 2018.

Aviva Breda tells her High Risk Birth Story, which includes complications from a short cervix, contractions at 24 weeks, and weeks of bed rest.

Dr. Aimee Baron is the founder of “I Was Supposed to Have a Baby,” an online space for everyone in the Jewish community struggling with infertility and miscarriage. In this episode, Dr. Baron shares her own story of secondary infertility, multiple second trimester losses, and moving away from her job as a pediatrician while grieving.

TW: Miscarriage.

Melanie Kule tells her High Risk Birth Story, which involves multiple miscarriages, getting pregnant with IVF and having a healthy 10 pound baby, and later having twins with a gestational carrier.

Sara Shapiro shares her High Risk Birth Story of getting pregnant with her first child three years after a liver transplant. After planning to carry to full term and have a vaginal delivery, Sara was induced at 37 weeks and had an emergency C-section despite concerns about scar tissue from her transplant. Learn more about her story in this episode.