The Juna Moms Podcast

Postpartum Stories: 55 Hours of Labor


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In this episode Sarah talks with Becca Pardess, a Mom of baby Shane. Becca shares her postpartum story and birth story, which includes a 55-hour labor and getting preeclampsia during labor.

The doctors then had to put her on a magnesium drip, which basically makes you feel like you're hung over. And then she pushed for four hours and 45 minutes and topped it off with a second degree tear and then an episiotomy.

In this episode Sarah and Becca go into detail about:

  • -how she got put on a benadryl drip to help soften her cervix
  • -the postpartum shakes
  • -cursing at her own placenta
  • -feeding a baby after having gestational diabetes
  • -ice diapers
  • -magnesium drip
  • -attempting to breastfeed for the first time
  • -postpartum depression
  • -postpartum nightmare about giving birth in a baby factory
  • - and much more!
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