What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights

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In this episode we feature the story of a young woman who pursued pregnancy in a country different from her own, where language barriers and a different approach to care contributed to what became her life threatening condition. Originally told that she was not pregnant, she learns, many weeks later she has an ectopic pregnancy--but not your garden variety ectopic pregnancy.  Thanks to her organized effort and perseverance, she saved her own life. In a second pregnancy, she goes on to deliver a beautiful daughter, who is a mirror of her mother's driven spirit.

For more detailed show notes and links, see:
https://warstoriesfromthewomb.com/

This is a weekly show that highlights real pregnancy, birth & postpartum stories.

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This is an introduction to War Stories from the Womb, the why and what of the podcast.

For more information, see:
https://warstoriesfromthewomb.com/

This is a weekly show that highlights real pregnancy, birth & postpartum stories.

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Many women approach pregnancy, and especially the birth of their children, as a sacred moment, as something they’ve long contemplated before it arrives. And with these thoughts come expectations. Such was the case for my guest today. For all three of her children’s births, she’d imagined a natural birth, with both the pain and the sense of triumph that experience involves. But circumstance got in the way, once, twice, all three times.  Despite the challenges she faced, including peripartum depression, she found some significant ways to square the difference between expectation and reality, and when she couldn’t find them, she created them. Using her experience as inspiration, she co-founded the Omaha Better Birth Project, to help give women the birth experience they imagined. For more about her non profit, see: https://omahabetterbirth.org/

For extended show notes and links to medical issues in this episode, see:

https://warstoriesfromthewomb.com


This is a weekly show that highlights real pregnancy, birth & postpartum stories.

002. In this episode we feature the story of a young woman who pursued pregnancy in a country different from her own, where language barriers and a different approach to care contributed to what became her life threatening condition. Originally told that she was not pregnant, she learns, many weeks later she has an ectopic pregnancy--but not your garden variety ectopic pregnancy.  Thanks to her organized effort and perseverance, she saved her own life. In a second pregnancy, she goes on to deliver a beautiful daughter, who is a mirror of her mother's driven spirit.

This is a weekly show that highlights real pregnancy, birth & postpartum stories.