#025 Hannah - Midwife, brow presentation, severe morning sickness, short cervix, stitch, angel baby

25/10/2023 1h 41min

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Episode Synopsis

Hey hey, 

Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation. Today I am chatting with the lovely Hannah, who shares with us 2 pregnancies and births.
TRIGGER WARNING, in this episode, Hannah talks about the pregnancy and birth of her baby girl Olive who unfortunately passed away hours after being born. 

✔️getting pregnant with her first daughter Billie and experiencing anxiety (both due to her knowledge as a midwife and having a pre-existing anxiety condition) 
✔️how Hannah prepared herself and her partner for her labour and birth 
✔️finding out in labour that Billie was in a brow presentation and being at peace with having a c-section but finally birthing her vaginally 
✔️having shingles in the early weeks postpartum 
✔️finding out at 20 weeks that Hannah’s cervix had shortened, which meant getting weekly monitoring at the hospital and potentially getting a cervical stitch 
✔️Hannah’s waters breaking at 22 weeks and 3 days 
✔️seeing a neonatologist to discuss potential outcomes of a premature birth and what could be expected 
✔️Hannah and her husband Ben facing an impossible decision to continue with the pregnancy or induce labour at 22 weeks 
✔️Hannah’s labour and birth of Olive who lived for a few hours after being born 
✔️how Hannah has been working through her grief and is creating projects to carry on Olive’s legacy
✔️going through a postpartum journey and ongoing health issues while grieving the loss of her baby girl 
✔️telling her 2.5 year old daughter about the loss of her sister 

The beginning of Olive’s pregnancy and birth story is at 00.36.45 

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Alicia :)

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