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346 | Mikaela, two babies, eating disorder, public hospital, vaginal birth, breastfeeding, omphalocele, amniocentesis, caesarean birth

346 | Mikaela, two babies, eating disorder, public hospital, vaginal birth, breastfeeding, omphalocele, amniocentesis, caesarean birth

FromAustralian Birth Stories


346 | Mikaela, two babies, eating disorder, public hospital, vaginal birth, breastfeeding, omphalocele, amniocentesis, caesarean birth

FromAustralian Birth Stories

ratings:
Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Oct 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In episode 346 Mikaela discusses her eating disorder and tendency to over exercise which prompted her body to stop menstruating. She was intent on conceiving so she stopped exercising, ate well and then fell pregnant within six months. Her first birth was positive and after feeling indifferent to breastfeeding, she was surprised to discover that she really enjoyed it and went on to feed for two years. Her second baby was diagnosed with omphalocele (when the bowel grows outside the abdomen) at her 20-week scan and after an amniocentesis and many specialist appointments, baby Macy was born via caesarean and had successful surgery soon after.
Released:
Oct 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A Podcast of Mothers' stories of childbirth. Weekly interviews with mothers giving their first hand accounts of child birth in Australia. Designed to help educate and inform first time pregnant women, parents wanting to have better subsequent births and birth enthusiasts who love to hear and tell birth stories. An entertaining and heartfelt resource for pregnancy, labour and delivery and postpartum.