Today Bea shares her perinatal journey from dealing with unexpected infertility and IVF to the whirlwind experience of a fast labor and delivery. Listen in as she discusses the realities of fertility treatments and the specific challenges surrounding her fear of needles, the surprise of a rapid labor, and a bit about the great support she got in early breastfeeding, sleep challenges, and an early thyroid imbalance her son had that required medication.
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Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 109 - A Black Doula’s 2 Unmedicated Hospital Births
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Melissa shares 2 birth stories, 1 hospital birth with epidural, the 2nd in which she reclaimed her body confidence in an unmedicated birth in a birthing center with midwives.
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A lesbian couple shares their challenging road to both conceiving via IVF, with overlapping pregnancies, with the same anonymous sperm donor for both so their 2 children will be biological half-siblings.
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