Sep 11, 2017
<p> In this week’s episode, Alice Bingham
discusses the births of her son Cruse and daughter Winter Rose.
Alice is a registered nurse. After struggling to conceive for 9
months Alice was over joyed when she became pregnant. Alice’s
labour with Cruse began with her waters going and then an
unexplained bleed which was very traumatic. As contractions hadn’t
started and her water’s had gone, Alice was induced to progress the
labour. Alice had an epidural and pushed for 30 minutes and had her
healthy baby boy. On day three Cruse was admitted back into the
hospital to have 24hours of phototherapy to treat jaundice. Alice
was admitted back into the Pediatric Ward for Cruse's treatment and
she was able to have some one on one assistance with a lactation
consultant which really helped her gain confidence with
breastfeeding. </p>
<p> With Alice’s second pregnancy she only tried for one month and she was able to successfully fall pregnant with Winter. She discusses how she became quite anxious towards the end of her pregnancy as she was nervous that she might have another big unexplained bleed and need to be on constantly monitored. At 37 weeks after a very long labour of walking and another unexplained bleed Alice was admitted. Alice had an epidural but she went from 6cm to 10cm very quickly in 45minutes so there wasn’t enough time to get the epidural completed. She was able to birth her baby with the assistance of her husband, midwife and a mirror. </p>
<p> lice also shares the challenges of bringing a second child home. She shares how her toddler ignored her for most of the first week when he brought her daughter home. We discuss the feelings of maternal guilt and readjusting to life with two children. </p>
<p> Topics covered in this weeks episode: placenta abrasion, jaundice, phototherapy, induction epidural, toddler jealously, lactation consultants, sciatic pain. </p>
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