EP12 Holly | Congenital Heart Defect, Planned C-Section, Newborn Surgery, NICU Stays
EP12 Holly | Congenital Heart Defect, Planned C-Section, Newborn Surgery, NICU Stays
EP12 Holly | Congenital Heart Defect, Planned C-Section, Newborn Surgery, NICU Stays
Welcome to another episode of TRBP. Today's guest is Holly, who shares her two birth stories and her experience of NICU stays.At her 20 week scan, Holly and her husband Mark were told that their daughter Ivy had a heart abnormality known as Transposition of the Great Arteries (or TGA). In essence, Ivy's two main heart arteries had grown around the wrong way, meaning her heart wasn't pumping oxygen rich blood around the body. Their consultant described her condition as 'incompatible with life' unless baby Ivy had surgery within days of her birth.Holly tells the story of what it was like to accept a diagnosis for her baby before she had even been born, and how she prepared for the inevitable surgery which was to come. Holly also shares her second birth story, with her son Walter, who (for completely unrelated reasons!) also spent a short time in NICU.Holly is so articulate, so calm and so easy to talk to and I hope you enjoy this episode - I learned so much from listening to her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Real Birth Podcast
This is the Real Birth Podcast: a safe, welcoming platform to share birth stories. I'm Lucy Hill, a doula, mother, wife and total birth nerd living in Frome, Somerset in the UK. When I was pregnant, one of my favourite things to do was to listen to birth stories. During this time I read and listened to literally hundreds and hundreds of birth experiences shared by all kinds of parents, having all kinds of births. I quickly became obsessed with the narrative of birth and the power of storytelling. I am convinced that because I was so regularly exposed to hearing about REAL birth - the glory, the mess, the trauma, the comedy, the boredom, the ecstasy - I didn't fear it, because I knew so much about what could unfold. When eventually I went into labour, my planned natural home birth turned into an undiagnosed breech and very unexpected cesarian. Of course I felt shocked. But beneath this, I felt calm and safe in the knowledge that birth can and does take twists and turns we can't predict. I had, in essence, heard it all before. I felt part of a wider collective of humans, each with stories as unique yet familiar as mine. The magic of birth stories existed not just for me as an expectant parent learning something unknown, but I also noticed the profound healing and peaceful resolution which often came from families revisiting and reflecting on their births. All of the podcasts I found dedicated to birth stories were either American or Australian, and I deeply wished there had been a bank of UK birth stories I could have mined for information, particularly when it came to NHS care which is so different to care models overseas. Since having my son in 2019 I have continued to listen to birth story podcasts, but have still yet to find a consistent, birth-story-dedicated podcast in the UK. Enter The Real Birth Podcast! Series 1 launches in early 2022, featuring a range of stories from UK parents and a variety of different birth experiences. Whether you're pregnant, on the other side of birth or just love geeking out about birth, I'm so excited for you to join me.Join Podchaser to...
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