Gestational diabetes, precipitous labor and the power of saying no

Arrivals: A Birth Story Podcast · Dec 18, 2025 · 1h

Join Merelise and her guest, Alexi, this week as they discuss Alexi’s three vaginal births in the hospital. This episode has it all - one birth with an epidural and two without, two known genders and one surprise, two babies with gestational diabetes and one without…the list goes on and on for Alexi’s three very different births! They also discuss the choice to decline medical advice when you feel it won’t benefit you or your baby, pushing when you’re ready vs when someone tells you to, how anxiety is the enemy of labor, when sometimes you just need your own mom when you’re having a baby…