#45 - Christina’s Nine Births: Pitocin, a Surprise Breech at Home & Everything In Between
Amsy sits down with her friend Christina Duarte: doula, Evidence Based Birth instructor, wife, and mom of nine. Nine kids means nine very different births, from a teenage mom induced for Father’s Day to a footling breech baby born at home in under five minutes.
What you’ll hear:
Same drug, two experiences. Pitocin felt like period cramps in one labor and nearly unbearable in another, and nobody explained it either time.
“You can’t push out an 8-pound baby.” Why exhaustion and position matter far more than baby size.
Fast labors aren’t always the dream. The same work in a condensed window can…
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