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Born on The Rock: Gibraltar Birth Stories
Welcome to Born on the Rock: Gibraltar Birth Stories podcast, with host and producer Lucinda Snape.
This weekly podcast is a collection of fascinating stories about what it's like to have a baby in Gibraltar - a small British Overseas Territory, with an average of one birth per day.
These are ordinary women telling extraordinary events in their own words, capturing the emotional highs and lows involved in starting a family. There's a huge range of topics covered including stories of twins…
Episodes
- Born on The Rock: Gibraltar Birth Stories
Episode 72: A Mother with Endometriosis, with Andrea Sene
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, infertility, natural delivery, endometriosis Meet Andrea Sene - who's son was just five months old at the time of this recording! She…
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Episode 71: A Blended Family, with Suyenne Mauro
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, natural delivery, posterior labour, single mum, blended family Suyenne Mauro knew she was pregnant in 2003 before taking any test.. as her…
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Episode 70: Rihane, Born Sleeping, with Noelle Aldorino
KEY TOPICS: 3 births, natural delivery, baby loss, stillbirth, retained placenta, fetal growth restriction, induction, jaundice, Gilbert’s syndrome This…
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Episode 69: Mummy's Little Princess, with Gabriella Luque
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, infertility, emergency CS, postnatal depression, hyperlactation Gabriella Luque accepted that her future would be childless, being told as…
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Episode 68: Love, Loss & Hope, with Geraldine Finlayson
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, natural delivery, recurrent miscarriage, second trimester loss, reflux, grandmother, 1980's From Geraldine Finlayson’s textbook first…
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Episode 67: The Joys of Motherhood, with Conchita Triay
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, emergency caesarean, VBAC, 1980's We’re going back to the 1980’s this week for the births of two boys, to Conchita Triay and her husband…
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Episode 66: Parenthood: Ready or Not! with Samantha Thorne
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, post-pandemic, natural delivery, posterior labour, mastitis “My frontal lobe wasn’t fully developed!” That’s how local teacher Samantha…
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Episode 65: A Baby with Down's Syndrome, with Annette Zammit
KEY TOPICS: 4 births, natural deliveries, short age gaps, chicken pox, Down’s Syndrome We’re heading to the 1980’s in this week’s episode, with former MOD…
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Episode 64: Post-Partum Cervical Cancer, with Sophie Clifton-Tucker Hedley
KEY TOPICS: 2 pregnancies, induction, assisted delivery, natural delivery, mastitis, post-pandemic, cervical cancer It’s a powerful episode to start Season 6…
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Season 5: Meet our Guests!
📢 SEASON 5 of the podcast is complete! 🙌 No time to listen, but want to hear what the stories are about? Play the Season 5 trailer now! *Please note, this…
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Episode 63: A RETURNING GUEST SPECIAL! Secondary Infertility Revisited, With Tara Montegriffo
KEY TOPICS: 4 pregnancies, miscarriage, hyperemesis gravidarum, genetic testing, IVF, secondary infertility, caesarean, female sterilisation To complete Season…
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Episode 62: Maternal Mental Health, with Emily Adamberry Olivero, MBE
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, caesarean, retroverted uterus, failure to thrive (FTT), postpartum hypomania, bipolar disorder (BPD), obesity, maternal mental health…
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Episode 61: A Two-Decade Age Gap, with Kationa Matto
KEY TOPICS: 3 births, adolescent pregnancy, natural deliveries, miscarriage, hypotension, advanced maternal age, large age gap, jaundice, grandparent This…
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Episode 60: My Midwife: My Sister, with Davina Barbara
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, induction, natural delivery, step-parent Our guest this week is Davina Barbara – a mother with plenty of experience in local culture and…
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Episode 59: Restricted Growth in Pregnancy, with Stephanie Piri
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, induction, fast delivery, ventricular septal defect (VSD), intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), jaundice, postpartum depression (PPD)…
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Episode 58: Born & Bread, with Jessica Montado
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, retroverted uterus, caesarean, miscarriages, premature, grandmother Local cooking enthusiast and author Jessica Montado serves up a…
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Episode 57: A Triploidy Pregnancy, with Aidele Casciaro-Beazley
KEY TOPICS: 1 pregnancy, triploidy syndrome, partial molar pregnancy, termination for medical reasons (TFMR) ⚠️Trigger warning: please note this episode…
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Episode 56: A Mother’s Heart, with Colette Stewart
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, aortic valve displacement/replacement, blood clot, advanced maternal age, premature, caesarean, hip dysplasia Meet poker manager Colette…
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Episode 55: Missed Miscarriages & a Rainbow Baby, with Angelique Cavilla
KEY TOPICS: 5 pregnancies, missed miscarriages, second trimester loss, birth trauma, retained placenta, D&C, cervical lip, assisted delivery, autism…
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Episode 54: A Twin Mum with Ulcerative Colitis, with Kyrane Lia
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, non-identical twins, caesarean, ulcerative colitis, pandemic During her twin pregnancy, local artist Kyrane had other double trouble to…
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Episode 53: AN INFANT-FEEDING SPECIAL, with Karen Kelly
KEY TOPICS: 3 births, PCOS, low PAPP-A, meconium, natural delivery, advanced maternal age, nuchal hand, precipitous labour, infant feeding coach Our guest…
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Season Four: Meet Our Guests!
Season 4 of the podcast is complete! 🙌 Hear a summary trailer of our wonderful guests, who told their unique birth experiences across episodes 41 - 52. 12…
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Episode 52: A DOCTOR SPECIAL, with Dr. Meenal Viz
KEY TOPICS: 3 births, caesarean, hyperemesis, diastasis recti, doctor, pandemic Local doctor, author and campaigner Meenal Viz changed UK law during the…
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Episode 51: A Baby with PKU, with Stephanie Marzan
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, natural delivery, phenylketonuria (PKU), genetics, pandemic Welcome to an educational episode with mum of two, Stephanie Marzan. She…
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Episode 50: A Heart-Shaped Uterus, with Layla Bates
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, miscarriage, subchorionic hematoma (SCH), bicornuate uterus, symphysis pubis dysfunction (SPD), natural delivery, retained placenta…
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Episode 49: Simply the Breast! With Isobel Ellul (MBE)
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, miscarriage, natural delivery, big baby, ovarian ectopic pregnancy (OEP), breast cancer (DCIS) Welcome to our first guest formally…
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Episode 48: Second Trimester Losses, with Vanessa Correa
KEY TOPICS: 4 births, natural deliveries, nuchal cord, late miscarriage, birth trauma, functional neurological disorder Please note there is discussion of loss…
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Episode 47: Blood Incompatibility, with Ivana Finlayson
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, caesarean, nuchal cord, jaundice, ABO incompatibility, haemolytic disease of newborn (HDN), blood transfusion, grandmother We’re heading…
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Episode 46: Turn, Baby, Turn! With Dulcie Edwards
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, miscarriage, fertility, posterior uterus, transverse lie, induction, natural delivery, advanced maternal age, pandemic Welcome to an…
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Episode 45: A Mother's Intuition, with Nicole Byrne
KEY TOPICS: 3 births, natural delivery, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, breech, elective caesarean, Klipper-Feil syndrome (KFS), large age gap We meet Nicole Byrne…
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Episode 44: From One to Two, with Roxane Codali
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, endometriosis, hyperemesis, assisted delivery, elective caesarean, pandemic We meet local mother Roxane and her husband in this episode…
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Episode 43: Motherhood & Medals - Postpartum at the Island Games, with Olivia Lett
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, type-1 diabetes, blood thinning injections, induction, natural delivery, jaundice, athlete This is a great episode about what it's like…
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Episode 42: Pregnancy Pelvic Pain, with Maggie Henshaw
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, natural deliveries, unmedicated birth, jaundice, pelvic girdle pain (PGP), Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD), sacroiliitis…
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Episode 41: Two Jaundiced Boys, with Kelly Bingham
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, pre-eclampsia, induction, natural delivery, jaundice, breech, epidural, elective caesarean, big babies Kick-starting Season 4 of the…
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Season Three: Meet our Guests!
Hear a gripping audio trailer of our wonderful guests, who told their unique birth experiences across episodes 26 - 40 in Season 3. Listen to the the voices of…
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Episode 40: A PREGNANCY DIARY SPECIAL, with Chloe Loddo
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, infertility, natural delivery, postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), blood transfusion, short age-gap Welcome to part 2 of Chloe's journey - a…
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Episode 39: An IVF Journey, with Chloe Loddo
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, infertility, IVF, assisted natural delivery, retained placenta, dilation & evacuation (D&E), postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) Welcome to the…
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Episode 38: Chicken Pox at Full-Term, with Jackie Catania
KEY TOPICS: 3 births, chicken pox, natural deliveries, fast labour, premature, caesarean, grandmother We're heading back to 1985, 1987 and 1991 today with…
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Episode 37: Placenta Previa, with Tina Reyes
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, endometriosis, laparoscopy, infertility, natural delivery, placenta previa, caesarean, haemorrhage, blood transfusion, birth trauma…
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Episode 36: Premature Babies in the 70's and 80's, with Anne Martinez
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, natural deliveries, premature, jaundice, gastroesophageal reflux, great-grandmother We’re meeting 68-year old Anne Martinez in this…
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Episode 35: British Forces Babies, with Laura Bradshaw
KEY TOPICS: 3 births, PCOS, infertility, obesity, gestational diabetes, induction, assisted delivery, natural deliveries, short age-gap, Rh-negative blood…
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Episode 34: Placental Abruption, with Lesley Anne Viñales
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, early miscarriages, subchorionic hematoma, hyperemesis, placental abruption, prematurity, emergency caesarean, pandemic, short age-gap…
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Episode 33: To Rome, Baby! With Rochelle Ferreri
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, PCOS, adenomyosis/endometriosis, natural delivery, sciatica, miscarriage, multilingualism, advanced maternal age Benvenuti to an…
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Episode 32: Cryptic Pregnancies, with Claire Ellul
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, teenage mother, short age gap, cryptic pregnancies, natural deliveries We're heading back to the late 1990's in this episode, to meet…
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Episode 31: A Decade between Daughters, with Nicole Pizarro
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, large age gap, nuchal cord, placenta banking, natural deliveries, post-natal anxiety, silent reflux, nut & egg allergies, advanced…
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Episode 30: Deployed to Motherhood, with Patricia Gonzalez
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, unexplained infertility, advanced maternal age, miscarriage, fibroids, endometriosis, polyhydramnios, elective caesarean, anemia, blood…
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Episode 29: One in a Billion, with Bryony Rovegno
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, advanced maternal age, infertility, genetics, thalassemia, IVF, haematoma, hyperemesis, induction, natural delivery, hypoxia, placenta…
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Episode 28: Three Fast Girls, with Natalie Baitson
KEY TOPICS: 3 births, measuring small, precipitous labours, frank breech, unplanned home birth, natural deliveries, developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH)…
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Episode 27: A Baby with Spina Bifida, with Lucy Ware
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, gender reveal, spina bifida (myelomeningocele), frank breech, caesarean, disability, positivity We're meeting Lucy Ware in this episode…
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Episode 26: A WELL WOMAN SPECIAL, with Dr Olivia Gonzalez
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), gestational diabetes, induction, weight, natural deliveries, anxiety, pandemic, autism parent…
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Season Two: Meet Our Guests!
Season 2 of the podcast is complete! Thank you to our 12 wonderful guests for sharing their Gibraltar Birth Stories across episodes 14 to 25. Season 3 coming…
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Episode 25: A SURROGACY SPECIAL, with Stephanie Galea
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, MRKH syndrome, genetics, infertility, IVF, surrogacy, pandemic To complete season 2, it’s a privilege to capture the very special story of…
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Episode 24: Pre & Postnatal Pilates, with Charlotte Bailey
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, miscarriages, pre-eclampsia, caesareans, prolapsed bladder, pandemic, autism parent, expat We meet Charlotte today, a mother of two boys…
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Episode 23: Nurturing Noughties Babies, with Claire Hernandez
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, natural deliveries, miscarriage, induction, nuchal cord, positivity In this episode we're meeting babies born to Claire Hernandez and her…
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Episode 22: An Early Girl, with Louise Ann
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, infertility, advanced maternal age, IVF, hyperemesis gravidarum, placenta previa, haemorrhage & blood transfusion, emergency CS…
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Episode 21: Plain Sailing, with Heidi Jeffries
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, PCOS, natural deliveries, fast labours, postnatal depression, allergies & intolerances Heidi Jeffries is our guest on an episode we’re…
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Episode 20: From IVF to Fostering, with Megan Ballestero
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, miscarriages, hostile uterus, genetic mutation, clotting disorder, IVF, natural birth, fast delivery, depression, fostering In this…
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Episode 19: A Fast-Tracked Family, with Victoria Sanguinetti
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, miscarriage, natural deliveries, puerperal haematoma, premature, postnatal depression, anaemia, Christmas Let’s welcome our youngest…
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Episode 18: Ectopic Pregnancies, with Krisanne Orciel
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, miscarriage, ectopic, salpingectomy, infertility, IVF, elective caesarean, thrombophilia, pandemic We welcome our first pregnant guest…
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Episode 17: A Miracle Boy, with Somaya Anakkar
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, endometriosis, genetics, Fragile X syndrome, advanced maternal age, hyperemesis gravidarum, fast labour, natural birth We meet Somaya…