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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 16: Three 80's Babies, with Eileen Sanchez
KEY TOPICS: 3 births, natural deliveries, placental abruption, stillbirth, depression, grandparent Today we're heading back to the old St Bernard's hospital…
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Episode 15: A Large Age-Gap, with Jenny Ainsworth
KEY TOPICS: 3 births, large age gap, natural deliveries, advanced maternal age, pandemic Jenny Ainsworth is our guest today, describing the births of her three…
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Episode 14: Home Births, Unplanned! With Jo Abergel
KEY TOPICS: 3 births, PCOS, hyperemesis gravidarum, caesarean, VBAC, precipitous labour, premature, home births Jo Abergel and her husband are parents to three…
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Season One: Meet our Guests!
A little recap of our 13 wonderful guests from season one - we're so grateful for these beautiful and emotional shared experiences, helping launch Born on the…
- Born on The Rock: Gibraltar Birth Stories
Episode 13: A MIDWIFE SPECIAL, with Denise Camilleri
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, fast labour, natural birth, positive experience, midwife To finish season 1, it’s wonderful to welcome local midwife Denise Camilleri with…
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Episode 12: A Very Small Age-Gap, with Justine Fava-Cartwright
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), infertility treatment, emergency & elective caesarean, 13-month age gap, suspected postnatal…
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Episode 11: One Twin, with Louise Busto
KEY TOPICS: 3 births, miscarriage, twins, premature, baby loss, caesarean, VBAC, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) In this emotional episode, we meet…
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Episode 10: A Teen Mum in 1971, with Annette Tunbridge
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, adolescent mother, rhesus disease, assisted delivery, wet nursing, positive support, grandmother Our guest in this episode is Annette…
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Episode 9: Triplets & a Toddler, with Katrine Borge
KEY TOPICS: 4 births, early miscarriage, triplets, hyperemis gravidarum, caesarean, cerebral-spinal fluid leak, postpartum haemorrhage, premature In this…
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Episode 8: Cervical Cerclages, with Hetty Gibbard
KEY TOPICS: 3 births, early miscarriages, stillbirth, incompetent cervix, assisted delivery, blood transfusion, retained placenta, postnatal depression…
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Episode 7: Same-Sex Parenting, with Kadiuska Conway
KEY TOPICS: 3 births, same-sex couple, IVF, twins, placenta previa, caesarean, Covid, postnatal depression, advanced maternal age We’re meeting Kadiuska in…
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Episode 6: An Expat on the Rock, with Michaela Potts
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, expat, natural delivery, PUPPPS, positive experience We welcome our first non-Gibraltarian to the podcast in this episode: Michaela, a…
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Episode 5: A Difficult Time in 1979, with Priscilla Mañasco
KEY TOPICS: 1 birth, pre-eclampsia, assisted delivery, birth trauma, suspected embolism, blood transfusion, postnatal depression We're heading back to 1979 for…
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Episode 4: Fibroids & Hysterectomies, with Michelle Rugeroni
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, fibroids, endometriosis, large babies, caesareans, hysterectomy, post-natal depression In this episode we’re meeting Michelle Rugeroni…
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Episode 3: Mothering Multiples, with Katherine Feetham
KEY TOPICS: 7 births, twins, hyperemesis, umbilical cord prolapse, 2 emergency caesareans, 1 miscarriage Get ready to meet our biggest family so far! In this…
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Episode 2: Secondary Infertility, with Tara Montegriffo
KEY TOPICS: 3 pregnancies, hyperemesis gravidarum, miscarriage, Turner's syndrome, omphalocele, genetics, baby loss, secondary infertility, IVF We're meeting…
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Episode 1: Pregnant through a Pandemic, with Kathy Sanchez
KEY TOPICS: 2 births, PCOS, infertility, gestational diabetes, retained placenta, pandemic. In the very first episode of Gibraltar Birth Stories, we meet Kathy…
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Welcome to Born on the Rock: Gibraltar Birth Stories podcast, with Lucinda Snape GBC presents a collection of emotional stories about what it's like to have a…