36 | Chantelle & Oliver - A Hospital Birth during COVID-19, Epidural, Emergency C-Section, PPD and An Important Conversation about Navigating Being a New Parent
In this episode we hear Chantelle sharing the birth of her son Oliver in April 2020. Chantelle is originally from Canada and her partner Jan is Czech. She shares her quite easy way into getting pregnant and a more anxious first trimester, having fears about miscarriage and how she managed to find support through that time.
While having a great second trimester, full of energy and being amazed at what her body could do she planned for a hospital birth, but as the due date came closer the world entered into a pandemic and she reconsidered and began planning for a home birth. They had everything set up with the midwife and just before the birth, the hospitals started allowing a partner to be present during birth and labour again so they again reconsidered and went back to the hospital birth plan. Chantelle had a long labour and was eventually offered an epidural which was a great choice for her. After that she shares many steps of intervention with us, waters broken, pitocin, the baby got distressed and Chantelles heart-rate dropped and she went into shock. She was rushed in for an emergency c-section and lost consciousness herself and was given CPR. Chantelle very generously shares a very overwhelming situation with us in combination with there being an unknown pandemic going on in the world around her.
Out of her experiences her project Mothergood.cz was born where she provides a safe space of postpartum healing, sharing and exercises for parents in Prague. Through her own journey to parenthood she has created a place for support for other parents around her and if you are in the city, you should definitely check out all the wonderful things she has going on over at Mothergood.
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*The stories on this podcast are personal experiences and should never be interpreted as medical advice. Always seek out a birth professionals expertise before making any medical decisions. The 9 Months Podcast is in no way advocating for a specific kind of birth, but on the contrary, we believe that all births are beautiful, just as they are.
