#139 | Katie's Gentle Birth After a Host of Unnecessary Interventions the First Time Around
Send us a text At 41+1 weeks Katie was pressured into an induction beginning with a foley bulb followed by forcefully rupturing her bag of water, high amounts of Pitocin, restricted movement due to fetal heart rate abnormalities, a maternal fever resulting in an urgent need for a forcep delivery to "save her baby," and a six hour separation from her baby for monitoring after birth. Left traumatized and burdened with guilt, when she became pregnant again she sought out midwi...
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