Ep166: Taryn’s Birth Story - An Emergency Cesarean and a Stay in the NICU

<span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of the podcast, being brought to you by Ellement prenatal supplements, we have Tarynn sharing her birth story. Tarynn is actually one of the members of The Birth Preparation Course. Things didn’t go exactly as planned with her birth, in fact they went exactly the opposite. Now it would be easy for me to only share birth stories from course students where everything went great but that would be dishonest of me. The reality is that sometimes things don’t go as you’d like, despite having done great childbirth education. Birth is an unpredictable process that can’t be controlled.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">But that doesn’t mean childbirth education isn’t important. Tarynn was thankful for the podcast and Birth Preparation Course as they helped her adjust on the fly and do what was necessary to get her baby home safe.</span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Baby Eleanor and Tarynn are doing well now but it took some time to get there. In sharing her story Tarynn hopes she can help others learn the value in being adaptable and shine a light on what she calls that “mama strength we all have inside of us”.</span></p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Why it’s ok to switch doctors if it doesn’t feel like a good fit</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-How COVID affected Tarynn’s prenatal care and birth</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-How Tarynn decided to be induced at the last minute - and why she has some regrets about that</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-How her induction ended in an emergency C-section</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-What happened when both she and her baby developed sepsis</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-How her baby ended up in a NICU hospital nearly two hours away</span></p> <p>Full website notes: <a href= "http://episodes/view/drnicolerankins.com/episode166">drnicolerankins.com/episode166</a></