215: Prodromal Labor and My Final Week and a Half of Pregnancy

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Motherhood, Cameronrogers, Freckledfoodie, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Parenting

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this solo episode, I make a brief comeback from maternity leave to give a full update on the craziness that has happened in the last week and a half of this pregnancy. I share a timeline of my prodromal labor experience, from the multiple hospital visits; to having ongoing contractions and being several centimeters dilated; to finally getting a scheduled induction. I unpack the confusion of feeling like I don’t know my own body, the anxiety of not knowing how to interpret my labor signals, how frustrating it has been not having any answers from the medical community, and more. Finally, I sign off for maternity leave for the last time (fingers crossed), and hope that this third visit to the hospital is the charm.

Key Takeaway / Points:

On taking a brief pause from maternity leave
On taking meticulous notes throughout pregnancy (and life)
On the importance of not comparing pregnancies with others
A timeline and update on my prodromal labor experience, from my multiple hospital visits to scheduling an induction
On the confusion of not knowing my own body
On the anxiety of not knowing how to interpret my labor signals
On the mental load of not having any answers
On breaking down in the hospital
On feeling unheard and pushed aside by the medical system
On waiting for the scheduled induction and signing off for maternity leave for the final time

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0:41.7	All right.
0:44.6	I know I said I was on maternity leave.
0:49.6	And like I very much was and I have been for the past like week and a half.
0:53.1	But this is why I'm grateful this is my job. And maybe this is why this is my job because
0:55.5	it's something I want to do. I simply cannot stay away. I cannot stay away from the microphone.
1:04.1	No, it's just more so that I have so much, so much is happening right now. And it feels like something I want to share and I have a lot of
1:15.4	emotions and I'm just working through a ton that that's when I feel the most pulled to be on
1:23.5	the mic and to talk and to do solo episodes and podcast and do my work, which is also like
1:29.9	very confusing when it comes to maternity leave, which I know I mentioned, I think, in the previous
1:34.6	episode because it's like those are the times where I have so much to say and I want to talk
1:39.3	so much about what's going on. And it's really important, in my opinion, content because it's, I think, validating a lot of
1:48.3	people's experiences and it's showing insight into a time where not many people talk about
1:53.7	and all of those things, which is why I want to share. But then I also am like, okay, well,
1:57.8	don't forget to like pull back and take time for yourself. All that being said, I just felt inclined to sit here and share the past two weeks because
2:07.2	it has been an experience that I would have never expected.
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