EBB 272 - Navigating Assisted Reproduction & Full Spectrum Childbirth Support with EBB Childbirth Class Graduate, Jessica King

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

Pregnancy, Health & Fitness, Childbirth, Parenting, Birth, Medicine, Kids & Family, Doula, Obstetrician, Midwife

4.6 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we talk with Jessica King, an EBB Childbirth Class graduate, about their journey to parenthood and the importance of finding support networks before, during, and after pregnancy.

Jessica grew up in Upstate New York and then moved to Boston to get her Master's in architecture. While in Boston, she met her wife and fellow upstate New Yorker, Sarah. They started working on creating their family three years ago, and they welcomed their daughter this past November! Jessica and Sarah are graduates of the Evidence Based Birth Childbirth Class with EBB Instructor, Anna Sutkowski. Their family currently lives in St. Louis with their two dogs.

Jessica and her wife, a surgical resident, decided to take the EBB Childbirth Class to ease their anxieties and demystify the process of labor and delivery.

In this podcast episode, Jessica opens up about her family’s struggles, setbacks, and joy in their journey from assisted reproduction to postpartum. Jessica also shares how she was able to use the skills and knowledge learned in the course to advocate for herself postpartum when she had difficulties with lactation and a postpartum mood disorder. We wrap up this episode by talking about how knowing you are not alone can make all the difference in the world.

Trigger Warning: assisted reproduction, ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), pregnancy loss, bleeding in pregnancy, epidurals, preeclampsia, newborn jaundice, and postpartum mood disorders.

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Learn more about Anna Sutkoski and her EBB Childbirth Class here

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with Jessica King an
0:04.1	EBB childbirth class graduate about her and her wife's journey to parenthood
0:08.4	navigating pregnancy and having an amazing birth experience despite having back labor.
0:14.0	Welcome to the Evidence Based Birth Podcast.
0:16.0	My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse with my PhD and the founder of Evidence
0:21.3	Base Birth.
0:22.0	Join me each week as we work together
0:24.3	to get evidence-based information
0:26.3	into the hands of families and professionals
0:28.8	around the world.
0:30.2	As a reminder, this information is not medical advice.
0:33.6	See Eviebirth.com slash disclaimer for more details.
0:39.6	Hi everyone and welcome to today's episode of the Evidence-based Birth Podcast.
0:44.0	My name is Rebecca Decker, pronounce she her, and I will be your host for today's episode.
0:49.0	Today I'm so excited to welcome a graduate of our EBB childbirth class.
0:53.6	Before we get started, I want to make you aware
0:55.5	that we will be talking about assisted reproduction,
0:58.5	pregnancy loss, bleeding and pregnancy,
1:01.3	epidurals, and postpartum mood disorders.
1:04.4	If there are any other detailed content or trigger warnings, we'll post them in the description
1:08.6	or show notes that go along with this episode.
1:11.4	And now I'd like to introduce our honored guest, Jessica King.
	...

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