About this episode

Shelby shares her powerful journey through HELLP syndrome, NICU stay, and VBAC attempts.

In this birth story episode, Shelby shares her powerful journey through pregnancy, HELLP syndrome, a premature delivery, months long NICU experience, and her inspiring approach to birth planning and recovery. She also shares her second and third TOLAC/VBAC plans and outcomes. This episode highlights the importance of informed choices, listening to your intuition, and advocating for your birth experience. Shelby’s Bio:My name is Shelby Rentfro. I’m 32 years young. I’ve been married 6 years to my husband aka the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I have 3 kids, Cross 5, Shepherd 3, and River 1. I work from home full time and get to enjoy the best of both worlds by spending time with my kids and excelling at my corporate job. I enjoy going to church, spending time with my family, and watching any sport you can think of.IG: shelbyreddytorentfro Get access to discount codes for our favorite products and check out our Amazon Storefront lists for "Must Haves" during the Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Newborn phases HERE. Are you a parent interested in learning more from Ciarra? You can check out her class offerings HERE.For the pre-recorded, self-paced Birth Basics Class, click HERE.For…

People in this episode

Guest: Shelby Rentfro

Topics covered

• HELLP syndrome
• NICU experience
• VBAC
• birth planning
• parenting

Keywords

• pregnancy
• birth story
• informed choices
• TOLAC
• advocacy

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Organizations: Birth, Baby! Academy

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