Jeanette: Two Births, Breech Baby, Attempted Vaginal Breech and Unplanned C-Section, VBAC and Emergency C-Section Under General Anaesthetic, Miscarriage, Tongue Tie, Breastfeeding Challenges,
About this episode
Jeanette shares her experiences of two births that ended in unplanned C-sections, highlighting the challenges and emotions involved.
This week I'm joined by Jeanette, who shares two very different births that both ended in unplanned C-sections. Her first baby turned breech right at the end of pregnancy. After three failed ECV attempts and a lot of research, she planned a C-section but went into labour first. When her baby showed signs of distress, the decision was made and she had an unplanned C-section. For her second birth, Jeanette had a miscarriage between pregnancies before conceiving her rainbow baby. She was planning a VBAC when her waters broke at 40 weeks. Back at hospital her contractions became constant with no break between them and her baby's heart rate dropped. It was a category one emergency. Jeanette was taken for surgery under general anaesthetic alone, without her husband. Her baby was born not breathing and needed resuscitation. Jeanette wanted to share her story so other mothers know that even when birth doesn't go to plan and the situation becomes frightening, you can still come out the other side feeling grateful and at peace with how it happened. The stories shared on British Birthing Stories are real, personal experiences from real women. I am not a…
People in this episode
Host: Georgia McGivern
Guest: Jeanette
Topics covered
- birth stories
- C-section
- VBAC
- miscarriage
- breastfeeding challenges
- breech baby
Keywords
- unplanned C-section
- breech baby
- VBAC
- miscarriage
- breastfeeding challenges
- emergency surgery
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