#368 | Kristina's Vaginal Breech Birth at the Eleventh Hour

About this episode

Kristina shares her journey of a vaginal breech birth after facing multiple challenges in her pregnancy.

In today's episode, Kristina shares her breech birth story following a long journey marked by cycle irregularities, miscarriage, and difficulty conceiving. At 40 weeks, she learned that her baby was breech and was scheduled for a C-section, despite having been told throughout pregnancy that the baby was head down. Unwilling to move forward with surgery, Kristina sought out an alternative and ultimately found a physician in Connecticut willing to support a hospital-based vaginal breech birth. ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Cynthia Overgard, Trisha Ludwig

Guest: Kristina

Topics covered

• breech birth
• vaginal birth
• miscarriage
• infertility
• birth story

Keywords

• breech birth
• vaginal delivery
• C-section
• infertility
• miscarriage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Connecticut

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