Impassable Kidney Stone + 2-Day Induction | Tessa’s Birth Stories (PART 2)

About this episode

Tessa shares her challenging birth experiences, including complications from a kidney stone and a successful home birth.

This week, we are AGAIN joined by my friend Tessa, a mom of five! In this episode, we are wrapping up her story by walking through her last 2 birth experiences. While pregnant with her fourth child, Tessa developed a kidney stone so large that she was unable to pass it!! She had to wear a urostomy bag to drain her kidneys until she was 6 weeks postpartum. This physically complex pregnancy caused her to transfer her care from her home midwife to a hospital, where she eventually had a successful, epidural-less induction at 39 weeks. Following this difficult experience, Tessa was motivated to finish out her childbearing journey on a high note. Thankfully, her last pregnancy went smoothly, and she was able to have yet another redemptive birth at home, surrounded by her four other children. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Podcast Announcement 00:11:36 - 4th Child: Kidney Stone Complications + Epidural-less Induction 01:11:22 - 5th Child: Calm Pregnancy + Redemptive Home Birth

People in this episode

Host: Emily Lau

Guest: Tessa

Topics covered

• birth stories
• kidney stone complications
• home birth
• pregnancy
• parenting

Keywords

• kidney stone
• induction
• home birth
• pregnancy complications
• parenting stories