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Episode 301 Janelle's Beautiful VBAC + Signs of PPD + What is Vaginal Cleansing?
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Today’s episode is full of love. Meagan’s doula partner, Christin Carlson, joins as co-host today to hear their client, Janelle, share her beautiful VBAC story.
Janelle’s first baby was determined to stay frank breech even after two ECV attempts. Her water broke on its own before her scheduled date. In prep for her surgery, Janelle unexpectedly experienced vaginal cleansing. Though the surgery went well, it was not the introduction to motherhood Janelle was hoping for. She was also hit hard with postpartum depression.
Janelle shares how she found The VBAC Link and became obsessed with all things VBAC prep. Surrounded by the most loving and empowering team, they helped her stay steady when labor was most intense. Even though it was harder than she imagined it would be, Janelle was able to dig deep and achieve the unmedicated VBAC she desired.
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Full Transcript under Episode Details
02:40 Janelle’s PPD experience
07:25 Janelle’s stories
12:06 Arriving at the hospital
14:05 Janelle’s C-section
17:00 VBAC preparation
19:24 Appendicitis and second pregnancy
24:22 Going into labor
27:35 Laboring at the hospital
30:30 Transition
34:21 Achieving her VBAC
38:47 The power of a supportive partner
43:53 What is vaginal cleansing?
50:26 Symptoms of postpartum depression
Meagan: Hello, everybody. You guys, today I have a very special episode to my heart because this is one of our own doula clients here in Utah and another even more special thing is that this is my partner, Kristen who ended up attending her birth, is co-hosting. Hello, Christin and Janelle.
Janelle: Hello.
Christin: Hi.
Meagan: How are you guys today?
Janelle: So good, so good.
Meagan: Before we started recording, we started talking about time and how fast things are going. You guys, I mean I think you probably know if you are pregnant or have a newborn in your arms how fast time goes, but really, holy cow. We were with Janelle, we just talked about, 8 months ago from the time we are recording which is wild to think about.
Janelle: So weird. So weird. It’s crazy.
Christin: It seems like it was a couple of weeks ago.
Janelle: Yeah, it’s not fair.
Meagan: I know. How have things been? How have you been going with postpartum?
Janelle: Things have been really good and I think that’s one of the things that pushed me to want a VBAC so badly is I was hoping for a better postpartum experience. I had pretty severe postpartum depression with my first baby and I felt like having the VBAC would be some sort of heavenly gateway into not having postpartum depression. In the beginning, that was true, but I ended up still having some of it. Things are good now, though.
Meagan: Good. I