#022 Maddy - nurse, bicornate uterus, antenatal anxiety, postnatal rage, induction, c-section, febrile seizures, NICU, reversing mix-feeding

Hey hey,  Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation. Today I chat with Maddy, mum to baby boy Sully. In this conversation we chat all about  ✔️being so in-tune with her body that she knew she was pregnant within days of conception  ✔️beginning her pregnancy thinking she was quite informed due to her background as a nurse but realising she didn’t know as much as she could have  ✔️having extra growth scans to check for potential growth restriction due to bicornate uterus  ✔️having the mindset of “I just want a happy and healthy baby, I’ll be fine with whatever”  ✔️having a relative close to her lose her baby at term and how this shaped Maddy’s view of “just wanting a healthy and live baby”  ✔️experiencing postpartum rage, not being heard by her GP or antenatal psychiatrist and trying to find strategies on her own to navigate it  ✔️choosing to be induced due to reduced foetal movement late in pregnancy and past trauma and what the induction was like for Maddy  ✔️having an unwell 3 day old newborn, taking him to the emergency department where he was diagnosed with febrile seizures  ✔️having her newborn baby in NICU for 2 weeks  ✔️mix-feeding due to hospital stay but trying to keep a good breastmilk supply by pumping regularly  ✔️managing to reverse mix-feeding by 2 months and exclusively breastfeed her son  ✔️what Maddy plans to do for her next pregnancy and breastfeeding journey  To be sure to be notified when a new episode comes out please subscribe to the show on your listening platform. If you would like to support the show, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on your podcast listening platform or Apple podcast.  If you would like to come on the show and tell your own birth story please get in touch through this link here https://forms.gle/YCCP5dMg8bYSXuAYA  This podcast is available on Deezer, Spotify, Apple podcast, most other podcast listening platforms and Youtube  Follow me on social media for more content  Facebook: www.facebook.com/cuppawithadoula  Instagram: www.instagram.com/cuppawithadoula  If you would like to see my offerings including doula work, birth and parenting education classes head over to www.triskwell.com  Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!  Alicia :)