S1 Episode 2. Birth Trauma; Amniotic Fluid Embolus

Episode 2 explores Stefanie's story of birth trauma. Her third birth was all going to plan, when Stefanie suddenly and unexpectedly had a cardiac arrest and life threatening bleed after her baby was born. Her story unpacks her experience of the rare obstetric emergency (amniotic fluid embolism), her time in intensive care, and surviving birth trauma in the aftermath.  She explains how she and her family worked through PTSD and her journey to recover.*Content warning: Birth trauma, cardiac arrest, near death experience, post traumatic stress disorder