Type 1 Diabetes + Breastfeeding for 3 | Meredith’s Birth Stories

This week I’m joined by my amazing friend Meredith, who is a type 1 diabetic mom who breastfed three babies (one of them not even her own!) for over six months! What makes that even more incredible is that she once wasn’t sure if she’d be able to have children at all.In this episode, Meredith opens up about how diabetes has shaped her motherhood journey, her difficult first delivery that led to her daughter’s dislocated shoulder, a NICU stay, and a fourth-degree tear (!!), and how her second birth, a planned C-section, brought a much more positive experience in contrast.Meredith’s episode is a reminder that you are more capable than you think and that you are strong enough to feel scared but to do it anyway. Full episode transcript available at thelaborline.com/episodesChapters:00:00:00 - Meet Meredith00:11:18 - 1st Pregnancy: Slow Fertility, Wonderful Endocrinologist, & Big Baby00:26:29 - 1st Labor: Spotty Epidural, 4th Degree Tear, & Dislocated Shoulder00:38:03 - 1st Postpartum: NICU Stay & Breastfeeding Success00:59:09 - 2nd Pregnancy: Struggling to Find Supportive Doctors01:08:26 - 2nd Labor: Scheduled Positive C-Section01:11:21 - 2nd Postpartum: Changes in Milk Production, Milk Sharing, & 2 Under 2 Haze 01:25:34 - To My Pre-Mom Self…