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4th Trimester Perspective

Written by: Dr. Sonal Patel
  • Summary

  • Welcome to the 4th Trimester Perspective. A unique podcast taking a 360 approach at what defines the 4th Trimester. We'll be sharing personal stories, providing parental guides, and digging into the legislation that influences this time period in a woman's life. We're here to encourage and inspire you through your 4th Trimester Perspective.
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  • 10: Stephaine
    Jan 6 2022

    Uncertainty breeds panic. This has been especially true as we have navigated the world of Covid. For Stephaine the uncertainty played into her existing anxiety and made the last few months of pregnancy unbearable. 

    Listen as she shares her story and why postpartum has been so much easier than pregnancy and delivery. 

    Stephaine was already working from home, so the world shutting down didn’t change much for her in that way. But as she got closer and closer to delivery, her friends and family kept asking questions that she didn’t have answers for. 

    She’d already scheduled a c-section because she was scared of trying to deliver vaginally. Her mother had a very traumatic experience and she didn’t want to chance having the same. The question then became, because it wasn’t medically necessary, would she be able to have her c-section? 

    Would the hospitals even be admitting? Would she have to birth at home? 

    All of these questions caused her anxiety to spike and she spent the last few months of her pregnancy in constant fear. She ended up having her birth plan play out just as planned. Then postpartum was a breeze. 

    Listen in to hear it all. 

     

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    28 mins
  • 9: Steven
    Dec 30 2021

    What would you do if you found out in two weeks you would become a parent? Not nine or ten months. Two WEEKS. That’s exactly what happened to Steven and he took up the mantle in such a loving way. Listen in to hear his story and learn how NayaCare has supported him in parenthood. 

    Two weeks before his sister went into labor with her fourth child, she reached out asking if she could live with him. He agreed but had no idea what it would mean. She was due in two months, so he thought there was a longer timeline for everything, but her actions set things into motion sooner. 

    After she gave birth, his sister didn’t see her son for over a month. Steven stepped in and was there almost every single day that Skylar was in NICU. A few days later he received the call that he’d be taking that precious baby boy home. 

    Rather than wallow in all the ways bringing a baby home would change his life, he stepped up and happily took the responsibility on. He has become an amazing single dad, solely focused on making sure Skylar is thriving. 

    His story is inspiring. Listen in to hear all about it and why NayaCare was the right choice for him and his newly expanded family. 

     

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    32 mins
  • 8: Colleen
    Dec 23 2021

    Can you imagine being told you may have to birth your baby at home, telephonically? Colleen didn’t have to experience that but some of the expecting moms in her circle did. Thank goodness she knew her rights, but her birth was anything but easy. 

    Colleen works in the restaurant industry and her husband is a firefighter. They are both considered essential workers. During her pregnancy, Colleen traveled and when she returned home she found out she was Covid positive. 

    Essentially it felt like a cold on steroids and luckily, this was prior to the hysteria that surrounded/surrounds the Covid pandemic. Rather than freaking out about the disease, she decided to stay calm and focused for her and the life of her unborn child. 

    However, when it came to birthing her beautiful baby, things were a tad chaotic. From the number of hours she was allowed to labor, to the skill level of the nurses attending her, there were some issues.

    Luckily, she and her baby came through the experience happy and healthy.

    Listen in to hear her story and learn more about the effects of the Covid pandemic on the state of obstetrics in the United States. Thankfully Colleen found NayaCare after she had her beautiful baby, because she deserved the peace and reassurance of having someone else come to her for visits. 

     

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    31 mins

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