Kiwi Birth Tales8 Aug 2025

Jordi, Rosie + Margo - Emergency CSection, VBAC with 10.6lb baby

This episode of Kiwi Birth Tales is proudly brought to you by Your Birth Project.

In this episode of Kiwi Birth Tales, I speak to Jordi. Some of the topics we cover:

Early miscarriage in first pregnancy
Anxiety in the second pregnancy about loss
Medical professional
All testing available in NZ
Felt excited about giving birth
Diagnosed baby with Bilateral Duplex Kidneys at 30 weeks, unsure what this would mean until post birth
Spontaneous labour
Epidural
Brow presentation
Baby not descending
Thick meconium in waters
Emergency CSection
Reflecting on birth felt disappointed, CHCH Women's Birth Afterthoughts Clinic
Congenital pneumonia
NICU
Surgery for Kidneys
UTI 4m
Yearly monitoring
Exclusive pumping
Scar massage
Returning to work at 6m postpartum
Mum guilt
Pregnancy 10m postpartum
Found decision hard between VBAC and Elective Csection
5-6cm dilated at stretch and sweep
Quick spontaneous labour
Hand at face for birth
2nd degree internal tear
Aspirated meconium - infection
NICU stay
10.6lbs baby (4.8KG)
2 under 2

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Mental Health in Pregnancy

Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Aotearoa

Plunket - Dads Mental Health

Little Shadow - Private Counselling NZ

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