Patrice Newport - emergency C-section, TENS machine & baby brain!!

Patrice and her partner had planned an Italy holiday as the 'last holiday' before hopefully starting a family. Sadly, their trip was cancelled due to COVID, and so they began trying for a family. They had a few anxieties around trying, due to an earlier agreed termination at the very start of their relationship and all the misconceptions around termination affecting future chances to conceive. Patrice and her partner were delighted to have fallen pregnant straight away, so that theory did not prove true certainly in their case!

Being a triplet, Patrice heard alarm bells when her doctor told her she had quite high levels of the pregnancy hormone Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), thinking she might be carrying multiples. It was in fact just the one, and after a relatively easy 9 month pregnancy Teddy made his way into the world.

…but not as Patrice had 'planned'. After doing the Calm Birth course (hypnobirthing), Patrice and her partner were set on having a natural vaginal delivery. She successfully laboured at home and went in at almost 6cms dilated. All was going well until the babies heart rate kept dropping and Patrice was rushed in for an emergency C-section to get him out safely.

Though Patrice felt initially like having a C-section was a failure, and felt failed by some of the midwives during her post birth care, she was relieved he was here safely and that once home she got to enjoy the newborn bubble of love. She also realised having a C-section was the first lesson of many that you cannot plan with a baby!

Patrice SWORE BY her TENS machine during labour, and would highly recommend getting one.

We speak about how anything with a new baby is such a steep learning curve, and just when you feel like you're getting the swing of things, you hit another milestone that needs some adaptation.

Patrice talks about her return to work and really looking forward to getting that part of her life back, but again recognises there will be some changes to get used to. She also mentions her concern about the infamous 'baby brain', not to be confused with early onset dementia, and also the annoying post birth hair loss… the joys!  

Join me for this fantastic story filled with the inevitable ups and downs of pregnancy, birth and becoming a new Mumma, and a huge thank you to Patrice for opening up about her journey!

And remember you are not alone; it's OK to not be OK. We're in this together and Mumma, YOU got this!

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