Even though five doctors had cleared Jessica Pinney for a vaginal delivery with her rare placental conditions of vasa previa and velamentous cord insertion, she listened to her intuition and decided to have a planned surgical birth for her first child. For her next pregnancy, listening to her intuition led her to have a homebirth. She shares with Adriana how these different circumstances led to very different models of care, how they impacted her postpartum experiences, and how much her confidence and knowledge have grown because of it.
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Related resources*:
- The Business of Being Born website
- Bridget Teyler YouTube videos
- The Miles Circuit website
- What is the Side-lying Release? Spinning Babies
- Vasa Previa, Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Vasa Previa, Journal of Prenatal Medicine
- Vasa Previa Fact Sheet, International Vasa Previa Foundation
- Vasa Previa Awareness Facebook group
- Velamentous Cord Insertion, International Vasa Previa Foundation
- Velamentous Cord Insertion in a Singleton Pregnancy: An Obscure Cause of Emergency Cesarean—A Case Report, Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Velamentous umbilical cord insertion and vasa previa, UpToDate
Image description: A picture of the placenta from Jessica Pinney’s first birth, showing one angle of the rare velamentous cord insertion, in a tub at the hospital
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Transcript
[Birth Stories] A Scheduled Surgical Birth And A Home VBAC: Both Based On Her Intuition
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CITATION:
Lozada, Adriana, host. “[Birth Stories] A Scheduled Surgical Birth And A Home VBAC: Both Based On Her Intuition.” Birthful, Birthful. November 20, 2024. Birthful.com.
Image description: Jessica Pinney, wearing glasses and a lowered surgical mask, holds her newborn baby, who is wrapped in a hospital swaddle and hat
About Jessica Pinney
Jessica is a wife and stay-at-home-mama to her two young sons.
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