My Positive Elective Induction & Epidural Birth Story: Reflections for Expecting Moms

Taylor's out this week (she's in Hawai'i for a friend's wedding 🌺), so Natasha is flying solo to share her first birth story — from a hyperemesis gravidarum pregnancy through weeks of prodromal labor, an elective 39-week induction, Cytotec, Pitocin, an epidural at 5cm, and a sunny-side-up baby who needed to be flipped before pushing.

In this episode, Natasha covers:

• What hyperemesis gravidarum actually is (and how it was mismanaged for her)
• Weeks of prodromal labor and why does no one warn you about it??
• How an "elective induction" scheduling actually works (spoiler: it's not really scheduled)
• The Cytotec → Pitocin → epidural timeline
• Getting flipped by nurses on hands and knees (baby was sunny-side up)
• Postpartum pain after an epidural birth vs. her later unmedicated birth
• Early breastfeeding struggles that pushed her toward becoming a lactation consultant
• Her honest answer to "would you choose induction again?"

This is a positive birth story — not a scary one!!

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XX,

Natasha & Taylor