Severe endometriosis, Gestational Diabetes and a Home Birth: Billie's Story Part a

Unscripted with Alex

Billie and her husband have three babies under the age of 4. But falling pregnant with their first baby didn’t happen straight away and wasn’t straight forward. In fact it didn’t come easily at all. After much thought back and forth, finding out she had a severe case of endometriosis, undergoing an ablation treatment, and having a back operation, Billie and her husband decided IVF was the way to go for them.

For many couples, the IVF journey can be a long and tiring one, involving rounds on rounds of IVF. And although the process leading up to her first egg collection and fertilisation was a long one, they were over the moon that their first round was a success. She was pregnant!

Baby’s number 2 and 3 however, well these two happened even quicker AND naturally. That’s right they happened without IVF!

Topics Covered

• IVF process
• Treating severe endometriosis
• Birth Story with an artificial membrane rupture
• Second baby and natural conception
• Tandem feeding & Dry nursing
• Second Birth Story
• Having a water birth with Gestational Diabetes

During this conversation we hear 3 birth stories: 2 in hospital and 1 home birth (in part b). Billie talks us through needing to be induced with her first via an artificial rupture of the membranes but how she managed to stay off synthetic oxytocin.

She also talks through how she was diagnosed with gestational diabetes (GD) in her second pregnancy. Women with GD most often need to be induced early (often leading to a C-section) but not Billie. Billie wanted a water birth and this wasn't going to happen if she was induced early and put on the drip. Listen to her story to hear how she managed to get her water birth.

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