EBB 114 - Fighting for Birth Needs as a Single Parent with Jenny Russell

In this episode I am joined by new parent Jenny Russell, a registered nurse from Tennessee. Jenny struggled with infertility during her previous marriage, became unexpectedly pregnant in a new relationship, and took the Evidence Based Birth Childbirth Class as a single parent without a support person. Her EBB Instructor, Heidi Duncan, taught the class and also served as her doula. Jenny works full time as a clinical analyst in evidence based nursing documentation. She is also a full time caregiver for her mother, who has early onset Alzheimer’s.

Jenny candidly shares the incredible pressures she faced in her prenatal care, including her traumatic and stressful experiences in choosing the right providers to work with her, and switching care to a midwife just weeks before her due date. We also talk about the importance of doulas, and the crucial role Jenny’s amazing doulas filled during her birth and postpartum care.

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RESOURCES:

• Click here for information about tongue tie from the Mayo Clinic.
• Click here for an article explaining the dramatic rise in tongue and lip tie.
• Visit KellyMom for an article about breastfeeding a baby with tongue or lip tie.
• Click here for information on tongue and lip tie from La Leche League International.
• Click here to see the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act.
• Visit the Evidence Based Birth blog for all of our Signature Articles, such as The Evidence on: Erythromycin Eye Ointment for Newborns, and The Evidence on: Fetal Monitoring.

Follow Jenny on Facebook and Instagram.

Click here for the Evidence Based Birth Signature Article, The Evidence on: Doulas.

Click here for the Evidence Based Birth Signature Article, The Evidence on: Birthing Positions.

Find an Evidence Based Birth Childbirth Class near you with this interactive map.