WEBVTT - Week 31: Avoiding UTIs And Understanding Braxton Hicks Contractions

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to a Muma Mia podcast. Mom and Maya

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<v Speaker 2>I am pregnanty.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Hello Bump. We're making pregnancy less overwhelming and

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<v Speaker 1>more manageable, hopefully. I'm Grace Reubray. I'm pregnant for the

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<v Speaker 1>first time and I thought I needed to wee a

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<v Speaker 1>lot before, but now I'm need to we a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>We should talk about that though, and case you've got

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<v Speaker 2>a urine retract infection. But let's get there down there

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<v Speaker 2>a few minutes. Agoy. My Name'siana Pittman. I'm a former

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<v Speaker 2>Olympian for Australia. I'm a mother of six beautiful kiddies,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm training to be an Obstritrician.

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<v Speaker 1>Each week, Yanner and I will be holding your hand,

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<v Speaker 1>week by week through the mysterious, perplexing and sometimes very

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<v Speaker 1>urgent and desperate miracle that is pregnancy, all the way

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<v Speaker 1>from a poppy seed to a pumpkin. Oh week third

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<v Speaker 1>and what what size is our baby? Too?

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<v Speaker 2>Sliced toaster is what Google told me today. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if I like that though. It's about in the

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<v Speaker 2>oven so you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's a theme there to leave there. I've got

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<v Speaker 1>a baby otter. I love way they play.

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<v Speaker 2>With their own babies as well at the zoo is

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<v Speaker 2>one of my favorite animals to watch. I have a

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<v Speaker 2>short nose, a kidnap.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know if there's a big nose or

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<v Speaker 2>a long nose and a.

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<v Speaker 1>Short like an ant eater AQ. Maybe I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>neither do I that's not our specialty.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm moving along. Baby is now weighing between one point

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<v Speaker 2>five and one point six kilos on average. Remember guys,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just an average, and it's about forty one centimeters long.

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<v Speaker 2>Like that's getting it's all wrapped up inside you there,

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<v Speaker 2>it's getting long.

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<v Speaker 1>When you look down at your belly, you go how

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<v Speaker 1>and where.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly because it's hide up inside or snuggling safe and

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<v Speaker 2>how are they developing? So this week I think what's

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<v Speaker 2>really sweet is they're starting to hear a lot more

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<v Speaker 2>outside of the womb. So you know, we've obviously been

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<v Speaker 2>playing music or talking about what sort of soundtracks you

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<v Speaker 2>want for your birth, but it's time they can start

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<v Speaker 2>really connecting with you. So if you do have a partner,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a lovely time to start engaging them and getting

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<v Speaker 2>them to talk to the baby. Their eyes are starting

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<v Speaker 2>to open now and they can certainly see the dark

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<v Speaker 2>between dark and night and things like that, so it's

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<v Speaker 2>quite a special time. And their lungs are starting to

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<v Speaker 2>develop pretty well now as well. So we're almost moving

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<v Speaker 2>past till a couple of weeks, moving past the point

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<v Speaker 2>where you'd need steroids if you went into labor.

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<v Speaker 1>What's happening to me and what's happening to us?

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<v Speaker 2>Many women now find I get a lot more emotional

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<v Speaker 2>in the third trimester, so because the reality of life

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<v Speaker 2>and what's happening and the big changes are certainly coming close.

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<v Speaker 2>So they're feeling less comfortable in their body. They're waddling

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<v Speaker 2>a bit more. The swelling is starting to happen. We

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<v Speaker 2>kind of talked about this at the beginning, but the

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<v Speaker 2>urine refrequency means how many times you pee is becoming urgent.

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<v Speaker 1>So I have questions on this is Sometimes the needing

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<v Speaker 1>to wei is just it feels like pressure. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>feel like if you've been locked in a car trip

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<v Speaker 1>and you go, oh my god, we need to pull

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<v Speaker 1>over to wee. It's not that it's this it's a

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<v Speaker 1>different pressure feeling. And then other times I can just

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<v Speaker 1>be sitting at my desk and it is that feeling

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<v Speaker 1>of needing to we of like, I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>she's just rolled and hit Yeah she hit the bladder

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<v Speaker 1>or something like that, but it's they're two very distinct

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<v Speaker 1>different things. But I need to use the bathroom. That's right.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean you've got to remember that the blood, it's

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<v Speaker 2>right in front of the uterus and it's now big

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<v Speaker 2>and expanding, and that baby is literally sitting on your blood,

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<v Speaker 2>which I'm sure you've heard your your grammars and your

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<v Speaker 2>friends say.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh's sitting all my blood. I've got to go to

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<v Speaker 1>the toilet, so it's real.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, your bladder is squashed, therefore it has a

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<v Speaker 2>smaller capacity to hold urine. You've got an increased dilation

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<v Speaker 2>of the kidneys, so the actual vessels that feed through,

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<v Speaker 2>so you're having more increased GFI. So basically that just

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<v Speaker 2>means how quickly your kidneys filter urine, and so you

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<v Speaker 2>do pee a lot. We're trying to get rid of

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<v Speaker 2>things you don't need. Sol it's trying to detox your

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<v Speaker 2>body in certain ways. Along with your liver, and so

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<v Speaker 2>it's important that that happens now. I think the thing

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<v Speaker 2>to consider though, is that changes in your urinary system

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<v Speaker 2>also does predispose you to urine retract infections. So I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's a nice time now to just say, if

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<v Speaker 2>your urine is coming more frequently, it smells a little bit,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a bit of stinging and burning, it's time to

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<v Speaker 2>actually distill a sample for your doctor and check that

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<v Speaker 2>there's nothing growing in that urine. Now, why is that important?

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<v Speaker 2>Couple of things. Firstly, no one wants a urin attract infection.

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<v Speaker 1>It hurts.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a chance it could go actually up into the

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<v Speaker 2>kidneys called pilonephritis, and that's a really serious condition impregnant.

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<v Speaker 2>We also know that any infection in the vagina or

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<v Speaker 2>in the in the bladder can actually stimulate labor a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit early. So we don't want to have an

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<v Speaker 2>irritated bladder because we don't want the uterus to become irritated.

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<v Speaker 2>So we call it ushrine irritability. When you have that,

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<v Speaker 2>what we call threatened pre term labor, where you just

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<v Speaker 2>get irritated, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Often it's just an infection. If we treat it, it goes away.

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<v Speaker 2>The scary thing is we have what's called asymptomatic back

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<v Speaker 2>to EU, which basically means we have bacteria in our

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<v Speaker 2>urine that sometimes doesn't even cause symptoms. So around this

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<v Speaker 2>time you might even find that your midwife, if you

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<v Speaker 2>have any increased frequency, might just get your pee in

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<v Speaker 2>a cup. If it's normal, great, If it's not better

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<v Speaker 2>to have some antibiotics now than later in the pregnancy.

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<v Speaker 1>So you can just request that next appointment to say,

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<v Speaker 1>can I also do a urine.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, and certainly if you've had urine attracted infections in

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<v Speaker 2>the past so you'll be prone to it, it's definitely

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<v Speaker 2>worth doing because we know our immune system is a

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<v Speaker 2>little less good at fighting enduring pregnancy, so therefore we

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<v Speaker 2>need to make sure that something's not growing. If you

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<v Speaker 2>have diabetes again, you're even higher higher risk unfortunately, of

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<v Speaker 2>getting infections, particularly of a urinary nature.

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<v Speaker 1>Is this normal?

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<v Speaker 2>Is normal?

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<v Speaker 1>Is this normal is around Braxton Hicks? Yes? So the

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<v Speaker 1>only reference I have a Braxton Hicks is from an

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<v Speaker 1>episode in Friends, Okay, go, where are we through that?

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<v Speaker 1>When Rachel has them and like Ross is like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>most women don't even feel those? Is everything Okay, your

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<v Speaker 1>preacher had come to the hospital.

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<v Speaker 2>What was it? What happened?

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<v Speaker 1>But it's something called Braxton Hicks contraction.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh god, that's a big deal. Most women don't even

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<v Speaker 2>feel them.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, no uterus, no opinion. That is my only And

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<v Speaker 1>but I knew that it meant you're close to labor.

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<v Speaker 1>That was sort of the only thing I kind of knew.

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<v Speaker 1>And when I was having an appointment with my midwife,

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<v Speaker 1>she was doing measuring me or feeling where the baby was,

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<v Speaker 1>and she had her hands on me and she goes, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>you're having a Braxton hick. Did you feel that? And

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, oh, that, I kind of feel that.

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<v Speaker 1>All the time. I had no idea what it was.

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<v Speaker 1>I just thought, well, actually I just thought it was

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<v Speaker 1>like slow moving boughs or cramps.

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<v Speaker 2>And look, it could be that too, because that is

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<v Speaker 2>definitely something that can that can mimic a Braxton hick. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I think the hard part about this is determining to

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<v Speaker 2>split it into is it just a Braxton Hicks contraction?

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<v Speaker 2>And we'll talk about the best ways to sort of

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<v Speaker 2>determine that versus am I in preterm labor? Because again,

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<v Speaker 2>between thirty and thirty four weeks. We don't want you

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<v Speaker 2>laboring at home. Bobby still needs ane and natal support

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<v Speaker 2>if they were to come out, and the steroids and

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<v Speaker 2>things like that. So the thing is to sit down

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<v Speaker 2>and watch what those contractions do. Now, if you get

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<v Speaker 2>distracted and you walk around the house and they go away,

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<v Speaker 2>they're Braxton Hicks. If you drink some water and go

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<v Speaker 2>to sleep and they're gone in the morning, they're Braxton Hicks.

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<v Speaker 2>If they're regular and they're tight and you can't talk

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<v Speaker 2>through them. Even if they are braxton Hicks, you need

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<v Speaker 2>to come and see us to make sure that they're

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<v Speaker 2>nothing that's progressing, because it does happen. You know, we

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<v Speaker 2>do have women that go into preterm labor, and one

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<v Speaker 2>of the starting symptoms is back pain like a period,

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<v Speaker 2>cramping in the vagina, and those tightenings. A lot of

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<v Speaker 2>midwives will say, brax and Hicks start every around the

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<v Speaker 2>back of your sides, are a little bit in your back.

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<v Speaker 2>True contractions are the entire uterus, but I have certainly

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<v Speaker 2>seen what we call some silent labor where there's those

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<v Speaker 2>Braxton Hicks contractions that do eventually turn into labor. So

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<v Speaker 2>it's important to just get the checked, and.

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<v Speaker 1>What would you if you're having them, what's the next

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<v Speaker 1>step that makes you go, oh, I should be getting

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<v Speaker 1>that tech if it's they become regular or it is

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<v Speaker 1>painful rather than uncomfortable.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, exactly, and they don't go away with a position change,

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<v Speaker 2>having a drink, having something to be walking around.

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<v Speaker 1>We spoke about when you should got a maternity leave.

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<v Speaker 1>I get them more when I'm at work.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, you're busy and you're moving around in the list.

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<v Speaker 2>Abdominal muscles are stretching, and you're pulling all those tendons

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<v Speaker 2>like another thing we often do. So if you came

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<v Speaker 2>to the berth unit to see me, because it's often

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<v Speaker 2>me these days on the birth unit that you'll come

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<v Speaker 2>and say hello to, we would often give you some panadole. Initially,

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<v Speaker 2>we'd pop the CTG monitor on and see if we

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<v Speaker 2>can see any of that uterine activity, and we'd feel

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<v Speaker 2>your tummy. So if you feel your tummy and your

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<v Speaker 2>tummy is rock hard and it's forty five seconds long

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<v Speaker 2>and they're coming every couple of minutes, it doesn't matter

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<v Speaker 2>if they go away, it's still better to come in

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<v Speaker 2>and get an assessment. What will that mean A speculum. Sorry, ladies,

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<v Speaker 2>but it does mean we'll have a look at your service.

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<v Speaker 2>If your servix is open, those braxtons are real. If

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<v Speaker 2>your servants is long, long and closed, we're less concerned.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think this sort of comes back into the

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<v Speaker 2>urine as well. At this point you might find you

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<v Speaker 2>yourself a little bit, so that can sometimes be your waters.

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<v Speaker 2>So we get a lot of women coming in around

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<v Speaker 2>this time and in pregnancy saying I think I've broken

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<v Speaker 2>my waters and it's just that they're having a bit

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<v Speaker 2>of an accident from the urine. Very normal, and I

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<v Speaker 2>much prefer it to be UI than you're amniotic fly.

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<v Speaker 1>I actually called about that. It's like slightly gross, but

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like it should be shared. Is that I

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<v Speaker 1>was noticing I didn't look like discharge, but I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know if it was we But then I didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>how much was amniotic fluid. Yeah, but it was definitely

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<v Speaker 1>just more wet down there. And their advice was to

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<v Speaker 1>put on a pad, yes exactly, and then wait either

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<v Speaker 1>overnight or wait a few hours, and if it's like

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<v Speaker 1>if it's amniotic fluid, it'll keep coming, it'll keep com backtly.

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<v Speaker 2>Most of the time, see, we've got these constantly at

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<v Speaker 2>the moment, most of the time the leaking will keep happening. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the caveat to that is that sometimes you get what's

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<v Speaker 2>called a hind Bader leak, and therefore you get a

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a leak and it doesn't go But that

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<v Speaker 2>tends to happen on repeat. You know, you have it

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<v Speaker 2>one day and you'll have it a few more days later.

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<v Speaker 2>You can come to the berth unit if you are concerned,

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<v Speaker 2>and we do these special tests. They're called an act

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<v Speaker 2>and prom or a test that particularly looks at the

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<v Speaker 2>proteins in the amniotic fluid and can differentiate it from

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<v Speaker 2>urine versus your amniotic fluid. And why is it important? Guys? Oh, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm only thirty two weeks as long as I'm not contracting,

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<v Speaker 2>Why does it matter if I'm leaking, Because that amniotic

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<v Speaker 2>fluid is basically what keeps your baby sterile and away

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<v Speaker 2>from the outside environment. So if your waters break, we

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<v Speaker 2>need to consider giving you antibiotics and making sure that

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<v Speaker 2>again there's no reason why your waters are broken, because

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<v Speaker 2>you know, there's a high chance in the first forty

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<v Speaker 2>eight hours after your water's broke that your baby's going

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<v Speaker 2>to come, so it's just better if you're concerned to

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<v Speaker 2>have it checked. So I think on our tool kick

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<v Speaker 2>this week is to make sure that you have something

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<v Speaker 2>nice to rub into your belly because you're belly, you're

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<v Speaker 2>starting to definitely grow and your clothes are changing, so

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<v Speaker 2>you know, so you got your biooils or your coconut oil.

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<v Speaker 2>And there's an amazing obstution actually down in Melbourne as

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<v Speaker 2>she's an assie woman, great ob who has made a

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<v Speaker 2>cream herself. Her name is Bromwin Hamilton's.

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<v Speaker 1>You can look her up.

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<v Speaker 2>She makes a beautiful body tummy cream for your belly.

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<v Speaker 1>I have some laboring position toolkits to practice or to

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<v Speaker 1>even just start trying. So I went to a pelvic

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<v Speaker 1>floor physio as I shared a few episodes ago, and

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<v Speaker 1>very much felt like I failed when they said push

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like, I don't get it. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>understand now that I've gotten used to what that feeling is.

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<v Speaker 1>We're trying positions to see what it's going to work

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<v Speaker 1>for you. Yeah, and how much more space I get?

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<v Speaker 1>So laying on my back, she was like, we can

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<v Speaker 1>do better. When I laid on my side with my

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<v Speaker 1>leg up in the air. That's where I've gotten the most.

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<v Speaker 2>Pelfic diametter to let baby out. Yes, the biggest of

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<v Speaker 2>pelbt DA matter. I mean, every position is going to

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<v Speaker 2>be different. It's so interesting that the actual physio can

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<v Speaker 2>have a look at what your body and your.

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<v Speaker 1>Perla starts intimate. Of course it is.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to be an intimate experience when your baby comes,

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<v Speaker 2>so you get.

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<v Speaker 1>Comfy with that.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think everyone is going to have a plan

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<v Speaker 2>of what they want to do, and you can find

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<v Speaker 2>out what maximizes your birth canal and things like that.

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<v Speaker 2>When it comes down to it, it's very much going

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<v Speaker 2>to depend on what pain relief you have. If you

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<v Speaker 2>have an epidural, you're less mobile. If your baby's in

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<v Speaker 2>a let's say it'll be honest, a posterior position, and

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<v Speaker 2>lots of people going, oh, I had a posterior labor

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<v Speaker 2>that beans basically your baby is stargazing. So we love

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<v Speaker 2>the idea of the spine being babies basically looking down

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<v Speaker 2>towards your anus. Sorry ladies, but that's what we hope.

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<v Speaker 2>We want the baby's head looking down with their spine

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<v Speaker 2>away from yours. When the baby's spine is sitting on

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<v Speaker 2>your spine. It's called an op labor, and it can

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<v Speaker 2>be really uncomfortable and it's very difficult because the baby's

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<v Speaker 2>head's a bigger diameter just purely from the anatomical size

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<v Speaker 2>of the head. And so they're the ones where you

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<v Speaker 2>want to be on all fours, leaning down to try

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<v Speaker 2>and rotate baby's spine around. But that also may be

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<v Speaker 2>a situation where we pop a peanut ball like it's

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<v Speaker 2>like a Swiss ball, you know, the blow up things

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<v Speaker 2>you sit on, but it's a shape like a peanut.

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<v Speaker 2>We stick that between your legs and we get you

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<v Speaker 2>to roll over. So even now you have the best

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<v Speaker 2>intentions of what you think will be best for you.

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<v Speaker 2>If your midwife in labour says, look, we need to

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<v Speaker 2>move you into this position to optimize your baby and

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<v Speaker 2>get them to roll over or move or change their position,

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<v Speaker 2>you just listen. So you might find you're in lots

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<v Speaker 2>of different compromising positions in birth.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, one of the ones that we haven't done but

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<v Speaker 1>planning to isn't all fours to try, that's the best one. Interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I ask what positions you gave birth in?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I had my first one. I was slide on

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<v Speaker 2>my back, So that's honest, just because I was I

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<v Speaker 2>think it was twenty one, twenty two, and that's what

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<v Speaker 2>I thought was the right thing to do. I've had

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<v Speaker 2>a water birth where I was sitting up on all

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<v Speaker 2>fours the twins I was. Then I had a breach

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<v Speaker 2>extraction for my second twins, so there was definitely an on.

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<v Speaker 1>My back as well.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm comfortable on my back though, so it's an interesting

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<v Speaker 2>thing that it is very traditional. The whole thought of me,

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<v Speaker 2>I felt like I was, you know, the old old

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<v Speaker 2>wives getting you know, getting into a very traditional birth space.

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<v Speaker 2>But for me, it worked and it was really comfortable.

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<v Speaker 2>So I've been on all fours for one of them.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think you'll feel what your body likes. And

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<v Speaker 2>what's going to be really funny is you'll love it

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<v Speaker 2>for thirty minutes and then you'll be like I hate this,

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<v Speaker 2>move me, and then as.

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<v Speaker 1>You get closer to birth, you'll be like, I can't

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<v Speaker 1>move it all.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very it'll be very dependent on how you're feeling

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<v Speaker 2>in that.

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<v Speaker 1>Space, So have some options in your tool kit when

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<v Speaker 1>exactly hate suddenly hate it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And I think just the last little talk kit

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<v Speaker 2>is there's a great website called Spinning Babies. So if

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<v Speaker 2>you actually find your baby's not in a good position

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<v Speaker 2>over the next few weeks, even now, you can start

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<v Speaker 2>actually doing some of these exercises to try, for example,

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<v Speaker 2>if you have a breach baby or a transverse baby,

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<v Speaker 2>to try and get that little one to head down

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<v Speaker 2>the birth canal in the right way.

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