WEBVTT - Week 16: DVTs, Compression Socks and Travelling While Pregnant 

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

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<v Speaker 2>I am pregnant.

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

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<v Speaker 1>more manageable. I'm Grace Rubrey. I'm pregnant for the first

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<v Speaker 1>time and number two's are now every second day.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Yana Pittman.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm a former Olympic athlete, i am a mummy to

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<v Speaker 3>six kids, and I'm training to be an obstitrician.

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<v Speaker 1>Each week, Janna and I will hold your hand week

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

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<v Speaker 1>that is pregnancy, all the way from a poppy seed

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<v Speaker 1>to a pumpkin. Week sixteen sixteen, this is getting big.

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<v Speaker 1>What songs are we now, Well.

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<v Speaker 3>It's now the size of an avocado, which you probably

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<v Speaker 3>should be having some more of grace if your bowels

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<v Speaker 3>aren't working, but.

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<v Speaker 2>Or a small remote control.

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<v Speaker 1>And knock you at thirty three to ten.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, Or we're now moving into some animals, a small

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<v Speaker 3>guinea pig, a.

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<v Speaker 1>Small guinea pick. So when they get all of these

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<v Speaker 1>shapes and sizes and fruits. Is it measuring length or

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<v Speaker 1>girth length?

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<v Speaker 3>So we start measuring crown rump length initially, and then

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<v Speaker 3>we move soon to the head of the head of

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<v Speaker 3>the top of your babies head, to their little legs,

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<v Speaker 3>to their toes. So there's a variation in time of

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<v Speaker 3>when we actually look at just their bottom and as

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<v Speaker 3>they start stretching out their whole thing. It's not quite yet,

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<v Speaker 3>but you'll see as we come along, we'll all of

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<v Speaker 3>a sudden jump ten centimeters.

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<v Speaker 2>And be like, hang on a second, the maybe didn't

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<v Speaker 2>grow tens and es.

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<v Speaker 3>No, we change the way we measure the baby, so

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<v Speaker 3>at the moment, it's still crown crump length.

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<v Speaker 1>Because sometimes Tom, I've seen ones that it's like it's

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of celery and you're like, what.

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<v Speaker 3>How No, at the moment they're around eleven to twelve centimeters,

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<v Speaker 3>and we've got a weight now, so we've got abound

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<v Speaker 3>an eighty five to one hundred and ten grams, so.

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<v Speaker 1>What what ways that you don't have to have any

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<v Speaker 1>chocolate bar?

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<v Speaker 2>Think about it?

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<v Speaker 3>Eighty grams so sometimes one hundred grams, right, I'd love

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<v Speaker 3>one right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Though, Let's move on, right, Jool and I'm not even pregnant.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, what's happening to them? What are they're getting heavier?

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<v Speaker 3>What is that as a result of Yes, they can

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<v Speaker 3>now wriggle their fingers and their toes, which is quite cute.

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<v Speaker 3>And they're starting to have early expressions, not that we'll

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<v Speaker 3>be able to see them, but the facial muscles are

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<v Speaker 3>starting to work. The umbilical cord is mostly formed. It's

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<v Speaker 3>getting thicker though, and longer because it gets what's called

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<v Speaker 3>Woban's jelly, which is like a fatty outer layer, and

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<v Speaker 3>it'll supply your oxygen and your nutrition to your baby

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<v Speaker 3>for the rest of pregnancy.

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

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<v Speaker 2>To you? Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>To me, what's happening to me?

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<v Speaker 2>Now?

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<v Speaker 3>This is the time we sort of said that people

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<v Speaker 3>say they start feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, if someone said it to me, I go, yeah, Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>Most don't feel their baby move, but some people do

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<v Speaker 3>say that this is starting to happen. You might find

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<v Speaker 3>you have that increase in libido or a bit of

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<v Speaker 3>a dropping elevedo now, so again we'll have to talk

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<v Speaker 3>about that ups and downs. The leg cramps are coming in, yes,

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<v Speaker 3>and the Varraco's vein. Interesting, Yeah, not fun.

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<v Speaker 1>On all parts of you. You did mention varicose veins

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<v Speaker 1>in like uncomfortable areas, But are we looking just at

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<v Speaker 1>legs first or are they up for grabs anywhere.

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<v Speaker 3>It depends on your genetics predisposition. So some people have

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<v Speaker 3>quite thin vein walls and they can get varicose veins

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<v Speaker 3>all over their legs. It can be hemorrhoids. They're also

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<v Speaker 3>veins and that sort of pelvic congestion area. So it

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<v Speaker 3>comes around because you've got an increased bloo volume. We've

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<v Speaker 3>talked about that several times, ongoing hormonal control. So those

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<v Speaker 3>progesterone really relax those vessel walls. So if you've already

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<v Speaker 3>predisposed with thin vessels and you've got of wobbly the

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<v Speaker 3>valves inside the vein that usually stop the backflow from

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<v Speaker 3>the blood going to the heart. The increased pressure of

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<v Speaker 3>the uterus as it grows on what's called the iliac vessels,

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<v Speaker 3>So they're the big vessels around that take all the

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<v Speaker 3>waste products back towards the heart. If they're being squashed

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<v Speaker 3>by the pregnancy, the blood has to go somewhere, so

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<v Speaker 3>it backflows and it actually increases the diameter of those

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<v Speaker 3>vessels and they become tortuous and wrigley. For most women

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<v Speaker 3>it's legs, so they even get pain and cramps in

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<v Speaker 3>their legs, and you can actually see there's sort of

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<v Speaker 3>tortuous looking blue vessels on the skin. Now it doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>actually it looks. It's a small risk factor for DVT,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's not your main risk factor. They're deep veins,

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<v Speaker 3>are superficial veins. It was my main symptom in pregnancy.

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<v Speaker 3>So I had legit, as I said in one previous episode,

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<v Speaker 3>testicles in my vagina on one side, so I had

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<v Speaker 3>a single side and what we call a volvle variosity,

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<v Speaker 3>and not a single person had ever spoken about it.

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<v Speaker 3>I felt like I was the only person on the

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<v Speaker 3>entire planet that experienced this until now. I've seen lots

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<v Speaker 3>of vaginas, and I've seen lots of women who have them,

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<v Speaker 3>but nobody talks about it, Which is why I was

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<v Speaker 3>really keen and hopeful that you might let me discuss it,

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<v Speaker 3>because if you are experiencing this, you are absolutely not alone.

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<v Speaker 3>It's really common, and I want to reassure you that

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<v Speaker 3>after pregnancy it.

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<v Speaker 2>Almost goes away.

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<v Speaker 1>Will you see them, You're like, oh, yes, okay, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so you know if you have them.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I mean you could have small ones you may

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<v Speaker 3>not notice, but that cares. If you have small ones

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<v Speaker 3>you don't notice, then you don't need to know about it.

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<v Speaker 3>I woke up in the middle of the night one time,

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<v Speaker 3>felt this real release of pressure down the left right

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<v Speaker 3>side of my leg and woke up with these terrible veins,

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<v Speaker 3>like really really bad leg veins. And then the volvile

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<v Speaker 3>ones came, and unfortunately each pregnancy, they got worse and

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<v Speaker 3>worse and worse.

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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>It could be completely unrelated, or it could be I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not quite sure, but I around this time, I did

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<v Speaker 1>go to an optometrist just because it was time to

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<v Speaker 1>get it check up, and there was a burst blood

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<v Speaker 1>vessel in my eye, like not visually that you could see,

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<v Speaker 1>but somewhere at the back. And she did say that

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<v Speaker 1>could be as a result of pregnancy, or it could

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<v Speaker 1>be a sign of gestational diabetes asolutely I had had

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<v Speaker 1>my I had had my gestational diabetes test the following

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<v Speaker 1>week and I didn't have it. And then she said,

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<v Speaker 1>or it could be the force of vomiting that you.

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<v Speaker 2>All three okay, very well, she's very good. I like it, okay, and.

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<v Speaker 1>She did read me for three months. Time to go.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's just double check that it's fine.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And I think that's is if you do have

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<v Speaker 3>pre existing diabetes, pregnancy makes everything worse. So we actually

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<v Speaker 3>check women who have type one diabetes. For example, we

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<v Speaker 3>actually prefer them to have really planned their pregnancy and

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<v Speaker 3>really had good type sugar control because we know that

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<v Speaker 3>the kidneys and the eyes can be quite significantly damaged.

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<v Speaker 3>So we actually have that they have to have that

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<v Speaker 3>check twice in pregnancy because of that exact thing. But

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<v Speaker 3>your constant romity, grace, think about the pressures and you're

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<v Speaker 3>leaning over in a toilet bowl.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's going to happen.

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<v Speaker 3>It'll also happen potentially when you push your baby out.

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<v Speaker 3>Burst all the blood mistles in my eyes when I've

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<v Speaker 3>got pushed the baby out, so as your.

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<v Speaker 1>Eyes or sneezing, because I've definitely noticed enough tick and

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<v Speaker 1>sneezing as well, can that burst them? Well?

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<v Speaker 2>Again, I can't think that comes about.

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<v Speaker 3>Because you've got more and more blood flow to your

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<v Speaker 3>nose and to everything. It's gonna leak and you're you're

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<v Speaker 3>gonna have more congestion. You have nasal congestions really common

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<v Speaker 3>in pregnancy. Again, increased blood flow, so anything that you're

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<v Speaker 3>concerned about, I think it is just better to get

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<v Speaker 3>your GP to get it checked. But eye health is

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<v Speaker 3>something that often gets not talked about in pregnancy and

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<v Speaker 3>is really really important to make sure that you're not

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<v Speaker 3>in your eyes for life.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's something to look after.

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<v Speaker 1>So we have talked a lot of is this normal?

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<v Speaker 1>But I've just got one more to add, which is constipation,

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<v Speaker 1>which it hasn't gotten better from the start, So what

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<v Speaker 1>can we do? One is this normal? To what can

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<v Speaker 1>we do?

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<v Speaker 3>Sadly, in pregnancy, you have slowed transition of your bow,

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<v Speaker 3>so you'd hope that well some people get don't get

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<v Speaker 3>me get the runs as well, so it's not every

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<v Speaker 3>woman yet again highlights how different pregnancy is. So that

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<v Speaker 3>at least fifteen times so far. But we often have

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<v Speaker 3>a slowed bow transition, so the food you're taking takes

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<v Speaker 3>longer to absorb and go slower through your body. To

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<v Speaker 3>make sure that you're optimizing the amount of nutrients you

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<v Speaker 3>can remove from that food, we often vomit less, so

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<v Speaker 3>you're more dehydrated, you are circulating more volume, so you

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<v Speaker 3>got to try and keep that volume up. And women

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<v Speaker 3>are just really chronically problematic with constipation. So it's probably,

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<v Speaker 3>i'd say it is probably the most common symptom of

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<v Speaker 3>the second and third semester is women say, oh, it

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<v Speaker 3>cannot open my bows throwing. We often say, hey, Grace,

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<v Speaker 3>why don't you start taking an iron supplement that's going

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<v Speaker 3>to help you constipated? Hey have some on densitron for

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<v Speaker 3>your nausea constipated. So the combination of all those things

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<v Speaker 3>means women are struggling and then, unfortunately, let's go one

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<v Speaker 3>step further. You then get hemorrhoids, which hurts when you're

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<v Speaker 3>past stool, or you get an anal fisher, sorry, lady's

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<v Speaker 3>taking it really low below the table today, which is

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<v Speaker 3>basically a little cut in the anal verge of of

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<v Speaker 3>your bottom, and it hurts like stink to pass the stool,

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<v Speaker 3>so we get scared of passing, and so that you

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<v Speaker 3>don't and it goes two or three days. It's a

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<v Speaker 3>much bigger stool when it does come out, and it

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<v Speaker 3>hurts even more. So you have that sort of reflex

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<v Speaker 3>like a little toddler no, not want it to open

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<v Speaker 3>your bouth. So key to that hydration and can I

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<v Speaker 3>overcoal and colock so if you need.

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<v Speaker 1>It that a'll just sounds so terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry you didn't want me to be honest.

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<v Speaker 1>No, it's good. It's good. It is, and I hope

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<v Speaker 1>people just feel not alone if exactly they've gone down

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<v Speaker 1>one path to help another which has shut down something else. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>what is it like one step forward to two steps

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<v Speaker 1>back exactly?

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<v Speaker 2>And keep moving.

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<v Speaker 3>Actually, one of the things is you need to keep exercising.

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<v Speaker 3>So that sort of walking and things can certainly help

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<v Speaker 3>those bowers keep moving as well.

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<v Speaker 1>I will say when I do my big make eight

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<v Speaker 1>k walks in the morning, it does helps. It does help.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And a coffee sometimes ironically it's another old wives table,

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<v Speaker 3>but it can sometimes help.

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<v Speaker 2>I was not too much.

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<v Speaker 1>But and what are some important things to check off

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<v Speaker 1>on our list this week?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, so now we're getting closer to starting to book

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<v Speaker 3>that morphology.

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<v Speaker 2>It takes about an hour the morphology. It's long, and.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the really in depth review of the structures of

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<v Speaker 3>your baby. And so it can for example, at our

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<v Speaker 3>hospital where I work out, it can be three weeks

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<v Speaker 3>wait to.

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<v Speaker 2>Get into that appointment because our guys are so.

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<v Speaker 1>Great because you've only got that window to do it in.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you need to.

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<v Speaker 2>Book booking events?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, exactly, so I think that's probably my biggest one,

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<v Speaker 3>to make sure you've had that booked. And a discussion

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<v Speaker 3>around bleeding. Again, any bleeding in pregnancy, particularly at this gestation,

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<v Speaker 3>needs to be followed up because that placenta is starting

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<v Speaker 3>to grow and not all placentas are in the right spot. Now.

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<v Speaker 3>I have a bigger chat about that later, but if

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<v Speaker 3>you're having bleeding, it's really important now where at a

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<v Speaker 3>point where we want to get this pregnancy to a

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<v Speaker 3>viable gestation where you contact your birth team and just

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<v Speaker 3>let them know.

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<v Speaker 1>We've talked about the ultrasound places being really good. Are

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<v Speaker 1>the women's specific ones in every state.

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<v Speaker 3>Lots of them, So there are often women's centered places,

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<v Speaker 3>and it doesn't mean the others aren't great. You might

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<v Speaker 3>have an amazing sonographer at one of the other places,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's just more that if they concentrate on women's

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<v Speaker 3>imaging all the time, that's what they do all the time.

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<v Speaker 3>If you came to our hospital and there was an

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<v Speaker 3>abnormality on it. We would probably get it redone, but.

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<v Speaker 1>My took it this week. Helpful to everyone. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>a travel tip. I had an overseas flight early on

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<v Speaker 1>in my second trimester around this week, and I was

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<v Speaker 1>quite anxious about flying on a plane because of blood volume,

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<v Speaker 1>and because I was feeling sick, and because of a

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<v Speaker 1>whole bunch of things. So I did get the compression

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<v Speaker 1>bands great, well, compression socks, and I also got travel

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<v Speaker 1>sickness mean okay, fair, And then I also packed snacks

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<v Speaker 1>in my carry on and things that I knew just

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<v Speaker 1>in case if the meal wasn't coming to me, that

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<v Speaker 1>if it didn't vibe with what I needed, that I

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<v Speaker 1>had some of those safe snacks like twisties or like

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<v Speaker 1>some crackers and cheese and things like that. So if

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<v Speaker 1>you are stressed, especially of going to another country, there

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<v Speaker 1>are some things that that's what you can do. But

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<v Speaker 1>I do want to ask about the compression socks. Because

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<v Speaker 1>we do have so much more blood. Are we more

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<v Speaker 1>worried about blood clots?

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely?

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<v Speaker 3>Unfortunately, DVTs are much more common in pregnancy. Well, I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>I you think about it when you got asked if

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<v Speaker 3>you're going on the pill, for example, we know hormones

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<v Speaker 3>can play a role in that. So pregnancy is one

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<v Speaker 3>of the big times in life where you are at

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<v Speaker 3>risk of a DVT. So traveling overseas is always better

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<v Speaker 3>to just keep aware of it. Long haul flights move

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<v Speaker 3>around on the flight, yes, where your support stockings. Media

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<v Speaker 3>Australia make some really good ones or SRC and even

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<v Speaker 3>belly Band makes some good ones. So there's a couple

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<v Speaker 3>of good companies out there that support pregnants are specific

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<v Speaker 3>for pregnancy, not just whack on some stockings. But obviously

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<v Speaker 3>if that's what you can afford, that's what you do.

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<v Speaker 2>I want.

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<v Speaker 3>I also touch that VOLV variicosities, which we talked about already.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a lot of things like what's called a V

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<v Speaker 3>two supporter compression therapy. So there are things out there

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<v Speaker 3>you can I mean I said against V two supporters.

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<v Speaker 3>They make a huge difference to allow them. You can

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<v Speaker 3>wear them on the plane, you can wear them every

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<v Speaker 3>day from work, when you get out of bed. Some

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<v Speaker 3>women may even need to wear these compression stockings that

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<v Speaker 3>you only did it for the plane almost every day

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<v Speaker 3>for that support.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's very important.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't have that many medications. I just had vitamins.

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<v Speaker 1>But are their problems with traveling with medications that are

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<v Speaker 1>vital for you and your pregnancy.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you just never know how long you're going to

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<v Speaker 3>be going for something that might happen. So I think

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<v Speaker 3>it's always good to take your you know, whatever medications

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<v Speaker 3>and multivitamins and things you're on for pregnancy away with

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<v Speaker 3>you and keep them in your hand luggage, and keep

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<v Speaker 3>your favorite company of pajamas in your hand luggage because

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<v Speaker 3>you know, we always look at it lose our baggage

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<v Speaker 3>as well.

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<v Speaker 1>I do actually have one more question, when do you

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<v Speaker 1>need the letter to be able to fly?

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<v Speaker 3>Like?

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<v Speaker 1>When is it no longer safe? Because I was looking

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<v Speaker 1>up things and like I was one shop assistant who

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<v Speaker 1>obviously was this shop assistant and knew nothing was like

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<v Speaker 1>are you allowed to fly? And then it just like

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<v Speaker 1>flew out of your head. Yes, So when should you

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<v Speaker 1>stop flying?

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<v Speaker 3>That is a really difficult question to ask, because I

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<v Speaker 3>mean the situation will be very dependent on whether you've

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<v Speaker 3>got a higher risk or a low risk pregnancy. So firstly,

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<v Speaker 3>do you feel safe to fly or not? You know,

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<v Speaker 3>I think the airlines also have their fairly specific rules,

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<v Speaker 3>some say thirty two weeks, some say thirty four weeks.

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<v Speaker 3>I saw a lad in the day flying at thirty

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<v Speaker 3>six weeks. Don't think I would have done that personally,

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<v Speaker 3>because going into labor on the plane is not something.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that the right if you go into labor?

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<v Speaker 2>Mainly because what's going to happen if you have a baby.

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<v Speaker 1>On a plane? Hello? Is there a doctor on the plane.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's the safety, you know, if something We don't

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<v Speaker 3>want to go into this right now. But labor can

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<v Speaker 3>be dangerous, Okay, there's no way of getting around. These

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<v Speaker 3>babies one hundred two hundred years ago didn't make it

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<v Speaker 3>through like so it's ideal if you've got a low

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<v Speaker 3>respregnancy you can have a wonderful home birth. I'm a

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<v Speaker 3>big home birthing advocate, but you want to have access

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<v Speaker 3>to maternity services if something goes wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>Not really easy to do an.

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<v Speaker 3>International long haul flight over the over Japan. So I

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<v Speaker 3>think it's more a if your waters break your high

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<v Speaker 3>you know you've got a member.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all inside fluid.

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<v Speaker 3>You flying it autitude with its increased pressures and changes

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<v Speaker 3>that just flying later in gestation. Alis don't want to

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<v Speaker 3>risk the potential bad outcome that.

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