WEBVTT - Week 36: Should I Have Packed My Hospital Bag Already?

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to a mum and me a podcast.

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<v Speaker 3>I am pregnanty.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to Hello Bump. We're making pregnancy less overwhelming and

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<v Speaker 2>more manageable, hopefully. I'm Grace rue Ray, pregnant for the

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<v Speaker 2>first time and at thirty six weeks, it's starting to

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<v Speaker 2>get a little bit old.

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<v Speaker 3>It's getting very real now you're only a week away

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<v Speaker 3>from being full termed. So anyway, I am Jana Pittman.

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<v Speaker 3>I am a training obstitution and gynecologist, a mum of

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<v Speaker 3>six beautiful babies, and I used to run for Australia.

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<v Speaker 2>Each episode, we will be holding your hands week by

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<v Speaker 2>week through the mysterious, perplexing and sometimes tiring miracle that

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<v Speaker 2>is pregnancy, all the way from a poppy seed to

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<v Speaker 2>a pumpkin.

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<v Speaker 3>Week thirty six, we're very much on the pumpkin side

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<v Speaker 3>now you are welcome to thirty six weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>But if we're not a pumpkin, what else are we

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<v Speaker 2>a popcas? We are you're a podcast. You're officially a

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<v Speaker 2>pupkin thisst but a small pumpkin.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, a small smallish honey, ye pupkin.

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<v Speaker 2>But anyway, I've got a large lettuce but now that

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<v Speaker 2>feels quite small, or.

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<v Speaker 1>A small watermelon I've got here as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, melon, melon, melons forever, all right.

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<v Speaker 3>So baby is around two point seven to three kilos now,

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<v Speaker 3>so we really are very close to term.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you have a high risk.

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<v Speaker 3>Pregnancy, this is around the time that we actually do

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<v Speaker 3>start seeing some women being induced. Now we're talking very

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<v Speaker 3>high risk like preclamps here and growth restriction and things

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<v Speaker 3>like that. So again it'll be a very obstetric lead decision,

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<v Speaker 3>but definitely some women will be starting to have that

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<v Speaker 3>conversation if you have a few of those risk factors around,

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<v Speaker 3>when the timing of birth is most.

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<v Speaker 2>Appropriate for you and what have they developed most.

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<v Speaker 3>Things now, like there's not much leads just getting cuter,

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<v Speaker 3>is getting cute, but like no steroids at this point,

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<v Speaker 3>no lung support like little ones coming out if they're

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<v Speaker 3>normally grown babies at two point seven to three kilos,

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<v Speaker 3>we'll stay with mum. So thirty six weeks again, it's

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<v Speaker 3>a huge milestone because think most babies do very very

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<v Speaker 3>well at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>What's happening to me and what's happening to us.

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<v Speaker 3>You might start feeling that drop in the in your pelvist.

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<v Speaker 3>So look, it tends to happen sort of between thirty

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<v Speaker 3>six and thirty eight weeks where you still feel that

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<v Speaker 3>very much the baby's sitting underneath your ribs. But then

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<v Speaker 3>all of a sudden you wake up and you're like, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>I can breathe a bit better again. And that's because

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<v Speaker 3>we're hoping that the baby's head is heading down into

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<v Speaker 3>that pelvis, so increase problems passing your oine and things

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<v Speaker 3>like that. But we're getting closer.

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<v Speaker 2>So it is a physical feeling rather than just the

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<v Speaker 2>visual of like, oh, it looks like it's dropped, Like

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<v Speaker 2>did you notice a change?

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<v Speaker 3>I felt like I noticed a change. But again it's

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<v Speaker 3>a little bit of a wive's table. I mean, it

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<v Speaker 3>is obviously that head is going to head down. You

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<v Speaker 3>might notice that, for example, when you go for your

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<v Speaker 3>mid with free appointment. Now they do that really horrible

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<v Speaker 3>thing where they shove their hand down and try and

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<v Speaker 3>feel the baby's head and see if it's engaged or not.

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<v Speaker 3>So that basically means is the baby's head still coming

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<v Speaker 3>in and out of the pelvis like it would have

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<v Speaker 3>been two or three weeks ago, or is it nicely

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<v Speaker 3>lodged down there, And that's the first start of labor.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the first time where baby's getting in that right

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<v Speaker 3>direction and that pressure will start happening on that service

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<v Speaker 3>because that's how the cervix opens, is the baby's pressure

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<v Speaker 3>of the head.

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<v Speaker 1>Is against it.

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<v Speaker 3>And then when the uterus contracts, obviously it then allows

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<v Speaker 3>that cervix to open. But the first thing is having

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<v Speaker 3>something ahead or a bum pushing heavily on that cervix.

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<v Speaker 2>That's fascinating, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, partly it'll be the shape of the uterus.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, babies do go obviously transverse and sideways and

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<v Speaker 3>bleak in all these different positions. But if you think

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<v Speaker 3>the longitudinal shape of your uterus, does you know, you'd

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<v Speaker 3>hope sort of define the way they lie. But I've

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<v Speaker 3>seen some cheeky babies in some very unusual positions.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh and that's what's terrifying if they go down there

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<v Speaker 2>and then you rock up at a hospital and they've

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<v Speaker 2>moved again, like you said a few episodes ago.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think actually it's a really good point.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a couple of really important things we do in

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<v Speaker 3>this week, and the first one is if you go

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<v Speaker 3>into labor now, it is actually a really good idea

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<v Speaker 3>to ask them to do a quick ultrasound to check

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<v Speaker 3>baby's head down. Now, most of the time the midwives

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<v Speaker 3>are going to do it anyway, or the doctors, but

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<v Speaker 3>you don't want to be caught out fully blown labor

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<v Speaker 3>and find there's a foot there. So it is just

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<v Speaker 3>nice to know that there's definitely ahead. Now. We can

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<v Speaker 3>usually feel that through your tummy, but even the most

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<v Speaker 3>senior midwives can sometimes get it wrong and it's a button,

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<v Speaker 3>not a head, so just get them to chuck the

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<v Speaker 3>ultrasound on. This is also the week that we do

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<v Speaker 3>and it's a bit controversial, but we have done all

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<v Speaker 3>the controversial topics in this podcast. Your GBS swab, so

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<v Speaker 3>that is a bacteria that grows in the vagina. Normally

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<v Speaker 3>it's very transient. It's about one in four women will

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<v Speaker 3>have it, and you need to decide if you're happy

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<v Speaker 3>to have it. So a lot of women say, yep,

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<v Speaker 3>no problems. I'd prefer to know because we know that

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<v Speaker 3>there's some significant problems for the baby at birth does

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<v Speaker 3>not affect you at all. So if a woman's got

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<v Speaker 3>GBS positive, she'll be just slight the twenty five percent

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<v Speaker 3>of other women that do not concerning for mum at all.

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<v Speaker 3>But if bubby could catch it, it can cause really significant

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<v Speaker 3>problems with their lungs and also with their brains, so

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<v Speaker 3>in terms of being very unwell post birth. So you

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<v Speaker 3>can get late onset and at term GBS sepsis in

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<v Speaker 3>a baby, so you know, look it's rare to get it,

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<v Speaker 3>but if baby does get it, there's a very high

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<v Speaker 3>mortality rate, which means that the ones can die from it.

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<v Speaker 3>And so look that sounds very scary. And I know

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<v Speaker 3>some people be listening to this, you know, saying, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, that's ridiculous. I don't want antibiotics in birth,

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<v Speaker 3>because that's what it means. So what does it mean

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<v Speaker 3>is if you're positive, it means if you wraps your membranes,

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<v Speaker 3>we will recommend. We won't do it, we will recommend,

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<v Speaker 3>and then it's your choice, but strongly recommend that you

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<v Speaker 3>have an induction, so as soon as your waters are broken,

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<v Speaker 3>versus if you break waters without having that GBS bug,

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<v Speaker 3>you can have twenty four to forty eight hours to

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<v Speaker 3>see if your body goes into labor naturally, So that's

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<v Speaker 3>that intervention of if I do this swab and it's positive,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to have an induction. And then the second

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<v Speaker 3>thing is that we recommend antibiotics in labor because we

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<v Speaker 3>know that we can protect the baby via the placenta

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<v Speaker 3>to not get that infection. And then women worry about, well,

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<v Speaker 3>is that going to change my bastmel because it's going

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<v Speaker 3>to change the baby's biota and things like that, and look, yes,

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<v Speaker 3>absolutely there are those real concerns. But I think if

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<v Speaker 3>you've seen a baby get very sick from gbos sepsis,

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<v Speaker 3>which unfortunately I have seen, it was pretty heartbreaking, you

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<v Speaker 3>want to know that you've done and you put your

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<v Speaker 3>best foot forward, and so it is a discussion to

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<v Speaker 3>have with your midwife, and I look as an obstitution,

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<v Speaker 3>I have to say I recommend it, but there are

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<v Speaker 3>I've definitely had mums who come up with some really

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<v Speaker 3>good reasons and they said they're happy to have the

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<v Speaker 3>extended stay in hospital and watch their baby closely, and

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<v Speaker 3>that they prefer that. And ultimately, remember it's your body,

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<v Speaker 3>it's your baby, and you have to make the decision

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<v Speaker 3>that's right for you.

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<v Speaker 1>In this space.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, why do they do it so far

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<v Speaker 2>out then.

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<v Speaker 3>Because unfortunately the taste takes quite a bit of time

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<v Speaker 3>to come back and there's no way of testing, like

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<v Speaker 3>no the PC go to labor. Yeah, there is some

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<v Speaker 3>places that can do a quick test it's a PCR test,

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<v Speaker 3>but it comes back you know, in four or five hours.

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<v Speaker 3>It's extremely expensive. And you know, the New South Wales

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<v Speaker 3>government when it comes to immunizations and swab tests and

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<v Speaker 3>things like this, I guess do a nationwide thing where

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<v Speaker 3>there's a budget that allows for the best number of

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<v Speaker 3>women to be treated and the most number of babies

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<v Speaker 3>to be safe. And I guess the recommendation at the

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<v Speaker 3>point is to do it. But you are right because

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<v Speaker 3>by forty weeks you may not be positive at all.

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<v Speaker 3>In other words, you might be overtreating and worse. That

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<v Speaker 3>lady for example, that we had, she did do the

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<v Speaker 3>swab and it was negative for thirty six weeks and

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<v Speaker 3>the baby got sick. So she did nothing wrong because

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<v Speaker 3>she didn't know she had GBS in labor and so

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<v Speaker 3>you know, there's a lot of arguments there are saying

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<v Speaker 3>that is it a useless test? Then unfortunately we don't

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<v Speaker 3>have anything better at the moment, and so I think

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<v Speaker 3>it really comes down to like, for my case, I

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<v Speaker 3>made the decision to do it, and I did the swab,

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<v Speaker 3>I was I've been GBS positive once, so I had

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<v Speaker 3>the antibiotics in labor for that, and then I just

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<v Speaker 3>took probiotics after labor.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it an ivy antibiotic?

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<v Speaker 3>It is Benzl penicillin unless you have a penicillin allergy.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I gave a little bit of probotics to

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<v Speaker 3>the baby as well, which again is a bit controversial,

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<v Speaker 3>but Kiara is a isolated from breast milk, so we

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<v Speaker 3>basically put a time a little bit on my nipple

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<v Speaker 3>or in their formula to try and help with their

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<v Speaker 3>gut biota afterwards. So again it's a very personal decision

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<v Speaker 3>and I think the really hard spot in that space

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<v Speaker 3>is that some hospitals don't do it, but many do.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's a conversation to have with you midwife and

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<v Speaker 3>get her to do that. The stats are very real,

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<v Speaker 3>Like you, A one percent of babies will get the

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<v Speaker 3>infection if mum's positive, and at the mortality rate can

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<v Speaker 3>be up to fifty percent in babies that catch it.

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<v Speaker 1>That get sick.

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<v Speaker 3>So there's all these like really long winded statistics, but

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<v Speaker 3>you're probably better off getting a leaflet about it and

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<v Speaker 3>then making it yourself when you can have an educated decision.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to ask about fetal movements, so we talk

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<v Speaker 2>about them so often, but one thing that I've read

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<v Speaker 2>is that the movements may change because they've gotten bigger

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<v Speaker 2>and they're running out of space. Is that true? And

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<v Speaker 2>how are we still looking for patterns to make sure

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<v Speaker 2>in the safe zone.

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<v Speaker 3>It's really hard and you know, their babies do have

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<v Speaker 3>less room because they're bigger now they're all curled up.

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<v Speaker 3>But again we're looking frequency of movements. So if your

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<v Speaker 3>baby moves all day and is sleepy at night, that's

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<v Speaker 3>their normal pattern. And if that changes and all of

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<v Speaker 3>a sudden they're really quiet during the day, you come

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<v Speaker 3>on into the hospital. I think we need to look

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<v Speaker 3>at how often it happens as well. So things that

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<v Speaker 3>we are looking for is that has there been some abruption,

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<v Speaker 3>has there been some decrease in placental function, has babies

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<v Speaker 3>growth reduced? So there's there's reasons as to why a

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<v Speaker 3>baby stops moving. Because I get I liken it too.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, if you go for a hard run and

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<v Speaker 3>you run out of food and no one gives you

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<v Speaker 3>a protein shake or and energy drink. After you've gone

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<v Speaker 3>for an exercise, you want to lie on the couch

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<v Speaker 3>and do nothing. And so, yeah, babies stop moving because

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<v Speaker 3>they're running out of supply, and that can be that

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<v Speaker 3>they're having chronic hypoxia, which basically means they've got something wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>Like you know, we get your recist negative mums that

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<v Speaker 3>don't have anti D for example, that might have a

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<v Speaker 3>baby that's developing a chronic anemia, and they obviously stop

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<v Speaker 3>moving as much.

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<v Speaker 1>And we do a.

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<v Speaker 3>Test called a KLIHOW which is special test to actually

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<v Speaker 3>see whether there's a reaction between the baby and the mother,

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<v Speaker 3>and if that's positive, we know that there's a reason

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<v Speaker 3>to birth baby. So there's we want you to come

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<v Speaker 3>in case there's something terrible like that. Nineteen nine percent

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<v Speaker 3>of the time, Grace, by the time you baby come

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<v Speaker 3>you come into the hospital, it's doing cartwheels in your

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<v Speaker 3>belly and you feel embarrassed. It's totally fine, and I

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<v Speaker 3>really want to reassure you it's one hundred percent the

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<v Speaker 3>right thing. Because we have had many, many mummies save

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<v Speaker 3>their babies lives by coming in because of concerns.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is something that you've spoken about before, is

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<v Speaker 2>that you have been called to an er so many

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<v Speaker 2>times and you don't care.

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<v Speaker 3>No, it's a twenty four to seven service and in fact,

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<v Speaker 3>most of the time you're sitting there going I've got

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<v Speaker 3>nothing to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, yes, I want to come around and say

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<v Speaker 2>hello too, sometimes anxious, I'm ready.

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<v Speaker 1>You needed to come.

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<v Speaker 3>And we also have a lot of junior doctors in

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<v Speaker 3>the hospital and they often get to come and learn

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<v Speaker 3>from those experiences because it is and look, I've mean

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<v Speaker 3>this in a negative way, but it is a bit

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<v Speaker 3>of the cry wolf, but if you're not careful, you'll

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<v Speaker 3>miss the real wolf, like as in you need to

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<v Speaker 3>be really good in that space of saying taking every

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<v Speaker 3>single woman who comes in seriously with mother's intuitions enormous

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<v Speaker 3>and even if you have a normal categ and a

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<v Speaker 3>normal ultrasound and everything's normal, if it changes again, I

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<v Speaker 3>want you to come back like it doesn't. It's there

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<v Speaker 3>were all screening tools, they're not diagnostic, So if you're concerned,

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<v Speaker 3>you come back. And I still vividly remember this incredible

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<v Speaker 3>woman who unfortunately did have a still birth, and then

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<v Speaker 3>she came back pregnant, and she came in and I

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<v Speaker 3>met her. The's only six months ago and she's only

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<v Speaker 3>thirty five weeks pregnant. She's like, there's something wrong. And

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<v Speaker 3>the CTG was normal and the ultrasound was normal and

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<v Speaker 3>everything was normal. She's like, there's something wrong, but we

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<v Speaker 3>couldn't find it. We just couldn't find it, and so

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<v Speaker 3>we admitted her and watched and it was just like

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<v Speaker 3>a bit of a gut instinctive and obviously a bit

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<v Speaker 3>of ten to eleven care because she'd had a terrible

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<v Speaker 3>outcome before. In the middle of the night, she's like,

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<v Speaker 3>something's really wrong. We popped the CTG on and the

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<v Speaker 3>heart rate had dropped right down to sixty and we

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<v Speaker 3>did a beautiful birth and she has a baby to

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<v Speaker 3>go home with. But had she not stuck to her

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<v Speaker 3>guns and pushed and pushed back on us to say

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<v Speaker 3>something is wrong, she may have had an even worse

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<v Speaker 3>outcome than she'd been through previously. Can't imagine two things

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<v Speaker 3>happening to the same person, but it sometimes does. So

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<v Speaker 3>listen to your heart. It's completely fine, and we much

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<v Speaker 3>prefer to see you then come in with a terrible outcome.

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<v Speaker 2>My took kit this week I wanted to ask you

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<v Speaker 2>about is packing your bag?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay?

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<v Speaker 2>It is thirty six weeks late. Late, too late, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>too late.

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<v Speaker 3>I want you ladies, we probably should have put that

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<v Speaker 3>a few weeks ago. Thirty two weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>I think a bag a shuld be at the front

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<v Speaker 1>door or maybe in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Car double oops before Look, you're.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably not going to need it.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's be really honest, you're probably not going to need it. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>worst case scenario, have a little day bag which is

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<v Speaker 3>a pair of undies, and your charge it.

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<v Speaker 1>For your phone.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, because sitting around in birth units is so boring

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<v Speaker 3>and it's very long when your phone always goes dead.

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<v Speaker 3>And so I guess every time you go to your

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<v Speaker 3>antenatal clinic is an opportunity where something might say, sorry

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<v Speaker 3>to race, you have to come into hospital overnight.

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<v Speaker 1>So to me, it's just better.

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<v Speaker 3>It don't mean it's gonna happ you have your baby

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<v Speaker 3>that night, but it does mean we might need to

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<v Speaker 3>monitor you if there's something we're concerned about. So, if

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<v Speaker 3>it's in the back of the car, are you telling

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<v Speaker 3>me you haven't got your bag right now?

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<v Speaker 1>It's a little worry.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, okay, tonight, yeap tonight, We'll do it tonight. This

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<v Speaker 2>is a bit terrifying, but all right, what's on your

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<v Speaker 2>checklist for this week?

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<v Speaker 3>I think this is the time when you need to

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<v Speaker 3>book a night away with your partner or a friend,

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<v Speaker 3>like have your baby moon or whatever you're going to

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<v Speaker 3>do with your favorite person of choice, because again, things

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<v Speaker 3>are getting real and it's getting soon.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't go into.

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<v Speaker 3>State, just putting it out there because I had a

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<v Speaker 3>lovely lady this week who flew from Brisbane down here

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<v Speaker 3>and then went into early labor, and it's a long

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<v Speaker 3>way from home. So I think somewhere within thirty to

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<v Speaker 3>forty minutes from home is about the best option, just

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<v Speaker 3>so you can have that safety of your medical team

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<v Speaker 3>that's been looking after you the whole time and the

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<v Speaker 3>comforts of home.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we're doing a staycation, but not only is it

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<v Speaker 2>within forty minutes or what it's like within ten minutes, Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>that's booked a hotel in the city, And that does

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<v Speaker 2>remind me. I spoke to my husband today. I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to ask you on to this question. Can

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<v Speaker 2>I have a bath now? Because this hotel room has

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<v Speaker 2>a bath. Yeah, So is it the same rules as

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<v Speaker 2>the first trimester or are they different rules.

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<v Speaker 3>Look, we still say that anything overheat, your baby can't

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<v Speaker 3>regulate it's temperature the same as you. But like, if

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<v Speaker 3>you're going to have a lovely warm bath, not stinking hot,

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<v Speaker 3>and you're in there for five or ten minutes, if

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<v Speaker 3>you sold for forty five minutes to an hour, probably

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<v Speaker 3>not the best thing for.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but if I still do a little at bit.

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<v Speaker 1>That's fine. Ten minutes I think.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, you know, in labor, we're gonna you in

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<v Speaker 3>the bath, hopefully because it's a lovely way to relax

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<v Speaker 3>a woman in labor. But I think it's all in

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<v Speaker 3>moderation at this point.

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