The 4th Trimester Perspective Sonal Patel

Uncertainty breeds panic. This has been especially true as we have navigated the world of Covid. For Stephaine the uncertainty played into her existing anxiety and made the last few months of pregnancy unbearable. 
Listen as she shares her story and why postpartum has been so much easier than pregnancy and delivery. 
Stephaine was already working from home, so the world shutting down didn’t change much for her in that way. But as she got closer and closer to delivery, her friends and family kept asking questions that she didn’t have answers for. 
She’d already scheduled a c-section because she was scared of trying to deliver vaginally. Her mother had a very traumatic experience and she didn’t want to chance having the same. The question then became, because it wasn’t medically necessary, would she be able to have her c-section? 
Would the hospitals even be admitting? Would she have to birth at home? 
All of these questions caused her anxiety to spike and she spent the last few months of her pregnancy in constant fear. She ended up having her birth plan play out just as planned. Then postpartum was a breeze. 
Listen in to hear it all. 
 
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What would you do if you found out in two weeks you would become a parent? Not nine or ten months. Two WEEKS. That’s exactly what happened to Steven and he took up the mantle in such a loving way. Listen in to hear his story and learn how NayaCare has supported him in parenthood. 
Two weeks before his sister went into labor with her fourth child, she reached out asking if she could live with him. He agreed but had no idea what it would mean. She was due in two months, so he thought there was a longer timeline for everything, but her actions set things into motion sooner. 
After she gave birth, his sister didn’t see her son for over a month. Steven stepped in and was there almost every single day that Skylar was in NICU. A few days later he received the call that he’d be taking that precious baby boy home. 
Rather than wallow in all the ways bringing a baby home would change his life, he stepped up and happily took the responsibility on. He has become an amazing single dad, solely focused on making sure Skylar is thriving. 
His story is inspiring. Listen in to hear all about it and why NayaCare was the right choice for him and his newly expanded family. 
 
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Can you imagine being told you may have to birth your baby at home, telephonically? Colleen didn’t have to experience that but some of the expecting moms in her circle did. Thank goodness she knew her rights, but her birth was anything but easy. 
Colleen works in the restaurant industry and her husband is a firefighter. They are both considered essential workers. During her pregnancy, Colleen traveled and when she returned home she found out she was Covid positive. 
Essentially it felt like a cold on steroids and luckily, this was prior to the hysteria that surrounded/surrounds the Covid pandemic. Rather than freaking out about the disease, she decided to stay calm and focused for her and the life of her unborn child. 
However, when it came to birthing her beautiful baby, things were a tad chaotic. From the number of hours she was allowed to labor, to the skill level of the nurses attending her, there were some issues.
Luckily, she and her baby came through the experience happy and healthy.
Listen in to hear her story and learn more about the effects of the Covid pandemic on the state of obstetrics in the United States. Thankfully Colleen found NayaCare after she had her beautiful baby, because she deserved the peace and reassurance of having someone else come to her for visits. 
 
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I think at this point we can all agree that no two people have had a similar experience with Covid. This pandemic has rocked the bedrock of some of the most foundational beliefs we have. Listen as Amanda shares her story of having to deal with not one, but two hospitalizations during Covid. 
Amanda and her husband were completing fertility treatments prior to finding out they were pregnant. In fact, they didn’t think it was even possible that she was pregnant at first, but luckily, it’d finally happened. 
Fast-forward several months and her husband found out that he had multiple hernias and it was imperative that they be corrected as soon as possible. This was just before hospitals began limiting the surgeries that they scheduled. In fact, his was one of the last elective surgeries to be performed at their hospital.
In the meantime, their parents were getting their shots and taking precautions so they’d be able to help with their new grandbaby. 
By the time Amanda had her baby, everyone was masking, the state was locked down, and she was getting more and more nervous by the day. All of the doctors and nurses were in full-scale PPE. She even had to labor through a mask.
Thank goodness for home visits during her postpartum period. 
Listen in to hear her whole story and get a new perspective on postpartum during the pandemic.
 
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Emmy’s pregnancy wasn’t the easiest in the world, but this time it wasn’t due to the pandemic. This was Emmy’s second child and her second high risk pregnancy. In fact, she had her sweet little girl just before the world shut down. Unfortunately, she still had to deal with Covid. 
Just after delivery Emmy’s little girl was diagnosed with a congenital heart condition. They soon found out that she would need surgery to correct the condition and they were right back in the hospital. 
Things didn’t seem too much different at first, but shortly after their daughter’s surgery, lockdowns started to happen. To say that she was excited about having home visits would be an understatement. 
In fact, the team of specialists who repaired her daughter’s heart were surprised in a very good way to hear that Emmy and her baby wouldn’t have to be out in public. 
Listen as Emmy shares her story and why she wishes women and medical professionals talked about the perils of pregnancy more often. Complicated pregnancies aren’t rare. Let’s normalize talking about them and raising awareness. 
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There was nothing else. Everyone needs to know about in-home postpartum care. At least that’s what Caitlin believes. When she was pregnant with her second child she knew that she wanted a different experience. Listen in to hear her story. 
With her first child, Caitlin thought being a former fitness instructor who’d worked out all through her pregnancy meant she’d have an easy postpartum experience. Instead she found herself tired and suffering through the anxiety and uncertainty that comes with the postpartum experience.
With her second she knew she wanted a different experience. She found NayaCare and decided that no matter if insurance covered it or not, she wanted in-home visits. Amazingly, insurance covered her visits and her pelvic floor therapy, so always remember to check!
Instead of feeling lost and confused while at a pediatrician’s office, she and her baby were able to stay home and receive the care they needed. Her postpartum experiences were completely different and she would definitely recommend checking out in-home care, no matter your situation. 
Listen as she shares her experiences with both pregnancies and why she’s so adamant about the personal, in-home experience. She loved that her husband was included in the care plan and that she felt like her whole family was able to heal and transform into this new season of life. 
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