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EBB 226 - An Emergency Cesarean Due to Bandl's Ring with EBB Parent Mandy Childs and EBB Instructor Dana Patterson

Published: May 25, 2022, 8:30 a.m.

b'On today\'s podcast, we\'re going to talk with EBB Childbirth Class parent, Mandy Childs and her doula, Dana Patterson, about having an emergency cesarean due to Bandl\'s ring.\\xa0

Mandy Childs (she/her) is a first-time parent to her son who she gave birth to in Greenville, South Carolina in March of 2021. Living now in Lynchburg, Virginia, Mandy is a trained elementary school teacher and currently a program coordinator for a nonprofit called Global Autism Project. Mandy lives with her husband, Ben, their son, Jack, and their dog, Penny. Mandy is also a graduate of the EBB Childbirth Class with EBB Instructor, Dana Patterson.

Dana Patterson (she/her) is an upstate South Carolina native and owner of The Doula Group, which offers birth doula support, postpartum doula support, and childbirth education. Dana has been involved in the upstate birth community for 15 years and has been a doula for eight years.\\xa0

We talk about Mandy\\u2019s experience taking the EBB Childbirth Class with Dana and what she learned as a first-time parent to apply to her own birth experience. We also talk about what Bandl\\u2019s ring is and how it led up to Mandy\\u2019s needing an urgent emergency cesarean.\\xa0

Content warning: We mention gendered language, grief and loss, perinatal death, cervical dilation check, epidural, uterine rupture, Bandl\\u2019s ring, resuscitation of a newborn, the urgency of an emergency cesarean, fear, birth trauma, and labor.

RESOURCES:

Learn more about EBB Instructor and founder of \\u201cThe Doula Group,\\u201d Dana Patterson here.

Learn more about the Bandl\'s Ring Facebook Group here.

Learn more about\\xa0 VBAC after Bandl\'s ring here.\\xa0

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