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Pediatric Sleep Consultant, high school guidance counselor, and SP Mom, Nikki Smith shares her story and about the birth of her two sons. She talks about an induction, epidural and the fairly uncomplicated birth of her first son followed by struggles with breastfeeding and spending a year pumping to feed him.  She then goes on to share about a very different birth and postpartum experience for her second son, including her struggles with her baby’s sleep, postpartum depression and anxiety.  Nikki is an incredibly kind and compassionate woman and professional. It was an honor to hear more about how she was able to recover and eventually discover a new calling for herself. 

Content Warning: Our desire with this podcast is to share the many different pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences of the people in our community. Therefore the nature of the podcast, although very personal, has what could be sensitive and/or triggering content including, but not limited to, experiences with medical emergencies, loss, miscarriage, PPD and anxiety.

Topics:

00:48 - Who she is and how she found Street Parking

03:27 - How she became a Sleep Consultant

05:18 - Who her kids are and going through a missed miscarriage

08:20 - Living with her husband’s parents and discovering she was pregnant

09:23 - Being induced, getting an epidural, and having a quick and uncomplicated birth of her first son

18:07 - Being induced and having a very different experience for the birth of her second

26:45 - Struggling with PPD PPA

30:17 - PPA and the overwhelming fear about anyone else taking care of her baby

37:28 - How podcasts, time for herself, and setting a goal to run a half marathon, and CBD oil were some tools to help her start feeling better

40:51 - How getting professional help with her son’s sleep struggles made a huge difference in her own mental health 

42:17 - More info on her role as a Pediatric Sleep Consultant

48:06 - How Street Parking has helped

IG Handle: @sleepwise_nikki 

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