Jun 4, 2026 · 57 min · 12 segments
In today's episode Rebecca shares her two pregnancy and birth experiences. Her first was complicated by obstetric cholestasis, which impacted her options when it came to where to give birth, but…
Serena LauHost
As you say, crazy when, like, the stars had seriously aligned birth-wise the first time.
Oh, yeah.
You went into labor before needing to be induced, and you had this amazing midwife, and-
Tell me about it.
It, it, honestly, like, game of two halves, both-
... bad halves.
[laughs]
Did it, did you feel like it took you a longer time to recover from the birth, having had such a lot of blood loss the second time?
Yeah.
I w- I would say I, I did, actually.
And I remember my mom looking at me and just, like, she didn't say anything, but I could tell, like, she was worried about me.
'Cause I w- I was just, I, I just was so d- ob- obviously, if you lose half your blood, you're gonna look awful, right?
And yeah, recovery, I just, I just felt, like, bone-deep.
I know you do anyway after you've given birth, but, like, this bone-deep tiredness.
Like, just I felt like I was walking through mud for a good couple of weeks afterwards.
And then I had a second, um, in hospital, I had a second iron infusion via a drip, and I felt awful for about, in fact, until I went to sleep that night.
And then I woke up the next day, and I was like, "Oh my God, like, I, I can't believe how bad I've been feeling, like, like, now my iron levels have started to increase.
Like, Jesus Christ, like, you don't have ..." Yeah, I d- didn't realize how badly it was making me feel.
So yeah, once I had that second lot, I felt a lot better.
And from the, like, again, like, [laughs] b- besides from the, the PPH, like, do you know, like, I felt great.
Like, I went for a little walk around the block on, like, day two and just, you know, just stuff like that.
I felt ...
As you say, crazy when, like, the stars had seriously aligned birth-wise the first time.
Oh, yeah.
You went into labor before needing to be induced, and you had this amazing midwife, and-
Tell me about it.
It, it, honestly, like, game of two halves, both-
... bad halves.
[laughs]
Did it, did you feel like it took you a longer time to recover from the birth, having had such a lot of blood loss the second time?
Yeah.
I w- I would say I, I did, actually.
And I remember my mom looking at me and just, like, she didn't say anything, but I could tell, like, she was worried about me.
'Cause I w- I was just, I, I just was so d- ob- obviously, if you lose half your blood, you're gonna look awful, right?
And yeah, recovery, I just, I just felt, like, bone-deep.
I know you do anyway after you've given birth, but, like, this bone-deep tiredness.
Like, just I felt like I was walking through mud for a good couple of weeks afterwards.
And then I had a second, um, in hospital, I had a second iron infusion via a drip, and I felt awful for about, in fact, until I went to sleep that night.
And then I woke up the next day, and I was like, "Oh my God, like, I, I can't believe how bad I've been feeling, like, like, now my iron levels have started to increase.
Like, Jesus Christ, like, you don't have ..." Yeah, I d- didn't realize how badly it was making me feel.
So yeah, once I had that second lot, I felt a lot better.
And from the, like, again, like, [laughs] b- besides from the, the PPH, like, do you know, like, I felt great.
Like, I went for a little walk around the block on, like, day two and just, you know, just stuff like that.
I felt ...
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