EP24 Hannah | Coeliac's Disease, Anemia, Breech Baby, ECV, Induction, Epidural, Forceps

The Real Birth Podcast

Hello and welcome back to The Real Birth Podcast!

This week our birth story comes from Hannah, who discovered during her first pregnancy that she has coeliac’s disease. Hannah’s condition presented with almost no symptoms but the implications of having coeliac disease during pregnancy are far more serious than I knew. As well as managing a brand new health condition during her pregnancy, Hannah’s baby was also breech and she had a successful ECV to turn her. At almost 40 weeks, Hannah was involved in a car accident - not ideal for building those lovely oxytocin vibes which kick start labour!

Thank you again to Hannah for telling us about your experiences of your pregnancy, managing coeliac’s disease, your ECV, your induction, the birth and everything that happened in between!

I am really pleased to have been able to feature a story from someone with Coeliac disease - a condition which affects more than 1 in 100 people in the UK - as I’m sure I will not have been the only one who didn’t know much about how this might affect pregnancy and maternal health.

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This season I'm thrilled to be working with my first ever sponsor: Bridge House Pilates.

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