# 608 | Clare, Maternally Assisted Caesarean, Baby hearing loss, Endometriosis

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Podcast: [Australian Birth Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-birth-stories-401092)
Published: 2026-05-11T23:50:00+00:00
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In this week’s episode, I chat to Clare about her two planned caesarean births. Despite severe endometriosis, Clare fell pregnant easily and sailed through the first half of her pregnancy. However, at her 20 week scan she discovered that her baby had ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJ) and shortly afterwards, she was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Her planned caesarean was straightforward but her recovery was not; extensive adhesions in her uterus caused a long and painful postpartum. She chose a private obstetrician for her second birth and jumped at the chance to have a maternal-assisted caesarean but nothing could prepare her for the shock of her baby’s hearing loss diagnosis at six weeks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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