{"podcast":{"title":"Birth Tales","slug":"birth-tales-6594383","podcast_index_feed_id":6594383,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/483081/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/483081","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/a/9/4/4a94eedb121bf7d1bafc7308ab683e82/0001-8301659893293611620.jpg","author":"Serena Louth","episode_count":90,"summary":"Welcome to Birth Tales. Conception, pregnancy, birth and those first hazy postpartum days are a physical and emotional whirlwind. My hope is that by sharing these unique experiences we can support, educate and inspire others on their journeys to becoming parents.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T14:17:17.210174+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/birth-tales-6594383"},"episode":{"title":"071 - Maria |  ectopic pregnancy, positive induction, hypnobirthing, 3rd degree tear, closing the bones","slug":"071-maria-ectopic-pregnancy-positive-induction-hypnobirthing-3rd-degree-tear-closing-the-bones","published_at":"2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/birth-tales-6594383/071-maria-ectopic-pregnancy-positive-induction-hypnobirthing-3rd-degree-tear-closing-the-bones","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/birth-tales-6594383","url":"https://0ade784d-a7f4-4273-bf98-42866755714d.libsyn.com/071-maria-ectopic-pregnancy-positive-induction-hypnobirthing-3rd-degree-tear-closing-the-bones","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/0ade784d-a7f4-4273-bf98-42866755714d/Maria_Full_Ep_2.mp3?dest-id=4114155","summary":"In today's episode I'm chatting to Maria about her two pregnancies. Her first was very sadly an ectopic pregnancy and she shares her journey of expectant management, which left her feeling very lonely and anxious. When she conceived again and got through the first trimester, Maria loved her second pregnancy. She planned to birth her baby at home but ended up accepting an induction at 42+2. She talks about her experience of a 3rd degree tear, the amazing postnatal care she received and how healing her birth felt following her loss. I'm so grateful to Maria for sharing so honestly about her ectopic pregnancy and just want to flag to you listening that thats what we speak about for the first few minutes of our conversation in case you'd prefer to save this episode for another day. My website: www.serenalouth.com My IG: https://www.instagram.com/serenalouth/ Maria's IG: https://www.instagram.com/maria.iggy/ Maria's story: https://ectopic.org.uk/stories/an-expectant-management-experience","meta_description":"In today's episode I'm chatting to Maria about her two pregnancies. Her first was very sadly an ectopic pregnancy and she shares her journey of expectant…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3086,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/birth-tales-6594383/episodes/071-maria-ectopic-pregnancy-positive-induction-hypnobirthing-3rd-degree-tear-closing-the-bones/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/birth-tales-6594383/071-maria-ectopic-pregnancy-positive-induction-hypnobirthing-3rd-degree-tear-closing-the-bones.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}