Keeping Your Power During Advocacy and Loss with Labor Junkie RN

EPISODE 19: High-Risk Birth, Misinformation, and Grief — with Sarah (L&D Nurse)

In this episode, I sat down with Sarah, a labor and delivery nurse who’s spent years in high-risk birth settings and has seen the full range of what families walk through. We started with a story that hit home, Sarah shared how her little sister got dangerous misinformation from TikTok about baby movement during labor, and how that led to a traumatic delivery. That moment was a turning point for her and became part of why she now shares factual birth education online.

We talked about:

• How social media misinformation can change outcomes in birth

• What “high risk” actually means (and what it doesn’t mean)

• Autonomy, informed consent, and why the birth team’s beliefs matter

• Bias in maternity care and how it shows up, even unintentionally

• What it looks like to be truly present for families in hard moments

• Grief and loss, Sarah shared about losing her close friend Amy and how that pain carries into daily life and work

This episode is about education, truth, and holding space, both in birth and in grief. If you’ve ever questioned your intuition, felt overwhelmed by information online, or are walking through loss…you’re not alone.

Share this episode with a friend, a parent, or a birth worker who needs it.

 

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