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#13 | Hikari - Japanese mama, baby girl born by C-section in Aiiku Hospital

#13 | Hikari - Japanese mama, baby girl born by C-section in Aiiku Hospital

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 In this episode we speak with Hikari who is Japanese with an English husband.  She talks about the pressures that she felt within her own culture around pregnancy + body image and the relief she felt being able to speak to her foreigner friends about it. Birth facility: + Aiiku Hospital, Tokyo -------------------------------------------------  Show notes: Questions around being able to conceive, happy pregnancy, morning sickness, conscious of weight gain, body image, epidural,  C-section, blood loss, breastfeeding issues, super tired post-birth, weight gain articles - CNN Japan , Tokyo Pregnancy Group ------------------------------------------------- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Opening 00:49  - Intro 01:26 - Journey to pregnancy 04:50 - Pregnancy 09:14 - Birth story 15:43 - Postpartum recovery 22:03 - Cost 22:58 - Bottle time 25:44 - Outro
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