Guyyysss today's episode is so good! I was on the edge of my seat listening to Tayla's experience with pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

Tayla had experienced shakes/jerks for quite a while that were hard to explain. When she’d see medical professionals they weren’t able to diagnose her because they weren’t able to witness them.

After the birth of her firstborn, she experienced a seizure in her sleep which again no one witnessed. She experienced her biggest seizure in the presence of her mum, who called an ambulance. 

After this massive seizure, she was diagnosed with Myoclonic epilepsy.

Tayla then talks us through the pregnancy and birth of her second baby, and how it was navigating the medical system with her epilepsy diagnosis. 

Tayla is huge on advocating for herself - she really wanted a calm waterbirth with no intervention. After the epilepsy diagnosis, Tayla found that medical professionals would want to monitor and control the birth as much as possible. She dived into research and reached out to her doula and her midwife and didn't stop with one no, she just kept on pushing. 

Tayla was able to have an epic waterbirth and her aim was to rewrite the rulebook around pregnancy and birth with epilepsy.

Make sure you follow Tayla on Instagram on any of her accounts:

@taylagolesworthy @twomumsonepod @twomumssleepco 

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