80. Marine Corps Spouse Rashelle Shares Her 4 Birth Stories

On today's episode, Anni interviews Rachelle, a Marine spouse of nearly 20 years now stationed in Japan with four daughters, about how military life shaped her pregnancies and births. Pregnant in Pensacola on TRICARE Prime, she felt blindsided by a teaching-hospital prenatal visit, prompting her to switch to TRICARE Select for greater control and choice of providers, including a certified nurse midwife. Her first labor stretched over 24 hours, leading to an epidural. She later had a natural h...