<description>&lt;p&gt;Domenica gave birth to her daughter Dove in August this year. In this week's KICBUMP, Domenica sits down with Steph to share about her pregnancy and birth story, including the mental state she was in going into pregnancy, her traumatic pregnancy which included sickness, hives &amp;amp; thyroid issues, deciding to have an elective epidural &amp;amp; induction, and the judgement she got from other women for making the decision.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FIND OUT MORE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Follow Domenica on Instagram &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/domenica.calarco/?hl=en"&gt;@domenica.calarco&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We mentioned the podcast The Pile-On. You can listen to Domenica&amp;rsquo;s episode here: &lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/domenica-calarco-on-the-podcast-episode-that-changed/id1839852816?i=1000734847473"&gt;https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/domenica-calarco-on-the-podcast-episode-that-changed/id1839852816?i=1000734847473&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FOLLOW US&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;KICPOD&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/kicpod/"&gt; @kicpod on Instagram&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;KICBUMP &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/kicbump/"&gt;@kicbump on Instagram&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Steph Claire Smith&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/stephclairesmith/"&gt; @stephclairesmith on Instagram&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@steph_claire_smith"&gt; @steph_claire_smith on TikTok&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Join our virtual mothers' group in the&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/842227600061595/"&gt; the KICBUMP Facebook group&lt;/a&gt;. Search 'KICBUMP Community'&lt;br&gt;Kic&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/kic.app"&gt; @kic.app on Instagram&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@kic"&gt; @kic on TikTok&lt;/a&gt; and&lt;a href="https://kicapp.com/"&gt; kicapp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Domenica Calarco’s pregnancy & birth story - KICBUMP

DEC 2, 202546 MIN
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Domenica Calarco’s pregnancy & birth story - KICBUMP

DEC 2, 202546 MIN

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Domenica gave birth to her daughter Dove in August this year. In this week's KICBUMP, Domenica sits down with Steph to share about her pregnancy and birth story, including the mental state she was in going into pregnancy, her traumatic pregnancy which included sickness, hives & thyroid issues, deciding to have an elective epidural & induction, and the judgement she got from other women for making the decision. FIND OUT MORE Follow Domenica on Instagram @domenica.calarco We mentioned the podcast The Pile-On. You can listen to Domenica’s episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/domenica-calarco-on-the-podcast-episode-that-changed/id1839852816?i=1000734847473  FOLLOW US KICPOD @kicpod on InstagramKICBUMP @kicbump on InstagramSteph Claire Smith @stephclairesmith on Instagram, @steph_claire_smith on TikTokJoin our virtual mothers' group in the the KICBUMP Facebook group. Search 'KICBUMP Community'Kic @kic.app on Instagram, @kic on TikTok and kicapp.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.