After more than 24 hours of labor – which included wedge pillows, a peanut ball, new birthing positions and breathing techniques – Amanda Klingbail, then 28, felt stuck.
She’d been induced and despite intense contractions coming closer together, she wasn’t progressing. She remained six centimeters dilated for nearly 11 hours.
“I remember my OB-GYN coming into my room and saying that we could try a little bit longer, but once we hit a certain point, they would likely need to perform a C-section,” Amanda said. “When she left the room, I lost it. I was exhausted,
in pain and felt like a failure.”
Three hours later, Amanda and her husband George found themselves preparing for an unplanned surgery, but excited to meet their daughter, nonetheless.
Amanda’s usual OB-GYN was unavailable that night, so she and her husband were introduced to the on-call physician, Dr. Carole Condevaux.
She immediately recognized the name. Dr. Condevaux had delivered her 28 years earlier at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital.
“It was in that moment I was at peace with moving forward with an unplanned caesarean,” Amanda said. “That’s how I arrived as well. It was like a full circle.”