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Season 3
"There is something going on against midwives, against birth centers, and against choice for women." Cathy Parisi is the director of the Connecticut …
3 years, 10 months ago
#165 | The Holistic OBGYN, Dr. Nathan Riley, on Autonomous, Empowered Birth
Season 3 Episode 165
Dr. Nathan Riley is a board certified obstetrician in California advocating for autonomous birth. Through his experiences as a hospice care provider …
3 years, 10 months ago
#164 | Kendra's Story: A Traumatic Birth Due To Hospital Policy and Poor Training
Season 3 Episode 164
Kendra grew up around physiologic birth and was a VBAC, breech baby herself. She was planning a birth center birth when she went into labor unexpecte…
3 years, 10 months ago
#163 | Postpartum Roundtable: A Candid Conversation on Postpartum Depression, Anxiety, Unmet Expectations & Spousal Challenges
Season 3 Episode 163
Today's episode is another special roundtable, in which we sat with some postpartum women in Cynthia’s kitchen to talk about their experiences with a…
3 years, 10 months ago
#162 | May Q&A: Conversations with Your OB; Erythromycin; Mastitis; IUDs; Artificial Rupture of Membranes; Feeding Routines for Babies; Quickies!
Season 3 Episode 162
Hey everyone! Starting this month, we have an exciting announcement: Down to Birth Show is now producing longer Q&A episodes. So if you can't get eno…
3 years, 10 months ago
#161 | Four Tips to Train Your Body for Natural Birth with Doula Krisha Crosley
Season 3 Episode 161
You may remember today’s guest from episode #105: Tips for Supporting Women in Labor with Guest Host Doula Krisha. This time, Krisha of @serenitylife…
3 years, 11 months ago
#160 | The Vagina Whisperer: Painful Sex, Prolapse, Incontinence & Diastasis Recti After Birth
Season 3 Episode 160
If you are on Instagram and you have a vagina, you most likely know Sara Reardon, aka the vagina whisperer, pelvic floor extraordinaire! Your pelvic …
3 years, 11 months ago
#159 | Yvonne Strahovski's Birth Story: The Most Important Lesson in Childbirth
Season 3 Episode 159
Yvonne Strahovski is the Emmy-nominated, SAG Award-nominated and Golden-Globe-nominated actress whose voice you may recognize as the stoic Serena Joy…
3 years, 11 months ago
#158 | April Q&A: Jaundice; Neonatal Hypoglycemia; C-section & Your Pelvic Floor; Family Boundaries; Meconium; Tearing; Anterior Placentas; Quickies!
Season 3 Episode 158
It is time for our monthly Q&A episode! This month we kick it off with a follow-up conversation on the impact of early, frequent breastfeeding on si…
3 years, 11 months ago
#157 | Labiaplasty Gone Wrong: The Collateral Damage of Ignorant Doctors
Season 3 Episode 157
When Jessica Pin was a teenager, she became convinced her labia minora were unusually large and unattractive. Within days of her 18th birthday, she u…
4 years ago