Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#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…
4 years, 2 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…
4 years, 2 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 …
4 years, 3 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…
4 years, 3 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…
4 years, 3 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, 3 months ago
#156 | Surviving Psychosis: Christa's Story of Postpartum Hallucinations, Intrusive Thoughts & Suicidal Ideations
Season 3 Episode 156
Postpartum psychosis occurs in 1 to 2 per thousand births and involves extreme conditions such as hallucinations, intrusive thoughts, paranoia, suspi…
4 years, 3 months ago
#155 | Gestational Diabetes Prevention and Management with Author Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE
Season 3 Episode 155
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is the most common metabolic complication of pregnancy impacting 5-10% of pregnancies in the United States. It is…
4 years, 4 months ago
#154 | March Q&A: Postpartum Boundaries; Infant Lip Blisters; Newborn Separation After Birth; Legitimate Reasons For C-section; Splitting Parental Duties; Quickies
Season 3 Episode 154
It is time for our monthly Q&A episode! Thank you to all who submitted excellent questions. Today we are talking about managing postpartum boundarie…
4 years, 4 months ago
#153 | Legal Case Study #2 with Attorney Hermine Hayes-Klein: Injured by Obstetrics with Nowhere Else To Turn
Season 3 Episode 153
"You'll never get sued for doing a C-section. You'll only get sued for the C-section you didn’t do." This is the narrative in obstetrics and the lens…
4 years, 4 months ago