Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#88 | Jamie's Unattended Freebirth with Twins
Season 2 Episode 88
Jamie Davison Ortiz is a mother, doula, and student midwife who birthed her twins naturally during a planned freebirth with her husband and doula. Fo…
5 years, 1 month ago
#87 | Postpartum Rage: The Outburst-Guilt-Shame Cycle
Season 2 Episode 87
Postpartum rage is among the lesser known perinatal mood and anxiety disorders that can impact postpartum women and even their partners. Unfortunate…
5 years, 1 month ago
#86 | Breastfeeding Mini: The Three Most Common Challenges for Breastfeeding Moms
Season 2 Episode 86
In today's minisode, Trisha reviews the three most common challenges that breastfeeding moms experience: Engorgement, Nipple Pain, and Supply issues…
5 years, 1 month ago
#85 | Understanding Gestational Diabetes with Dietitian Leslee Flannery
Season 2 Episode 85
Approximately 1 in 12 women are diagnosed with gestational diabetes, which can leave them feeling confused ashamed and overwhelmed with questions lik…
5 years, 1 month ago
#84 | Lynne's Last Minute Home Birth After Two C-Sections
Season 2 Episode 84
For Lynne, giving birth via Cesarean just didn't feel like giving birth. Learning she was pregnant with her third and having had two prior C-sections…
5 years, 1 month ago
#83 | February Q&A: Plus-Size Pregnancy; What to Wear During Birth; Waking a Sleeping Baby; Implications of a Subchorionic Hematoma; Waterbirth & Baby's First Breath; Best Times to Pump
Season 2 Episode 83
Our February Q&A episode is here! Today, we discuss a wide variety of topics from the influence of medical rhetoric on our decisions in pregnancy an…
5 years, 2 months ago
#82 | Birth Story Mini: Stefanie's Home Birth After C-Section (HBAC)
Season 2 Episode 82
“I would give birth like that ten more times!” In today’s mini-sode Stefanie tells her story of choosing a homebirth VBAC (HBAC) for her second birt…
5 years, 2 months ago
#81 | Andrea Left the Hospital AMA (Against Medial Advice) to Avoid Induction
Season 2 Episode 81
Andrea was thirty-three years-old and experiencing a low-risk healthy pregnancy when she went in for her prenatal visit at five days past her guess d…
5 years, 2 months ago
#80 | Roundtable: Mothers Who've Miscarried
Season 2 Episode 80
Approximately 1 in 5 known pregnancies result in miscarriage before 12 weeks, and 1 in 4 women have experienced a miscarriage in their lifetime. Des…
5 years, 2 months ago
#79 | Cynthia Mini: What is Medical Rhetoric?
Season 2 Episode 79
Medical Rhetoric involves language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but often lacks sincerity or meaningful conten…
5 years, 2 months ago