Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#58 | October Q&A: Milk Supply; VBA2C; Second-Pregnancy Symptoms; Urge to Push; Sitz Baths; Vertex Babies Who Flip
Season 1 Episode 58
What does it mean if my baby won't stay head down in late pregnancy? Can I prepare my perineum for birth by taking a sitz bath during pregnancy? Let…
5 years, 5 months ago
#57 | Childbirth: A Woman's Awakening with Certified Professional Midwife, Joni Stone
Season 1 Episode 57
Joni Stone is a homebirth midwife of twenty years. After studying neuroscience in undergrad, she earned a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology with…
5 years, 6 months ago
#56 | Breastfeeding Mini: The Importance of Establishing Your Milk Supply in the First Month
Season 1 Episode 56
It's not your boobs! It's your baby. One of the biggest misconceptions that new mothers have around breastfeeding is that they won't be able to produ…
5 years, 6 months ago
#55 | Against Many Odds: Jasmine's Vaginal Delivery After Two Cesarean Sections (VBA2C)
Season 1 Episode 55
When it came to having the birth experience she desired, Jasmine was not giving up. After two prior C-sections, she was determined to have a VBAC. M…
5 years, 6 months ago
#54 | Spinning Babies: Optimizing Your Baby's Position for a Faster, Easier Labor with Gail Tully
Season 1 Episode 54
Do you know why some vaginal births are fast and others slow? Some easy and others difficult, if not impossible? Optimal fetal positioning is the ans…
5 years, 6 months ago
#53 | Birth Story Mini: Candra's Back Labor with Group B Strep
Season 1 Episode 53
Today's Birth Story Mini-Episode features Candra, a first-time Mom who had GBS (Group B Strep), release of membranes, antibiotics, vomiting and inten…
5 years, 6 months ago
#52 | September Q&A: Hilarious Husbands; Birthing Positions; Flat Nipples; Gentle Cesarean; Unassisted Home-Birth Tips; Anterior Placentas
Season 1 Episode 52
Imagine if your husband left for the hospital without you while you were in labor? What does it mean to have an anterior placenta? How might flat nip…
5 years, 6 months ago
#51 | Postpartum Incontinence: Author Luce Brett's Journey Through the Wet-Knickered Wilderness to Dry Land
Season 1 Episode 51
She asks for a list of things that make me leak – my first incontinence homework. I begin: ‘Walking, running, stretching, coughing, sneezing, lifting…
5 years, 7 months ago
#50 | Postpartum Mini: You're Not Going Crazy, It's Probably Postpartum Anxiety
Season 1 Episode 50
Hi everyone! In this Postpartum Mini episode Cynthia talks about Postpartum Anxiety, which is four times more common than Postpartum Depression, thou…
5 years, 7 months ago
#49 | Dr. Neel Shah OBGYN: Agency, Dignity, & The Number One Risk Factor for Cesarean Birth
Season 1 Episode 49
Dr. Neel Shah, an obstetrician and professor at Harvard medical school, is dedicated to improving maternity care in the United States.Think part-scie…
5 years, 7 months ago