A Black social worker-psychotherapist who has worked in NYC's maternal healthcare system and her partner share their son’s uncomplicated homebirth story with midwives and a doula.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 80 - A Rainbow Breech Baby’s Belly Birth
Amber shares the story of her baby’s cesarean birth due to baby’s persistent breech position and how it was empowering even though it wasn’t the kind of birth she had initially envisioned.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 67 - A Rainbow Baby’s Unmedicated Birth
Today Emily shares her two pregnancy stories and a birth story. First, she describes experiencing pregnancy loss at 11 weeks. She details how her grief was longer-lasting and more complex than she expected and shares the essential support she discovered. Then Emily tells the story of conceiving to her rainbow baby shortly after the Covid-19 shutdown and then tells the birth story.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 66 - An Opera Singer’s 2 Hypnobirths
Linnea shares 2 birth stories in which she used Hypnobirthing techniques in different ways: 1 hospital birth and 1 home birth — both with midwives. She also shares some challenges she faced with a couple of early health issues her two newborns had, and reflects on the loss of her mother prior to becoming a mom.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 65 - Grief in Growing a Family
Danuta & Jacek share their two babies’ birth stories — 1 hospital, 1 birthing center -- both quick and unmedicated, as she had hoped. Danuta also shares about the grief & sadness she experienced transitioning from having one child to two and how important having emotional support around her was.
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