Michelle, who has a history of medical anxiety, shares the story of strategically switching care providers, hiring a doula, and thoroughly to prepare for her unmedicated, beautiful hospital birth.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep. 85 - Will Early Labor Ever End?
Megan & Ted share their birthing center birth story, which included several days of early labor, a long pushing stage, and a near transfer to the hospital until their doula recommended an asymmetrical pushing position that helped baby more readily come down so Megan could give birth without needing to transfer.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 84 - Self-Advocacy When Being Gaslighted
Becky shares her and her transgender husband’s experience a long road to IVF conception, and then details her hospital birth story which includes being told she wasn’t in labor when she was and strongly advocating for her preferences to be honored. She also explains how a nursing strike about 3 months out from birth triggered postpartum anxiety in her.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 83 - Precipitous Pushing: A Doula’s Quick Thinking
Nadia shares the story of her earlier- & faster-than-expected labor in which her doula has to divert them to a closer hospital than planned just to make it to the hospital before baby was born.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 82 - An Afro-Caribbean Psychotherapist’s Homebirth
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.
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