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 79 - Baby Debuts Early to Beat the Pandemic
Joanna & Tony share their earlier-than-expected, unmedicated hospital birth (in which Joanna dances, Martha Graham-style) and how they came back to birth class to share the story with their cohort before graduation.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 78 - A Pelvic PT’s Curve Balls in Pushing
Pelvic DPT Helene shares the story of her spontaneous, unmedicated labor & hospital birth with doula support in which she stayed very active to promote progress in early labor. She did things in pushing that she doesn’t usually recommend but that felt necessary both due to exhaustion & concern about the baby’s heart tones.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 77 - Transferring Care for a Peaceful Homebirth
Jaymie & Kurt switch from a hospital to home birth and share the story of a peaceful, unmedicated labor/birth in the suburbs of Boston attended by midwives.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 76 - When Your Mom is an L&D Nurse
Eileen’s water breaks just past her due date and she labors away from the hospital for many hours before eventually checking in. She shares how she was able to have the physiologic birth she had hoped for, but how after birth she ended up having to strongly advocate when the hospital nearly kept her baby after discharging her due to the fact that she hadn’t passed a bowel movement.
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