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.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 81 - Breech Belly Birth, Embracing Your Weird
A character duo Liza & Jon share their scheduled belly birth story for breech position and share the details of what made it a positive, meaningful experience.
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.
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