This episode kicks off our fertility journey series as postpartum doula and babywearing educator Adriane Stare, who shared her first baby’s conception and birth story in Episode 40, returns to share her 2nd baby’s Christmas Day birth story. This is a story of a frozen embryo IVF conception and then a planned home birth that needed to transfer to the hospital in the pushing stage that results in a vaginal birth.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 51 - Unexpected Early Induction for Lack of Fetal Movement
When Erin shows up for her weekly prenatal appointment around 37 weeks without her partner due to Covid restrictions, she's caught by surprise when she’s told an induction is necessary because they don’t detect enough fetal movement. Erin & Mike share their story of a fairly uncomplicated induction in which baby has to go to the NICU for a short while.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 50 - Surprised by an Un-Scary Birth: Unfounded Fears
Alissa describes how birth surprised her by not being the scary event she built it up to be in her head. She shares the story of her first baby's uncomplicated vaginal birth with an epidural, and then shares about how her struggles with breastfeeding led to the difficult decision to switch to bottle-feeding because of the negative effects it was having on her mental health.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 49 - Arriving Just in Time to Push & Pumping on a Train
Kirtan shares her baby's birth story — an unmedicated, vaginal birth in which she shows up at the hospital just in time to push. She also describes the anxiety she experienced with regard to breastfeeding and introducing solids, and also shares an entertaining story about the time she had to pump milk on an NYC subway on her way home from work.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 48 - 3 Birth Stories from 1 Mama
Traci Stahley shares all 3 of her babies’ birth stories, which were fairly uncomplicated, vaginal births — the first being in NYC and the 2nd and 3rd in Indianapolis. She shares how, while her first two had no nursing issues and were actually avid breastfeeders, her third baby surprised them by having pretty significant feeding issues. They soon discovered that he had a condition called Laryngomalacia, where the tissue of the larynx is softer and floppier than normal. This created the challenges with breastfeeding and, later, some speech issues, both of which required some work with a speech therapist.
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