As a surprise for their (aspiring midwife) daughter's 13th birthday, Sarah & Steve share her birth story. Sarah shares about the loss of her mother about 7 years prior and how giving birth triggered waves of fresh grief. At the same time, she'll describe what an optimal experience she had giving birth at home with a midwife in Brooklyn. As a literacy expert and anti-racist educator, Sarah also shares a number of great book recommendations, including an emphasis on exposing little ones to diversity & representation in books as early as possible.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 63 - A Black Birth Pro’s Fast 2nd Birth at Home & Tongue Tie
Today birth professional Simone Toomer joins us again to share her second baby’s birth story, which was similarly short but very different in that she had a planned home birth instead of hospital. She also discusses how the struggles she had with her second in breastfeeding and getting a tongue tie corrected has informed her approach to supporting nursing parents.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 62 - A Wellness Practitioner’s Early Induction for HELLP Syndrome
A yoga teacher & clinical nutritionist shares her firstborn's birth story. Jennifer had hoped to have a peaceful, unmedicated birth with a midwfie, but the fact that she developed HELLP syndrome in late pregnancy required an emergency induction. When presented with what felt like an unrealistic deadline to give birth vaginally, she and baby defeat the odds and successfully accomplish just that.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 61 - A Lesbian Couple's Overlapping IVF pregnancies
A lesbian couple shares their challenging road to both conceiving via IVF, with overlapping pregnancies, with the same anonymous sperm donor for both so their 2 children will be biological half-siblings.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 60 - The Fifth Vital Sign: Lisa Hendrickson-Jack on Fertility Awareness
Fertility Coach, host of the FERTILITY FRIDAY podcast, and author of THE FIFTH VITAL SIGN, Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, shares her expertise on the fertility awareness method as it pertains to folks who are trying to conceive as well as for those who've recently given birth.
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