28: A Prenatal Yoga Teacher’s Unmedicated Hospital Birth on Long Island
In today's story, Nicole shares about an unexpectedly brief, 6-hour, unmedicated first labor in a Long Island hospital with midwives and with the support of her husband and a doula. Before she goes in...
10 Maalis 20201h 9min
27: Induction w/o Pain Meds for Autoimmune Condition Sjogren’s
Today, Desire shares her son’s birth story just a few weeks after the birth, which was a 3-day long hospital induction at Forest Hills Hospital in Queens. She was determined to do it without pain medi...
3 Maalis 202047min
26: A Pediatric Nurse's 2 Preemie Births with Hospital Midwives
Today Ellen shares the birth stories of her two daughters, who were both born prematurely. We discuss the benefits of midwifery care and why Ellen chose midwives for both of her births, as well as som...
25 Helmi 202054min
25: 911 to Hospital for Unmedicated Birth Inspires Doula Work
In today’s episode, Ann shares details of her experience giving birth for the first time. Her labor progresses more quickly than most first labors, and she explains how they called an ambulance when s...
18 Helmi 202042min
24: An Attorney's Hospital Induction w/o Pain Meds, with doula support
Today, Stephanie, who’s an attorney for an organization called Protect Democracy, shares the story of her daughter Kimathi’s birth, which was an induced labor that Stephanie was able to move through w...
11 Helmi 20201h 7min
23: A Healing, Unmedicated 2nd Birth with Uber Pool, Ferry, Subways, Trader Joe's & a Chapel
Today Kate & AJ, the dear friends whom Dee & Sam mentioned meeting in birth class in the past couple of episodes, share their 2nd daughter’s birth story. Following a challenging first birth, Kate shar...
4 Helmi 20201h 12min
22: Induced 2nd Premature Hospital Birth w/o Pain Meds (Part 2)
Today we have part 2 of Dee’s & Sam’s 2 birth stories. They’ll share about an even more premature birth of their second daughter, Luna. Due to the identification of an intra-uterine hemorrhage in late...
28 Tammi 202044min
21: Pre-term Labor During Girlfriend Time While Dad's Away (Part 1)
For today's and next week’s episodes, we have another 2-parter for you as Dee & Sam share their two daughters’ preemie birth stories. You’ll hear these two soulful parents share some pretty incredible...
21 Tammi 202059min
