116: The Power of Consent & Connected Care in Homebirth & Post-Birth Hospital Transfer
In this episode, Sheyda and her partner Corentin (who goes by Coco) share their experience of having a home birth for their son, Hugo. They discuss their prenatal journey in choosing to give birth at ...
23 Kesä 20241h 23min
115: Chiropractic to Avoid a Cesarean with Transverse 2nd Baby
Tracy’s second pregnancy surprises her by being much more challenging than the first. Toward the end of pregnancy, baby #2 is persistently transverse (or sideways) and her OB recommends manually turni...
9 Kesä 20241h 2min
114: Healing from Birth: The Magic of Craniosacral Therapy with Regina Patane
Brooklyn-based craniosacral therapist Regina Patane (BabyCranioNY) joins Lisa to provide some educational insights into this alternative modality of bodywork that can support babies and parents in the...
26 Touko 20241h 23min
113: The Clutch Doula: Support When Things Don't Go According to Plan
Personal trainer Leia wanted a homebirth, but because her husband wasn’t comfortable with that idea hired hospital midwives instead. She did lots of prenatal education and prep, and hired doulas who w...
12 Touko 20241h 1min
112: Choosing Homebirth Amid Prenatal Depression
Taylor and her husband never expected to have kids, and if ever maybe around 40. Then one day when Taylor was only 30, surprise! She was pregnant. In today’s episode, Taylor, who identifies as a birac...
28 Huhti 20241h 14min
111: A Pediatric ICU Nurse’s 3rd Preemie
Ellen, who shared her first two babies’ birth stories in Episode 26, returns to share her son’s preterm birth story following a relocation from NYC to California where they are now homesteaders growin...
14 Huhti 20241h 19min
110: A Yogi's Unmedicated Hospital Birth
Donna and Sandy share their 7-year-old daughter’s birth story. They had hopes for an unmedicated birth, and investigate switching from a hospital OB to a homebirth midwife toward the end of pregnancy....
1 Huhti 202455min
109: A Black Doula’s 2 Unmedicated Hospital Births
Today, a Nigerian-American doula based in New York named Theresa Lasbrey-Peters shares her two experiences giving birth in her 40s in a hospital without medication or interventions. As she narrates he...
17 Maalis 20241h 17min
