The Power of Comforting Touch During Labor
How should you touch a laboring person during contractions? How should you touch them in between contractions? Should you use both hands? Should you lean in? How fast should you go? Why is touch helpf...
4 Maalis 202054min
[Birth Stories] Scheduled Induction Without an Epidural
Both of Molly Chesterson’s labors have started with inductions but under different circumstances. After having an epidural for her first birth, Molly was hoping for an epidural free experience the sec...
26 Helmi 202050min
Shaking and the Primal Nature of Birth
You may have heard that uncontrollable shaking is a very common part of labor and immediate postpartum. But is there a neurological purpose to all this shaking? And is the management of the third stag...
19 Helmi 20201h 17min
[Birth Stories] Vaginal Premie Birth Without Interventions
Bernice Good went into preterm labor when her water broke at 31 weeks. Though the circumstances were less than ideal, she had what she describes as a lovely vaginal hospital birth with no intervention...
12 Helmi 202056min
Talking Pelvic Health with a Physical Therapist
Adriana talks with Pelvic Health Physical Therapist Sara Reardon (aka The Vagina Whisperer) about what optimal pelvic health looks like. They go into the details about what to do -and not do- when pee...
5 Helmi 202043min
[Breastfeeding] Overcoming Breastfeeding Problems
Melissa Statler had a quick and mostly flowing birth. Feeling elated, she placed her newborn to her breast, only to be met with excruciating pain and instant damage to her nipples. As her confidence d...
29 Tammi 20201h 9min
[Birth Stories] From Hospital to Home Birth in 3 Births
Krista Thompson shares her progression from a prodromal labor that ended with her baby being taken to the NICU, to a precipitous second hospital birth with Fetal Ejection Reflex, and finally an unassi...
15 Tammi 20201h 12min
Your Anxious Mind During Pregnancy
When you’re expecting, anxiety and worrying seem to take center stage, especially if you are categorized as high-risk. What can you do with these feelings? Can they affect your and your baby’s health?...
8 Tammi 202056min
