124: Rachel’s VBA2C: A Black Mother and Advocate’s Path to Doula Work
In this episode, Rachel, a mother of three boys, a doula, and a passionate advocate for maternal health shares her transformative journey through her three pregnancies and births. She details the chal...
20 Feb 20251h 8min
123: [TTC] IVF to Fast, Unmedicated Hospital Birth
Today Bea shares her perinatal journey from dealing with unexpected infertility and IVF to the whirlwind experience of a fast labor and delivery. She discusses the realities of fertility treatments an...
22 Des 20241h 17min
122: From 2 C-Sections to VBA2C Success: The VBAC Link with Meagan Heaton
Today's episode is a combination of 3 birth stories and then a chat with a fellow birth worker named Meagan Heaton, co-founder of The VBAC Link. She's going to share a little bit about her three birth...
27 Okt 20241h 10min
121: Finding Her Voice in a VBAC
Seanna had a traumatic first birth in 2020. It was an emergency cesarean in 2020 in which she felt completely unempowered. In her 2nd pregnancy, she makes many different decisions in hopes to have a r...
13 Okt 20241h 14min
120: What’s Gentle Cesarean Birth?
Today NYC obstetricians Drs. Worth & Mussalli chat with Lisa to discuss all the ins and outs of gentle cesarean as well as the different medical indications for a c-section. They also compare and cont...
29 Sep 20241h 2min
119: Rapid Arrival: An Unmedicated Hospital Birth After Switch to Midwife
Upper West Sider Diana wanted an unmedicated birth and prepared by hiring doulas and switching from a large OB practice to a hospital midwife in an OB practice that she felt much more comfortable with...
15 Sep 20241h 24min
118: Water Breaks Early, Preemie in NICU: Chantal’s story
Today we welcome new mom, Chantal. Previously diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome, Chantal expected getting pregnant to take a while, so getting pregnant on the first try came as a surprise. On...
18 Aug 20241h 5min
117: Is Homebirth Safe? w/ Sorayya Kassamali Rickicki
Today you’ll hear from one of the two homebirth midwives that was highlighted and praised in the last episode. Our guest today is Sorayya Kassamali Rickicki, a New York City-based home birth midwife w...
7 Jul 202456min
