8. Army Police Officer Featherstone: Hospital Birth and Home Birth Stories, Plus Single Parenting While on Active Duty and Perinatal Mental Health Support
In today's episode, we'll be hearing from Featherone (they/them), a retired Military Police Officer, who will be sharing two birth stories. The first birth (3:55) took place in a hospital setting, and...
9 Nov 202349min
7. Navy L&D Nurse Melissa: Previable PPROM, Micropremie Delivery via Classical C-Section, and long NICU stay
In today’s episode, we’ll be hearing from Melissa, a Labor and Delivery nurse who is Active Duty with the navy. As she and her husband were preparing for an overseas PCS, Melissa’s water broke at only...
2 Nov 202350min
6. Tiffany's Army Birth Stories: Hospital epidural birth and home water birth, plus vaginismus diagnosis, navigating Tricare, and the importance of rest
In today's episode we'll be hearing from Army reservist Tiffany. Tiffany begins (2:56) by discussing her experience with (and subsequent diagnosis of) vaginismus, a painful condition that impacted the...
26 Okt 202349min
5. Marine Corps Spouse Natalie: Two unmedicated hospital births, birthing as a woman of color, and finding your tribe
Today's episode of Military Birth Talk features Marine Corps spouse, Natalie. Natalie shares the challenges she and her husband faced with getting pregnant while stationed overseas (3:06), followed by...
19 Okt 202341min
4. Army Spouse Zarema: Hospital Induction, Birth Center Birth, and Homebirth, Plus Working as a Doula
Today's episode of Military Birth Talk features Army Spouse Zarema. Zarema shares her first pregnancy and birth story (2:21), which was a hospital delivery ending with a traumatic manual removal of th...
12 Okt 202354min
3. Navy Spouse Alison: Civilian Provider Hospital Birth and NICU Stay, and OCONUS MTF Birth and Host Nation NICU Stay, Plus Fertility Discussion
Today’s episode of Military Birth Talk features Navy spouse Alison. Alison shares her first pregnancy and loss (2:34), her subsequent pregnancy and delivery of her son at a civilian hospital which con...
5 Okt 202352min
2. Marine Corps Spouse Noëlle: MTF, Birth Center, and Civilian Hospital Births, Plus Doulas, Formula Feeding, and Solo Parenting During Deployments
Today’s Military Birth Talk episode features Noëlle, a Marine Corps Spouse. Noëlle shares her three birth stories, one at a MTF, one at a birth center, and one at a hospital out in town, all with prec...
28 Sep 202347min
1. Taking Back My Birth: From a Near-Death Experience to a Redemptive Homebirth, with Gaby
In the first episode of the Military Birth Talk podcast, we hear from Gaby Cavins, Navy veteran, and Executive Director of the Military Birth Resource Network and Postpartum coalition. Gaby shares her...
21 Sep 202355min
