140: Birthing a 10-pound Baby: Pleasure, Power, and Home Birth
Genevieve Pleasure, a sexologist, doula, and fellow Astoria mom, to talk about her empowering home birth of her 10-pound daughter. Genevieve shares how her traumatic first hospital birth led her to ch...
16 Sep 1h 13min
139: "The Biggest Life Hack": Lyndsey's Home Birth Story
In this episode, Brooklynite Lindsey shares all about her home birth experience with midwives. Lindsey walks through her decision-making process, from being inspired by a doula friend in LA to navigat...
6 Sep 1h 9min
138: A Vaginal Twin Birth, Record-breaking placenta
Jillian and her partner Danny share the story of the birth of their fraternal twin boys. Jill recounts a pregnancy full of unexpected twists — from the surprising discovery of twins, to a sprained ank...
2 Juli 1h 41min
137: Grace and Growth: A Dancer's Path to Motherhood
In this episode, professional dancer and voiceover artist Elisa Toro Franky shares her transformative birth journey with a depth and poetic beauty that makes this conversation truly special. Originall...
25 Mars 1h 37min
136: Surrender and Support: 2 Brooklyn Journalists’ Journey into Parenthood
In this episode, it's Karen Yi’s and Kristofer Rios's turn to share their story. As a public radio journalist and a producer of documentaries, they both crave education and information and it shows in...
24 Jan 1h 41min
135: Untangling Tongue Ties: Early Intervention & Empowering Parents with a Speech Language Pathologist
Our guest today is Rachael Rose, speech-language pathologist and owner of Creative Speech Therapy in Manhattan. We discuss the identification and treatment of tethered oral tissues (TOTs) in infants, ...
17 Dec 20251h 7min
134: When Life Throws Curveballs: Unmedicated Birth after Surprise Layoff & Water Breaks on Babymoon
Anastasiya and Eric share their candid journey to parenthood, from conceiving after long-term birth control and facing a surprise gestational diabetes diagnosis, to navigating a sudden job loss just d...
20 Nov 20251h 13min
133: Taylor Swift, Toilet Time, & the Truth About Labor: Jane’s & Sam’s Story
Jane & Sam, New Yorkers who met in San Francisco, share the story of their unmedicated, physiologic birth attended by midwives in a Manhattan hospital and supported by a doula. A year or so into being...
15 Aug 20251h 15min
