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
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
132: When Acupuncture Helps & Numbers Don't
Today’s birth story is shared by Aatreyi, a podcast listener who worked with a wonderful doula from East River Doula Collective. She shares her experience navigating pregnancy and birth in New York Ci...
31 Juli 20251h 4min
131: Joyous Homebirth, False Alarm Hospital Transfer for Placenta
In today's episode, we're joined by Priscilla and Micah, who share their deeply personal journey from miscarriage to a blissful home birth experience. They open up about the challenges of navigating t...
13 Juli 20251h 26min
130: Hypertension Induction w/o Pain Meds for 2nd Birth
Following Michelle’s first baby’s unmedicated hospital birth, which she shared in Episode 86, Michelle is surprised to be told at around 39 weeks that she needs to go straight to the hospital to be in...
28 Juni 20251h 18min
