Episode 9: Why I Stopped Attending Hospital Births as a Doula
In episode 9 of the Birth Like a Mammal podcast, Lindsay Askins - a seasoned doula, birth coach, and Mother of three - shares her transformative journey from supporting hospital births to exclusively ...
6 Mars 202429min
Episode 8: Placental Calcification - What is it and why do we care?
In episode 8 of the Birth Like a Mammal podcast, we explore the topic of placental calcification. This is a topic posed by the community for discussion as there is often many questions and confusion ...
14 Feb 202428min
Episode 7: Your Baby Does Not Want to be Alone
In episode 7 of the Birth Like a Mammal podcast, host Lindsay Askins, an experienced doula, birth coach, and Mother, discusses why babies are evolutionarily programmed to NOT be left alone. She empha...
31 Jan 202446min
Episode 6: Natural Birth and Hospitals Don't Mix
In episode 6 of the Birth Like a Mammal podcast, Lindsay dives into why natural birth does not - and cannot - take place in a hospital. Lindsay reiterates the true definition of "natural" as it's ver...
17 Jan 202447min
Episode 5: Handling Newborns
In this episode, Lindsay discusses the importance of handling newborns with care and gentleness. She shares her concern about a viral video circling social media where a nurse was handling a baby roug...
3 Jan 202429min
Episode 4: Hospital vs. Home Birth
In this episode, Lindsay discusses the age-old debate of hospital birth versus home birth. She emphasizes that this debate is unnecessary and unproductive, as the two options are fundamentally differe...
20 Dec 202336min
Episode 3: Why Nursing Fails
In this episode, Lindsay discusses why nursing and lactation often fail in modern society. She explains that the high rate of complications in birth and low nursing rates can be attributed to the disr...
12 Dec 202339min
Episode 2: Personal Responsibility
In this episode of the Birth Like a Mammal podcast, Lindsay discusses the responsibility of Mothers during birth, specifically focusing on the choice between home birth and hospital birth. She emphasi...
6 Dec 202334min
