33: Virtual Doula Support in the Covid-19 Pandemic
When the Covid-19 pandemic starts getting real in March, Jackie & Michael try everything they can near their due date to help labor to start when their doctor wouldn't agree to induce until after her ...
14 Apr 20201h 12min
32: Trying to Change OBs for Vaginal Breech
In today’s episode, Christine learns in her 33rd week of pregnancy that her baby has flipped to breech, or heads up, position. She scrambles to change care providers in hopes of having closer to the k...
7 Apr 202057min
31: A Parent's Cancer Diagnosis During Pregnancy & Postpartum Anxiety
A few days before celebrating their daughter’s first birthday, Nissa & Brit share the story of an unexpectedly quick first labor with the support of a doula. You'll hear about how a preexisting condit...
31 Mars 20201h 12min
30: Delaying Induction: Self-Advocacy Strategies
Today, Birth Matters alums Jess & Rich share the story of their firstborn son’s birth. Jess explains how super-prepared she was, reading up on everything she could get her hands on, hiring a doula in ...
24 Mars 20201h 32min
29: Yoda-Quoting Nurse Helps Support Induction w/o Pain Meds
Today, Alicia shares details about her hospital induction, which she was able to manage without pain medications. Before she gets into that, she talks about the various ways she equipped herself with ...
17 Mars 20201h 6min
28: A Prenatal Yoga Teacher’s Unmedicated Hospital Birth on Long Island
In today's story, Nicole shares about an unexpectedly brief, 6-hour, unmedicated first labor in a Long Island hospital with midwives and with the support of her husband and a doula. Before she goes in...
10 Mars 20201h 9min
27: Induction w/o Pain Meds for Autoimmune Condition Sjogren’s
Today, Desire shares her son’s birth story just a few weeks after the birth, which was a 3-day long hospital induction at Forest Hills Hospital in Queens. She was determined to do it without pain medi...
3 Mars 202047min
26: A Pediatric Nurse's 2 Preemie Births with Hospital Midwives
Today Ellen shares the birth stories of her two daughters, who were both born prematurely. We discuss the benefits of midwifery care and why Ellen chose midwives for both of her births, as well as som...
25 Feb 202054min
