113: The Clutch Doula: Support When Things Don't Go According to Plan
Personal trainer Leia wanted a homebirth, but because her husband wasn’t comfortable with that idea hired hospital midwives instead. She did lots of prenatal education and prep, and hired doulas who w...
12 Maj 20241h 1min
112: Choosing Homebirth Amid Prenatal Depression
Taylor and her husband never expected to have kids, and if ever maybe around 40. Then one day when Taylor was only 30, surprise! She was pregnant. In today’s episode, Taylor, who identifies as a birac...
28 Apr 20241h 14min
111: A Pediatric ICU Nurse’s 3rd Preemie
Ellen, who shared her first two babies’ birth stories in Episode 26, returns to share her son’s preterm birth story following a relocation from NYC to California where they are now homesteaders growin...
14 Apr 20241h 19min
110: A Yogi's Unmedicated Hospital Birth
Donna and Sandy share their 7-year-old daughter’s birth story. They had hopes for an unmedicated birth, and investigate switching from a hospital OB to a homebirth midwife toward the end of pregnancy....
1 Apr 202455min
109: A Black Doula’s 2 Unmedicated Hospital Births
Today, a Nigerian-American doula based in New York named Theresa Lasbrey-Peters shares her two experiences giving birth in her 40s in a hospital without medication or interventions. As she narrates he...
17 Mars 20241h 17min
108: An Unbelievable Night in Harlem
In a bustling city teeming with ambition and dreams, Alexis - an actress, dreamer, and now mother takes us on her journey into motherhood. From the grand stages of New York City to the intimate confin...
3 Mars 20241h 19min
107: 3 Transformative Births, Pt 2: Empowering VBAC & Express Homebirth
In this 2nd episode of a 2-parter, Kaitlin shares her 2nd and 3rd babies’ birth stories. After having a traumatic first birth, Kaitlin finds her voice and makes every effort to help things go differen...
30 Aug 20231h 13min
106: 3 Transformative Births, Pt 1: Traumatic Induction to Cesarean
Today’s story is the 1st episode of a 2-parter. In it, the founder of Be Her Village, a baby registry that provides a way to give the gift of support instead of far less important baby gear, shares he...
14 Aug 202346min
