89: Loving Laboring at Home Too Much
Mara & Dylan did lots of great prep for birth in pregnancy – acupuncture, massage, birth class, hiring a doula, yoga, and more. Having heard her stepmom share how beautiful her own home birth was, thi...
4 Aug 20221h 11min
88: An Aussie’s 2nd Unmedicated Hospital Birth
Lauren’s first time giving birth was pre-pandemic in Australia in a very different healthcare system. So when she and her husband Shaun relocated to the NYC area to suburban New Jersey and wanted to c...
19 Juli 20221h 8min
87: In Labor at a Seder
Jewish doula and mental health therapist Chana decides to get off medications for depression and anxiety during her pregnancy. This results in a recurrence of both, including pretty severe insomnia an...
12 Juli 202259min
86: Managing Anxiety with Birth Team Choices
Michelle knew all of her life that she experiences medical anxiety and convulsive syncope. So, when she started thinking about her deep desire to grow a family, she started educating herself and prepa...
5 Juli 20221h 32min
85: Will Early Labor Ever End?
When Brooklynites Megan & Ted decide to try to get pregnant around the beginning of the pandemic, they’re surprised to conceive immediately. After seeing an OB and desiring less rushed time and more h...
28 Juni 20221h 1min
84: Self-Advocacy When Being Gaslighted
When Becky and her transgender husband decide to grow their family, it’s a long, winding road to meeting their baby. First step: make very careful adjustments to her depression & anxiety meds in order...
17 Maj 20221h 1min
83: Precipitous Pushing: A Doula’s Quick Thinking
As a person working in both the wellness and fashion fields, Nadia had intentionally pursued a healthy, fit lifestyle with an active meditation and breathwork practice. However, she discovered she had...
10 Maj 20221h 2min
82: An Afro-Caribbean Psychotherapist’s Homebirth
Today, Bronx-based Dominican couple, Ana Rosario & Josmar Rojas, share their son’s uncomplicated homebirth story. Ana’s background as a social worker had opened her eyes to the challenges Black/BIPOC ...
3 Maj 202253min
