Ellen returns to share her 3rd baby’s preterm birth story. Despite being slightly premature and having a cleft lip, her son doesn’t need to go to the NICU and breastfeeds beautifully. Postpartum mental health struggles and needing to speak up for more support are also highlighted in this story.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 110 - A Yogi's Unmedicated Hospital Birth
Donna & Sandy share their unmedicated hospital birth story in which their daughter was born with the amniotic sac intact and share about their dedication to practicing meditation.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 109 - A Black Doula’s 2 Unmedicated Hospital Births
NYC birth doula, postpartum doula and lactation counselor Theresa Lasbrey Peters shares her own 2 birth stories, discusses her empowering experiences with Hypnobabies and unmedicated hospital births, how it informed her approach as a birth worker, doula, and a passionate advocate for empowering birth experiences.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 98 - Belly Birth for Breech with Bicornuate Uterus
Crystal shares her positive belly birth (cesarean) story. Due to her bicornuate, heart-shaped uterus, her baby was persistently breech and therefore needed to be born surgically since the majority of providers aren’t trained in safe vaginal breech birth.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 91 - Arriving to Hospital Just in Time to Push
Because of her experiences working in the medical field, Kelly knew it was really important to make very intentional choices surrounding her care provider and support team, so she chose to hire a midwife & a doula. She describes how quickly her labor progresses while laboring at home and how showing up just in time to push contributed to an easier-than-she-expected birthing process.
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