Professional dancer Elisa Toro Franky shares her transformative birth story, exploring the profound connections between dance and labor, trusting your intuition through pregnancy loss and induction decisions, and the power of "becoming the wave" during childbirth. Learn about body wisdom, cultural support, movement in pregnancy, and navigating birth with courage and surrender.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 136 - Surrender and Support: 2 Brooklyn Journalists’ Journey into Parenthood
NYC Journalists Karen & Kris share about a painful pregnancy with fibroids, finding a better care provider, hiring doulas, and having a very efficient, unmedicated first labor and birth.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 132 - When Acupuncture Helps & Numbers Don't
Aatreyi shares how she changed providers in pregnancy to work with midwives, how acupuncture helped start her labor, all about her hospital labor with epidural, and a bit about the spinal headache she experienced after birth due to the epidural placement.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 124 - Rachel’s VBA2C: A Black Mother and Advocate’s Path to Doula Work
Rachel shares her journey from two traumatic c-section births to a triumphant vaginal birth after 2 cesareans (VBA2C), and we discuss the disparities for Black birthing people and how much advocacy and change is needed.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 123 - [TTC] IVF to a Fast, Unmedicated Hospital Birth
Today Bea shares her perinatal journey from dealing with unexpected infertility and IVF to the whirlwind experience of a fast labor and delivery. Listen in as she discusses the realities of fertility treatments and the specific challenges surrounding her fear of needles, the surprise of a rapid labor, and a bit about the great support she got in early breastfeeding, sleep challenges, and an early thyroid imbalance her son had that required medication.
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