Birth 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.

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Birth Matters Podcast, Ep 105 - Body Confidence Reclaimed in 2nd Birth

Melissa shares 2 birth stories, 1 hospital birth with epidural, the 2nd in which she reclaimed her body confidence in an unmedicated birth in a birthing center with midwives.

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Birth Matters Podcast, Ep 84 - Self-Advocacy When Being Gaslighted

Becky shares her and her transgender husband’s experience a long road to IVF conception, and then details her hospital birth story which includes being told she wasn’t in labor when she was and strongly advocating for her preferences to be honored. She also explains how a nursing strike about 3 months out from birth triggered postpartum anxiety in her.

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