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 133 - Taylor Swift, Toilet Time, & the Truth About Labor: Jane’s & Sam’s Story
Jane & Sam share the story of their physiologic birth with nitrous oxide, attended by midwives in a Manhattan hospital, and supported by a doula.
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 131 - Joyous Homebirth, False Alarm Hospital Transfer for Placenta
Priscilla and Micah share their powerful journey from miscarriage to a joyful home birth, highlighting the importance of self-advocacy, trusting your body, and community support. They discuss pregnancy after loss, choosing a birth setting, and the unexpected hospital transfer after delivery. A moving story of resilience and informed birth choices.
Read moreBirth Matters Podcast, Ep 129 - White Coat Hypertension: Self-Advocacy for an Unmedicated Birth
Liz & partner Kevin share Liz’s experience with white coat hypertension in the third trimester and advocating to not be induced, resulting in an efficient, unmedicated, healthy birth.
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