Birth Matters Podcast, Ep 140 - Birthing a 10-pound Baby: Pleasure, Power, and Home Birth

September 16, 2026 Lisa Taylor

Genevieve shares a homebirth story – a 10+ pound 2nd baby’s birth, including a brief shoulder dystocia and false alarm for transferring to the hospital.

Birth Matters Podcast, Ep 136 - Surrender and Support: 2 Brooklyn Journalists’ Journey into Parenthood

January 24, 2026 Lisa Taylor

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.

Birth Matters Podcast, Ep 116 - The Power of Consent & Connected Care in Homebirth & Post-Birth Hospital Transfer

June 23, 2024 Lisa Taylor

Sheyda and her partner Corentin share their experience of choosing a home birth. The homebirth is smooth, but then after birth, Sheyda makes an informed decision with the collaborative care of her midwife to transfer to the hospital so she could recover more efficiently from bleeding a lot after birth.

Birth Matters Podcast, Ep 109 - A Black Doula’s 2 Unmedicated Hospital Births

March 17, 2024 Lisa Taylor

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.

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

August 3, 2023 Lisa Taylor

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.

Congrats to today's birth class intensive grads!
... I'm honored to know you, and am excited to see where this journey leads you.
... You got this! 🙌❤️

Use this time to SLOW DOWN and BE GENTLE with yourself -- to reflect, meditate, journal, pray.⁣
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In this week's podcast birth story, you hear how Kate took time to go into a chapel near NYU hospital to pray and center herself on trust in a higher

Used the bones from last night's @butcher_box organic chicken to make bone broth with my @instantpotofficial and frozen veggie scraps.
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Bone broth is not only delicious, but soooo good for you. Especially nourishing during pregnancy and postpartum

Loving having nutrient-dense, seasonal meals for the family.
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Tonight's meals is @butcher_box organic chicken slow-cooker in the @instantpotofficial, organic roasted beets from and sauteed cabbage from @misfitsmarket, and roasted Brussels sprouts

Thanks to my dear sis @laurenconw for this wonderful gift! Soooo excited to have a 4 things tote and can't wait to use it!

Get yours: @shopespwa

Ponder this truth today.
#Repost from @brittabushnellphd with @regram.app ... Posted by my publisher @soundstrue
I’m very grateful to be with this unique and values-driven publisher.
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“Pregnancy and birth are a space between worlds&md

What a perfect week to celebrate my 10th anniversary of beginning birth work! 10 years ago this week, I attended my first birth as a doula, and 8 years ago next month I began teaching group childbirth ed classes.
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Answering the question below, I h

In this week's BIRTH MATTERS podcast episode, Dee shared: "...every time I went through the contraction, I remember something else that you said, which is like, 'Pain with purpose. Pain with purpose. I'm not dying. I'm giving life. I'm giving bi

Just finished this book today and very much recommend it. It's so much more than the title gives it credit for.
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It's a well-rounded, science-based and thoughtful book on parenting in the early days, months and years.
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I finally read (well, lis

As I set up to record intros and outros for my next batch of podcast episodes, I'm re-listening to the most recent (encore/renewed) episode of Natural MD radio with the phenomenal Dr. Aviva Romm on thyroid issues in postpartum.
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She renewed this e

Congrats to tonight's birth class grads! Honored to know each of you. You got this!

Today we have a new guest blog post with Mindfulness Mama, Jennifer Landis (and our first guest blog, in fact!) ... Check out all of Jennifer's tips for a mindful, thoughtful pregnancy, labor, and journey into parenthood.
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birthmattersnyc.com/blog

New birth intensive has started today, loving having 8 new expectant parent families in attendance!
... Here's part of today's snacks table. My mama gave me this beautiful wooden tray for Christmas to complement my other one, and I just love it. It w

Hi Birth Matters Friends, Alums, Mama’s, expecting Moms, and Future Moms’, I’m Lauren Deckert, @laurendeckert and I’m taking over the @birthmattersnyc stories today to give you an insider look into my life as a Heath & Wel

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