Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, TBPodcast
Maya Ehnat was brought up to be comfortable with birth, and so from the get-go, her language and approach weren’t fear-based. Beyond that, much of the preparation she did during pregnancy was guided by a desire to minimize trauma and bring heaps of pleasure and joy...
Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast
If you want to minimize sensations of pain and even move them into pleasure, this episode is for you! Debra Pascali-Bonaro and Adriana explore how you can bring more pleasure and joy into your birth, and why doing so can help you not only have a better experience, but...
Birth Beyond the Clinical Experience Series, Birth Choices, golden hour, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast
During labor, you want contractions that are longer, stronger, and closer together. But why? Dr. Sarah Buckley and Adriana take a deep dive into the amazing and fascinating hormonal dance that happens during the birthing process, and how interventions such as...
![[Birth Story] How Her Goals of “No Epidural and No Whining” Helped Her Befriend the Labor Pain](https://birthful.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_8025-1-1080x675.jpg)
Birth Beyond the Clinical Experience Series, Birth Stories, Podcast, TBPodcast
Celeste and Claudiu Bancos share their perspectives of their son’s birth (who chimes in too!), often surprising each other with moments the other didn’t remember or knew about. Ultimately, Celeste achieved her birth goals of not whining and avoiding getting an...
Birth Beyond the Clinical Experience Series, Birth Plan, Comfort measures, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast
Rhea Dempsey is one of the foremost thinkers on the topic of working with pain in childbirth. She shares with Adriana the physiological purpose of pain during labor, why it gets such a bad rap, and suggests the pain relief paradigm is a medical construct that...
