[Birth Stories] Homebirth After Two Cesareans, With Castor Oil and a Location Twist

Birth Choices, Birth Stories, C-sections, Doulas, homebirth, Podcast, TBPodcast, VBAC

Alison Spath shares with Adriana the many twists and turns included in her path toward a planned homebirth after two cesareans (HBA2C), including getting things started with castor oil, having to hold at bay the fear-based opinions of random obstetricians, celebrating...

[Birth Story] Birth: Not as Bad as Hiking the Machu Picchu Trail

Birth Stories, Podcast, TBPodcast

Shelley Wylie shares with Adriana how marvelous it can be to see your partner really have your back and tell the nurse to wait until your contraction is over, how birth is not as horrendous as the Machu Picchu trail, and how you can absolutely have a lovely birth,...

[Birth Stories] A Glorious Vaginal Birth After Cesarean

Birth Stories, Podcast, TBPodcast

Kally McConnell shares her glorious VBAC story, along with all the things she did differently from her first birth, how it all started with a literal bang when her bag of waters broke, and how there was no time for the tub. She also shares with Adriana the insights...

How to Organize Truly Helpful Postpartum Support From Your Friends and Family

Interventions, Podcast, Postpartum, TBPodcast

Michelle Peterson shares with Adriana a fantastic framework for setting up your postpartum village of support that spreads the responsibility over many people (seven to be exact) so that you are well-resourced beyond the first few weeks of postpartum. She explains how...

Working with HR to Maximize Your Employee Benefits for Postpartum

Podcast, Pregnancy, TBPodcast

Understanding your parental leave benefits— with all its overwhelming fine print— can be a daunting task! To make the process easier, human resource professional extraordinaire Katy Dahl shares with Adriana how to approach the process so that you can not only maximize...