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How to Set Up Your Childcare Options to Include Community Care

How to Set Up Your Childcare Options to Include Community Care

Podcast, Pregnancy, TBPodcast

Great childcare— so, a solution that you can afford, has availability, works with your schedule, and can provide loving and safe care for your child— can be hard to find! Most often than not, you will have to concede some trade-offs. Leslie Borrell explains the...
Milk Your Lactation Benefits!

Milk Your Lactation Benefits!

Labor & Birth, newborn, Podcast, short episode, TBPodcast

Some people say that nursing your baby is “free”—  and while there certainly are unique cost savings associated with feeding human milk, there can be expenses associated with it, too. How can you maximize your lactation-related benefits? And what does the...
How to Organize Truly Helpful Postpartum Support From Your Friends and Family

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...
Why You Deserve Professional Postpartum Support (And How to Afford It!)

Why You Deserve Professional Postpartum Support (And How to Afford It!)

Podcast, Pregnancy, TBPodcast

When it comes to postpartum, EVERYONE needs support. And even after accepting that you WILL need the help, it can be tricky figuring out how to ask for it, especially when most of our friends and family members don’t really know how to help (nor have the time!)....
Working with HR to Maximize Your Employee Benefits for Postpartum

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...
[Birth Story] How She Was Surprised by Both Birth and Postpartum, but in Opposite Ways!

[Birth Story] How She Was Surprised by Both Birth and Postpartum, but in Opposite Ways!

Birth Stories, Podcast, Postpartum Stories, TBPodcast

Ivy Tumlinson shares with Adriana the overwhelming challenges of her postpartum experience after being overjoyed by her fast and furious unmedicated hospital birth. She explains the lactation issues that lead her to exclusively pump and the difficulties in healing her...
What You Need To Plan Your Parental Leave

What You Need To Plan Your Parental Leave

Activism, Parenting, Podcast, Postpartum

Perinatal health consultant Arianna Taboada goes through the ins and outs of paid and unpaid parental leave in the United States. She shares with Adriana Lozada how to be realistic about your options for the best possible return to work for you and your family, while...
[Birth Stories] How She Confidently and Calmly Gave Birth in a Moving Car

[Birth Stories] How She Confidently and Calmly Gave Birth in a Moving Car

Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

Laura Loos has had two non-medicated vaginal births, with her second one happening so super fast, that it involved birthing while in a moving car! She shares with Adriana how connecting with her inner voice and trusting the abundant preparation she had done during...
How Your Baby Helps During the Birthing Process

How Your Baby Helps During the Birthing Process

Labor & Birth, newborn, Podcast, short episode, TBPodcast

Babies use a set of coordinated movements and specific reflexes that allow them to participate in the birthing process. Adriana Lozada explains how this fascinating process works, and how it helps get them earthside. Powered by RedCircle Listen directly through our...
[Birth Stories] How She Reframed Birth Toward Pleasure and Let Her Power Flow

[Birth Stories] How She Reframed Birth Toward Pleasure and Let Her Power Flow

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...
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