Birth Choices, C-sections, Childbirth Education, golden hour, Interventions, newborn, Podcast, skin-to-skin, TBPodcast
How your baby is born will determine what microorganisms get where, when. It’s a beautifully-orchestrated process with lifelong implications for your baby’s health. So what if you have a Cesarean birth, take antibiotics, or are not able to feed human milk? Toni Harman...
Breastfeeding, golden hour, newborn, Podcast, skin-to-skin, TBPodcast
We’ll be talking about why breastfeeding a newborn is different from an older baby. It’s often assumed that breastfeeding will simply work, but most moms report significant problems within the first week. Fortunately, understanding why newborns feed the way they...
Breastfeeding, golden hour, Podcast, TBPodcast
Today we’ll be taking on 11 lactation need-to-knows! Consider these lactation mini-facts as possible bumps-in-the-road that can be dealt with fairly easily with a bit of information and determination, but that can otherwise potentially derail your nursing...
Birth Choices, Birth Plan, golden hour, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, skin-to-skin, TBPodcast
There are critical physiological changes that happen within birthing parent and baby immediately after birth that allow for bonding and a healthy transition from womb to word. What are they, how can they be supported, and how do interventions change the hormonal flow?...
Doulas, golden hour, Podcast, Postpartum, TBPodcast
What is a postpartum doula? How does she help smooth your transition as a family? Is she only helpful during the first few days? Can having one lessen your chances of postpartum mood disorders? What if you had a Cesarean, or your baby is extra sensitive? How can you...
golden hour, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, skin-to-skin, TBPodcast
We try to make birth practical by measuring, overseeing and monitoring it, when really, it’s an experience that flows seamlessly from one stage to another, taking the birthing woman deep into Laborland. How can we better describe what she goes through? Whapio...