Birth Plan, Labor & Birth, Podcast, Pregnancy
Certified nurse midwife Dr. Stephanie Mitchell shares tools from her step-by-step guide to building a birth plan, and discusses why getting your plan together—and onboarding everyone on your birth team—can help ensure you are respected and heard during your birth...
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Birth Choices, Birth Stories, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, Stories
Despite the many course-corrections during the birth of her third child, Amy Silva did not lose sight of her right to choose during each step of her birthing process. She tells Adriana how her decision to refuse a pointless COVID swab during labor changed protocol in...
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. How do you feel you and your baby work(ed) as a team during pregnancy...
Activism, Labor & Birth, Podcast, Pregnancy
One in six women experience mistreatment during childbirth. Birth justice attorney Indra Lusero talks to Adriana Lozada about how to defend your and other pregnant people’s birth rights. Have you felt heard during your pregnancy and birth experiences? Let us know...
![[Birth Stories] Her Rapid Birth Was Unpredictable, so She Went Along for the Ride](https://birthful.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image000004-5-1-e1620782879949-1080x675.jpg)
Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, Podcast, Stories
Dana Saccomano did not expect her second birth to be what’s medically called “precipitous.” Even though it was so fast, she later realized how much all her practice and preparation paid off. Was your labor how you expected it would be? Tell us about what surprised you...
Hospital, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, short episode, TBPodcast
Continuous electronic fetal monitoring, or EFM, can have a negative impact on your birth experience. Adriana Lozada explains how. And what you can ask care providers for to alleviate the complications it can cause. What is your experience with continuous electronic...
