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[Birth Story] How She Proactively Avoided Having Another Traumatic Birth

[Birth Story] How She Proactively Avoided Having Another Traumatic Birth

Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

After an eye-opening, traumatic, and abusive first birth, Toni DeAztlan-Smith was determined not to repeat the experience. Toni tells Adriana how she proactively took matters into her own hands and ended up having a powerfully healing birth. She also shares how she...
Why an OB/GYN Chose to Have a Homebirth

Why an OB/GYN Chose to Have a Homebirth

Activism, Birth Choices, homebirth, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, Pregnancy, TBPodcast

OB/GYN and medical educator Dr. Amali Lokugamage talks with Adriana about how being pregnant propelled a paradigm shift in her ideas about birth, leading her to give birth at home. A champion of human rights in childbirth, she shares why birth recommendations have...
Is Homebirth for You?

Is Homebirth for You?

Activism, Birth Choices, homebirth, Labor & Birth, Podcast

Robina Khalid of Small Things Grow Midwifery explains what it takes to truly consider a homebirth, and shares with Adriana how to prepare for a successful experience. What myths or misconceptions do you have about homebirth? We’ll unpack them at @birthfulpodcast...
Cesarean Risk: What’s Your Place of Birth Got to Do With It?

Cesarean Risk: What’s Your Place of Birth Got to Do With It?

Activism, Birth Choices, homebirth, Interventions, Podcast, TBPodcast

Cesarean rates have increased 500% in one generation, and about half of them may be unnecessary. Harvard Medical School professor and ACOG Fellow Dr. Neel Shah talks with Adriana about how the hospital you choose can be your #1 risk of having a surgical birth, how we...
[Birth Story] How Focusing On Her Birth Vision Led To Her Dream Hospital Birth

[Birth Story] How Focusing On Her Birth Vision Led To Her Dream Hospital Birth

Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, TBPodcast

Jenny Murphy’s birth preparations were impacted by uncertainty, fear, and ever-changing circumstances. She shares with Adriana how focusing on her “birth vision”– and waiting to go to the hospital for as long as possible– allowed her to be the leader of her labor and...
Know What You’re Up Against When Giving Birth at a Hospital

Know What You’re Up Against When Giving Birth at a Hospital

Activism, Labor & Birth, Podcast

Mimi Niles, a full-scope midwife and midwifery care researcher, talks to Adriana Lozada about the U.S. hospital system, how your goals as a birthing person are at odds with the system’s goals, and how to tap into your power as a consumer within the system. How exactly...
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