[Birth Stories] Triumphant Vaginal Birth Of Twins Despite Preeclampsia And Triggering Interventions

Best of Birthful, Birth Stories, Hospital, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, Pregnancy Loss, short episode, TBPodcast

Michelle Rose describes her birth as that of her dreams, despite having a two-and-a-half-day-long induction for preeclampsia with a low platelet count, enduring a magnesium drip, a non-working epidural, a horrific vaginal check, hemorrhaging badly enough to require a...

[Birth Stories] Getting Baby To Flip From Breech With An ECV For A Flowing Vaginal Birth

Birth Choices, Birth Stories, Hospital, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

What happens when a baby suddenly turns breech at 36 weeks? For Kaitlin Moore, this meant a hard pivot and lots of research to weigh her options between trying to get her baby to flip back or having a surgical birth. She shares the difficulties of finding the right...

[Birth Stories] Creating A Beautiful Birth Experience Despite Five Days Of Interventions

Birth Choices, Birth Stories, Hospital, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

Can a chaotic labor with a myriad of interventions for preeclampsia and several failed epidurals be a positive experience? Olivia Styons shares with Adriana the hard pivots she and her team had to make and how crucial it was for her to speak up for her needs – from...

[Birth Stories] When Place-Of-Birth Policies Keep You Thinking Instead Of Birthing

Birth Choices, Birth Partners, Birth Stories, Hospital, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

Emily Salahuddin set out to have an unmedicated birth at a birth center, but trying to remain within the risk boundaries of that facility turned into an all-consuming mind game, bringing with it an onslaught of non-medical interventions. Ironically, it was after being...

[Birth Stories] Two (Non-Epidural) Inductions: With And Without The Fetal Ejection Reflex

Birth Partners, Birth Stories, Doulas, Hospital, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

Given that Pitocin contractions can be so intense, most people who have inductions also tend to have epidurals – but not Meredith Finch! Listen as she shares with Adriana how her preparation, flexibility, the crucial support from her husband and her doula, and a...

How Will You Show Up At Your Birth?

Birth Choices, Birth Plan, C-sections, Doulas, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

Here’s the thing about preparing for birth: you can read all the books, take all the classes, listen to all the podcasts, set up a dream birth team, but no amount of preparation will get the birthing done for you. Shalome Stone tells Adriana why pregnancy is the ideal...