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Your Birth Hormones, with Dr. Sarah Buckley

Your Birth Hormones, with Dr. Sarah Buckley

Birth Choices, golden hour, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

Birth hormones are in charge of making your labor flow, establishing breastfeeding and helping you bond with your baby. Supporting your hormones can lead to a healthier and smoother birth. How can you encourage them? What should you avoid? Sarah Buckley has answers....
Rethinking the Pushing Stage, with Whapio

Rethinking the Pushing Stage, with Whapio

Activism, Birth Choices, Birth Plan, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

It’s extremely common for pushing stages to be managed, with laboring people reclining on their backs and being told to grab behind their knees and pull them open towards their ears, while tucking their chins, and holding their breath for a count of 10. Is this really...
All about Inductions, with Dr. Gene Declercq

All about Inductions, with Dr. Gene Declercq

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

In this episode of the Birthful podcast, I talk with Professor Gene Declercq about the complex realm of inductions. Are there good and not so good reasons for inductions? What are the risks? Do inductions lead to other interventions? Let’s see what the numbers say....
Protecting Your Perineum, with Rachel Reed

Protecting Your Perineum, with Rachel Reed

Birth Plan, golden hour, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast, VBAC

The thought of perineal tearing can make any birthing person cringe. And let’s not even think about episiotomies. Are there ways to avoid tearing? What’s the evidence behind perineal massage? Will being told how to push make things worse? Rachel Reed tells us more...
Postpartum With and Without Depression, with Julia Sabourin

Postpartum With and Without Depression, with Julia Sabourin

Breastfeeding Stories, Interventions, Podcast, Postpartum Stories, TBPodcast

After her first birth Julia experienced undiagnosed postpartum depression along with major breastfeeding struggles. Second time around, she was dreading her baby’s arrival rather than excitedly awaiting it, so she did something about it. Julia shares how proactively...
Delayed Cord Clamping, with Dr. Mark Sloan

Delayed Cord Clamping, with Dr. Mark Sloan

Birth Choices, Birth Plan, golden hour, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

Waiting a few minutes to clamp a newborn’s umbilical cord can have significant health benefits, and yet the debate of early vs. delayed cord clamping rages on. What’s the big deal? Dr. Mark Sloan explains and shares what the evidence says.   Listen directly...
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