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[Postpartum Story] Coming to Terms With the Baby She Got

[Postpartum Story] Coming to Terms With the Baby She Got

Movement and Body Wellness in Pregnancy Series, Podcast, Postpartum Stories, TBPodcast

After giving birth twice before, Victoria Wilson thought she had “life with a newborn” pretty much figured out. But when her third daughter was born fussy, frustrated, and just wouldn’t settle, Victoria was thrown for a loop. Was this just who her baby was? Or was...
[Birth Stories] Why It Mattered That Her Team Prioritized Her Emotional Safety

[Birth Stories] Why It Mattered That Her Team Prioritized Her Emotional Safety

Birth Stories, Care Providers During Pregnancy Series, Perinatal mental health, Podcast, Postpartum Stories, Pregnancy, pregnancy humor, Stories

Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo, co-founder of the socially impactful Fourth Phase aftercare boxes, shares how her expectations of when and how she should bond with her baby tarnished her otherwise wonderfully supported and respected birth experience. She tells Adriana how this...
[Birth Story] A Nourished Pregnancy, Flowing Birth, and Jarring Postpartum

[Birth Story] A Nourished Pregnancy, Flowing Birth, and Jarring Postpartum

Birth Stories, Nutrition and Nourishment Series, Podcast, Postpartum Stories, TBPodcast

Chelsy Arnett shares with Adriana how her husband nourished her during pregnancy. She also talks about the wonders of the double-hip-squeeze during labor, why she’d push in a completely different way the next time, as well as what’s helped her get through the...
[Postpartum Stories] Lessons from a Life Coach Who Faced Postpartum Depression Three Times

[Postpartum Stories] Lessons from a Life Coach Who Faced Postpartum Depression Three Times

Perinatal mental health, Podcast, Postpartum, Postpartum Stories

Author, life coach, and plus-size model Rosie Mercado experienced postpartum depression with three of her four children, in addition to other personal and physical challenges. She tells Adriana Lozada how she learned to listen to her body, to ask for help, and to...
Hard Postpartum After Back-Labor Induction, with Sarah Fowler

Hard Postpartum After Back-Labor Induction, with Sarah Fowler

Birth Stories, Podcast, Postpartum Stories, TBPodcast

What can you do after a truly exhausting birth leaves you in a daze, you’ve got intersecting breastfeeding issues and postpartum anxiety, you feel you are bonding more with your breast pump than your baby, have to return to work, and you don’t know how to ask for...
Fast Birth, Hard Postpartum, with Ivy Tumlinson

Fast Birth, Hard Postpartum, with Ivy Tumlinson

Birth Stories, Podcast, Postpartum Stories, TBPodcast

Ivy Tumlinson shares the challenges of her postpartum experience after a fast and furious, unmedicated, low-intervention hospital birth, which included breastfeeding issues that lead to exclusively pumping and difficulties in healing her pelvic floor. Check out what...
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      [Birth Story] How Harnessing Her Birth Hormones Allowed Her to Forgo an Induction

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