[Birth Stories] Celebrating Our 10 Years With Adriana’s Birth Story!

What better way to celebrate this incredible 10-year milestone than by having Adriana share her own birth story? But there’s a twist… actually more than one! First, it’s Adriana’s daughter, Persephone (Seph), doing the interviewing. They’ll be sharing the evolving tradition Adriana started when Seph was one of telling her birth story on her birthday, and how impactful that has been in normalizing birth for her (and how Adriana found out that Seph had started to listen to the podcast!). And finally, by dusting off this episode (originally published to celebrate our 100th episode), Adriana gets to reflect on how doing the podcast for a decade has helped transform her work as a doula and educator, and announce the end of an era.

Related resources*:

• The Ehlers-Danlos Society website
• Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Dysautonomia International

Image description: a black-and-white image of Adriana, holding newborn Seph on her chest, with Art looking over her shoulder

Related Birthful episodes:

• A Quick Guide To Triage
• Baby’s Position And Labor Flow
• Rethinking The Pushing Stage
• How To Prepare Siblings For Life With A Newborn

Image description: Adriana and Seph, both laughing, in a picture from around when this episode was first recorded!

Image description: Adriana, a Latina with tan skin and short curly dark hair, holds infant Seph in her arms against the backdrop of Caracas, Venezuela

About Adriana Lozada

Adriana Lozada (she/her) is an advanced birth doula, a perinatal educator, and sleep coach. In the late 90s she co-founded a newspaper and media company, a network of youth sites in Spanish, and was named one of CNN en Español’s 20 “Latin American Leaders of the Internet” in 2000.

Then she gave birth.

Adriana’s life can be defined as “before” and “after” being pregnant with her daughter. If you’re a parent, surely you can relate.

Adriana believes in, and advocates for, the transformational power of giving birth. She’s gifted at helping others on their perinatal journeys, and brings her deep knowledge, practical expertise, curiosity, and respect for inclusivity into all aspects of her work. Adriana is an unabashed advocate for improving the perinatal health system for all.