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

[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...
How to Set Up Your Childcare Options to Include Community Care

How to Set Up Your Childcare Options to Include Community Care

Podcast, Pregnancy, TBPodcast

Great childcare – so, a solution that you can afford, has availability, works with your schedule, and can provide loving and safe care for your child – can be hard to find! Most often than not, you will have to concede some trade-offs. Leslie Borrell explains the...
Why You Deserve Professional Postpartum Support (And How To Afford It!)

Why You Deserve Professional Postpartum Support (And How To Afford It!)

Podcast, Pregnancy, TBPodcast

When it comes to postpartum, EVERYONE needs support. And even after accepting that you WILL need the help, it can be tricky figuring out how to ask for it, especially when most of our friends and family members don’t really know how to help (nor have the time!)....
[Birth Stories] How She Got Through A Week Of Prodromal Labor By Embracing It

[Birth Stories] How She Got Through A Week Of Prodromal Labor By Embracing It

Birth Choices, Birth Stories, Interventions, Movement and Body Wellness in Pregnancy Series, Podcast, Stories, TBPodcast

Adriana Aleman Crane’s first birth involved several days of prodromal labor– and if you don’t know what that is, you really want to listen to this episode! But her second birth? Her husband almost missed it! She shares with Adriana Lozada that sleep is glorious,...
Understanding Acupuncture From A Physiological Lens (And Why You Shouldn’t Fear The Needles!)

Understanding Acupuncture From A Physiological Lens (And Why You Shouldn’t Fear The Needles!)

Fertility, Labor & Birth, Movement and Body Wellness in Pregnancy Series, Podcast, Pregnancy, TBPodcast

Acupuncture can help alleviate nausea, constipation, and back pain. It can encourage breech babies to flip and labor to start. But how does it work, and what does it feel like? Acupuncturist, massage therapist, and birth doula Dr. Patrick Boswell talks with Adriana...
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