Exploring Your Options of Where to Give Birth

Birth Choices, homebirth, Hospital, Models & Places of Birth Series, Podcast, short episode, TBPodcast

Adriana Lozada goes through the pros and cons of three places where you can give birth: a hospital, a birth center, and at home, and what you should consider when making an informed decision. Powered by RedCircle Listen directly through our website player, or however...

[Birth Stories] How Flexibility Helped Her Flow through Relentless Contractions

Birth Stories, Models & Places of Birth Series, Podcast, TBPodcast

Sarah Winward’s story starts with some lovely swing dancing in the living room, and stomping through deep snow with her dog, then gets really intense, having Sarah ask herself over and over “Where is the break?! There’s supposed to be a break. Where is the break?!”...

[Birth Stories] Wonderful Waterbirth with Strong Fetal Ejection Reflex

Birth Stories, Podcast, TBPodcast

Michelle Onaka shares the ups and downs along the way toward having her child, including her fertility journey, then completely gutting their house during pregnancy, and following that up with a fabulous waterbirth. She shares with Adriana how immediate postpartum...

[Birth Stories] Prodromal… and Fantastic?!

Birth Stories, Comfort measures, Podcast, TBPodcast

Criselda shares with Adriana the details of her three-day-long birth, which she describes as amazing and transformative. It also truly illustrates how birth is not linear, as it can easily go from prodromal to precipitous! Find out what helped her get through the...

[Birth Story] How Harnessing Her Birth Hormones Allowed Her to Forgo an Induction

Birth Choices, Birth Partners, Birth Plan, Birth Stories, Fertility, Hospital, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, Pregnancy, Stories

When Danellia Arechiga became a gestational surrogate, she felt strongly about having an unmedicated birth at a birth center. Even as her labor plan derailed into an induction, she pushed for few interventions and worked with her physiology, ultimately experiencing...