[Best of Birthful] Why Uncontrollable Shaking Is an Important Part of Birth

Breastfeeding, golden hour, Podcast, TBPodcast

Welcome to the Best of Birthful. Creator and host Adriana Lozada curated and edited each selection in this playlist of the show’s most popular episodes. It’s a tailored introduction to the expansive catalog she amassed over the first five years of...

Shaking and the Primal Nature of Birth

Labor & Birth, Podcast, Postpartum, TBPodcast

You may have heard that uncontrollable shaking is a very common part of labor and immediate postpartum. But is there a neurological purpose to all this shaking? And is the management of the third stage of labor, truncating the resolution, down-regulation, and...

6 More Physiologic Birth Mantras that Work, with Adriana Lozada

Childbirth Education, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

We continue to celebrate reaching 2 million downloads for the show! This is part 2 of my two-part minisode with some of my favorite birth mantras to convey physiology and help you navigate labor. If you haven’t yet, make sure you go listen to the previous episode...

5 Physiologic Birth Mantras that Work, with Adriana Lozada

Childbirth Education, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

We are celebrating 2 million downloads for the podcast, and so I’m doing things a bit differently. Instead of our regular episodes, this is going to be a minisode with some of my favorite birth mantras to convey physiology and help you navigate labor, but since we hit...

Third Stage of Labor

Birth Choices, Birth Plan, golden hour, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, skin-to-skin, TBPodcast

There are critical physiological changes that happen within birthing parent and baby immediately after birth that allow for bonding and a healthy transition from womb to word. What are they, how can they be supported, and how do interventions change the hormonal flow?...