Birth Choices, Birth Stories, Hospital, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, Pregnancy, Stories
Myra Flynn set out to have as few interventions as possible during the birth of her daughter. She tells Adriana Lozada what it was like to stand up for herself— and adapt to the circumstances— during her five days in labor. What things have you had to do (with care...
Activism, Birth Choices, Birth Plan, C-sections, homebirth, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast
In this episode of the Birthful podcast, I talk with Professor Gene Declercq about the complex realm of inductions. Are there good and not so good reasons for inductions? What are the risks? Do inductions lead to other interventions? Let’s see what the numbers say....
Birth Stories, Podcast, TBPodcast
We’re jump starting our Birthful Stories by talking with Melissa Divaris Thompson about her two very different Cesarean birth experiences. Melissa describes her first experience as traumatic. By contrast, she felt really empowered during her second birth. So what...