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Why Your Team Isn’t Complete Without a Doula

Why Your Team Isn’t Complete Without a Doula

Activism, Labor & Birth, Podcast

The mounting evidence is clear: having a doula can help decrease the risk of having a cesarean birth and significantly improve birth experiences. In fact, doulas have even been called a form of pain relief themselves, as people tend to want fewer pain medications and...
Exploring Your Options of Where to Give Birth

Exploring Your Options of Where to Give Birth

Birth Choices, homebirth, Hospital, 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. Where did you give birth, and why? We want to read about it! Join the...
What You Need to Know About Birth Models (Birth What?)

What You Need to Know About Birth Models (Birth What?)

Birth Choices, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

Medical anthropologist Robbie Davis-Floyd talks with Adriana about the technocratic, humanistic and holistic birth models. She explains why we’ve gotten so obsessed with machines and numbers, why we need more midwives, how some OBs are making positive change by...
[Birth Stories] Giving Birth to Twins as a Disabled Person

[Birth Stories] Giving Birth to Twins as a Disabled Person

Activism, Birth Stories, C-sections, Labor & Birth, Parenting, Podcast, Pregnancy, Stories

Dani Izzie, a disability advocate who is quadriplegic, tells Adriana how her years of navigating the medical system, connecting with a community who understands her, building a supportive team, and her deep understanding of her body helped her through the birth of her...
[Birth Stories] How a Surprise Pregnancy After Infertility Led Her to A Successful VBAC

[Birth Stories] How a Surprise Pregnancy After Infertility Led Her to A Successful VBAC

Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, Podcast, Pregnancy, Stories, VBAC

After an initial cesarean birth due to preeclampsia, IVF warrior Desirae Whittle knew it was paramount to gather a birth team that would truly encourage a vaginal birth. She shares with Adriana Lozada the many joyful moments during the long vaginal labor of her second...
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    • Getting Comfortable With the Intimate Nature of Birth
    • Hailey McHone, a pregnant white woman with brown hair, is wearing a turquoise bikini top and is smiling while she labors in a birthing tub
      [Birth Story] So Was It a Waterbirth?
    • Transformation Through the Holistic Stages of Birth (Part Two)
    • Transformation Through the Holistic Stages of Birth (Part One)
    • Adriana Aleman Crane, a brown skinned woman with dark hair, is smiling while reclined in a hospital bed with a sheet draped over her body and her newborn baby on her chest, who is wearing a cap on their head
      [Birth Stories] How She Got Through a Week of Prodromal Labor by Embracing It

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