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, 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...
Birth Choices, C-sections, Hospital, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast
OB/GYN Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankins breaks down the leading causes of what’s usually called a cascade of labor interventions—like an induction leading to a cesarean. She and Adriana Lozada offer insight into the risks and benefits of interventions, and help inform your...
Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast
Laura Kline-Taylor spent most of her first pregnancy preparing for motherhood while healing from infidelity, and then had three days to get ready for an unexpected breech cesarean. Second time around, both she and her husband were in a much better place to come...
Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast
Mariah Robinson has had four very different birth stories, that include a traumatic vaginal birth with an epidural, two inductions with one ending in a Cesarean, and an unplanned home birth with fetal ejection reflex, than involved her tablecloth. For this last one,...