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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] 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...
How to Avoid a “Cascade of Interventions”

How to Avoid a “Cascade of Interventions”

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...
Embracing Imperfection in Time for a  VBAC, with Laura Kline-Taylor

Embracing Imperfection in Time for a VBAC, with Laura Kline-Taylor

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...
Getting Over the Fear of Unmedicated Birth, with Mariah Robinson

Getting Over the Fear of Unmedicated Birth, with Mariah Robinson

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,...
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