Birth Plan, Comfort measures, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast
Today we’ll be rethinking birth pain! It’s not called labor for nothing, but is there a purpose to the pain? What happens when you stop thinking of birth as an emergency, and start seeing it as a physiological emergence? If you assume that your confidence will falter,...
Birth Stories, Podcast, TBPodcast
The Birthful Podcast: Summer Birth Stories 2016 #5 We continue on our “Birth Stories” for the summer series! This week, Kate Turza tells us about her three epidural births, and highlights how what happens during the third stage of labor can impact breastfeeding and...
Breastfeeding, golden hour, Interventions, newborn, Podcast, TBPodcast
In today’s episode, we talk about about what’s involved in the suck-swallow-breathe coordination your baby needs to figure out in order to breastfeed. There are a series of elements that have to come together, including muscles, ligaments, nerves and bones for all of...
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Birth Choices, Birth Plan, Breastfeeding, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast
Usually, when we think epidurals, we wonder how they will affect birth, but it turns out that they can have an impact on your breastfeeding relationship as well. What do you need to know? Dianne Cassidy is here to tell us the facts, so you can make an informed...
