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[Birth Stories] Wonderful Waterbirth with Strong Fetal Ejection Reflex

[Birth Stories] Wonderful Waterbirth with Strong Fetal Ejection Reflex

Birth Stories, Podcast, TBPodcast

Michelle Onaka shares the ups and downs along the way toward having her child, including her fertility journey, then completely gutting their house during pregnancy, and following that up with a fabulous waterbirth. She shares with Adriana how immediate postpartum...
[Birth Stories] How She Confidently and Calmly Gave Birth in a Moving Car

[Birth Stories] How She Confidently and Calmly Gave Birth in a Moving Car

Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

Laura Loos has had two non-medicated vaginal births, with her second one happening so super fast, that it involved birthing while in a moving car! She shares with Adriana how connecting with her inner voice and trusting the abundant preparation she had done during...
[Birth Story] How Harnessing Her Birth Hormones Allowed Her to Forgo an Induction

[Birth Story] How Harnessing Her Birth Hormones Allowed Her to Forgo an Induction

Birth Choices, Birth Partners, Birth Plan, Birth Stories, Fertility, Hospital, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, Pregnancy, Stories

When Danellia Arechiga became a gestational surrogate, she felt strongly about having an unmedicated birth at a birth center. Even as her labor plan derailed into an induction, she pushed for few interventions and worked with her physiology, ultimately experiencing...
[Birth Story] So Was It a Waterbirth?

[Birth Story] So Was It a Waterbirth?

Birth Beyond the Clinical Experience Series, Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

Hailey McHone’s first birth was what her OB called “a textbook hospital delivery,” which came with an epidural-Pitocin combo, and, frankly, little consent. She talks with Adriana about getting more intentional with her wishes and choices for her second...
Transformation Through the Holistic Stages of Birth (Part Two)

Transformation Through the Holistic Stages of Birth (Part Two)

Birth Beyond the Clinical Experience Series, golden hour, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, skin-to-skin, TBPodcast

We try to make birth practical by measuring, overseeing, and monitoring it… when really, it’s an experience that flows seamlessly from one stage to another, taking the birthing person deep into their physiology and intuitive altered states. Whapio Diane Bartlett...
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