Birth Choices, Birth Stories, Hospital, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast
Can a chaotic labor with a myriad of interventions for preeclampsia and several failed epidurals be a positive experience? Olivia Styons shares with Adriana the hard pivots she and her team had to make and how crucial it was for her to speak up for her needs – from...
Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, TBPodcast
Mandy Alexander got pregnant at 40, having had bariatric surgery seven years before that. During what she describes as her “bariatric-geriatric” pregnancy, she worked through her fear of childbirth and ended up with the unmedicated and collaborative birth...
Comfort measures, hypnosis, Labor & Birth, Podcast, short episode
Hypnosis in childbirth, often known as HypnoBirthing, is one tool you can use to lessen pain perception and let your oxytocin flow. Adriana Lozada breaks down the origin of this tool, and how you can practice it ahead of giving birth. Are you planning on using...
Birth Choices, Labor & Birth, Podcast, Pregnancy, TBPodcast
Today’s show is about self-hypnosis for labor pain management. Before you roll your eyes, know that this is not about someone swinging a pocket watch in front of you, but rather a tool that can diminish pain, lessen anxiety, make you feel more in control, and even...