Birth Principles: Enhance Your Birth Plan!

Birth Choices, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

Today we’re going beyond the birth plan to talk about birth principles! Although a well-crafted birth plan can be a powerful tool, more often than not they’re formulaic, and outcome-focused nature can give a false illusion of control, and even elicit eye rolls...

How Prenatal Yoga Can Help Protect Your Energy (And Why This Is Important!)

Doulas, Movement and Body Wellness in Pregnancy Series, Podcast, Pregnancy, TBPodcast

You’ve probably been told to do prenatal yoga, but is it really for you? Trauma-informed yoga teacher Abigail Lauren Geller says not if it’s another overwhelming thing on your to-do list! But if you are curious about the benefits of prenatal yoga for your body, your...

Why Your Team Isn’t Complete Without A Doula

Activism, Care Providers During Pregnancy Series, Labor & Birth, Podcast

The mounting evidence is clear: having a doula can help decrease the risk of having a cesarean birth and significantly improve birth experiences. In fact, doulas have even been called a form of pain relief themselves, as people tend to want fewer pain medications and...

[Best of Birthful] Why Uncontrollable Shaking Is an Important Part of Birth

Breastfeeding, golden hour, Podcast, TBPodcast

Welcome to the Best of Birthful. Creator and host Adriana Lozada curated and edited each selection in this playlist of the show’s most popular episodes. It’s a tailored introduction to the expansive catalog she amassed over the first five years of...

[Best of Birthful] What is the Purpose of Childbirth Pain?

Best of Birthful, Comfort measures, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

Welcome to the Best of Birthful. Creator and host Adriana Lozada curated and edited each selection in this playlist of the show’s most popular episodes. It’s a tailored introduction to the expansive catalog she amassed over the first five years of...