![[Birth Stories] Unlocking Her Dream Birth by Valuing Her Intuition (And Switching Care Providers!)](https://birthful.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/image0-e1668569789816-946x675.jpeg)
Birth Stories, Care Providers During Pregnancy Series, Podcast, TBPodcast
Margot Strauhull brought her self-described “rule-following” attitude to her first hospital induction with an OB and had what she considered was a fine birth… until she was overcome by sadness in postpartum. This started her on a journey of peeling back the layers, to...
![[Birth Stories] How Nutrition Was Key for Her “Mission: Make a Small Baby”](https://birthful.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Jessica-Bower-laboring-484x675.jpg)
Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, Nutrition and Nourishment Series, Podcast, TBPodcast
After birthing quite a large baby and experiencing shoulder dystocia, Jessica Bower went on a quest to figure out why she had grown a baby that size. She shares with Adriana how gaining control of her sugar levels really helped with her “Mission: Make a Small Baby”...
Breastfeeding, newborn, Podcast, TBPodcast
There are certain conditions where a newborn’s risk of hypoglycemia increases. What are those conditions? How and when are they tested for? If there’s a concern, does that mean your baby will get formula supplementation, and how does all of this impact initial...
Activism, Birth Choices, Birth Plan, C-sections, homebirth, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast
In this episode of the Birthful podcast, I talk with Professor Gene Declercq about the complex realm of inductions. Are there good and not so good reasons for inductions? What are the risks? Do inductions lead to other interventions? Let’s see what the numbers say....
