[Birth Story] How She Proactively Avoided Having Another Traumatic Birth

Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

After an eye-opening, traumatic, and abusive first birth, Toni DeAztlan-Smith was determined not to repeat the experience. Toni tells Adriana how she proactively took matters into her own hands and ended up having a powerfully healing birth. She also shares how she...

Why an OB/GYN Chose to Have a Homebirth

Activism, Birth Choices, homebirth, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, Pregnancy, TBPodcast

OB/GYN and medical educator Dr. Amali Lokugamage talks with Adriana about how being pregnant propelled a paradigm shift in her ideas about birth, leading her to give birth at home. A champion of human rights in childbirth, she shares why birth recommendations have...

Supporting Healthy Families in the U.S.: Has Anything Changed?

Activism, Podcast

Adriana has a candid conversation with Professor Monica McLemore about the lack of policies and practices that support new parents in the U.S. They discuss how paid family leave and the Black Maternal Health Caucus’ “Momnibus” legislative package fit into the need to...

[Best of Birthful] Tips to Advocate for Yourself During Birth

Activism, Best of Birthful, Birth Choices, 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...

How to Stand Up for Your Birth Rights

Activism, Labor & Birth, Podcast, Pregnancy

One in six women experience mistreatment during childbirth. Birth justice attorney Indra Lusero talks to Adriana Lozada about how to defend your and other pregnant people’s birth rights. Have you felt heard during your pregnancy and birth experiences? Let us know...