[Best of Birthful] Understanding Your Birth Hormones

Best of Birthful, hormones, 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...

[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...

Why You Want to Do Lots of Skin-to-Skin With Your Baby

newborn, Podcast, Postpartum, short episode, skin-to-skin, TBPodcast

Adriana explains all the remarkable benefits of doing skin-to-skin with your baby—immediately after they’re born and through the first months of life—and how such a simple practice can bring your whole family closer together. Did you have a partner who did...

Third Stage of Labor

Birth Choices, Birth Plan, golden hour, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, skin-to-skin, TBPodcast

There are critical physiological changes that happen within birthing parent and baby immediately after birth that allow for bonding and a healthy transition from womb to word. What are they, how can they be supported, and how do interventions change the hormonal flow?...

Birth as an Intimate Event, with Nekole Shapiro

Birth Choices, Birth Plan, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

We know pregnancy and birth involve great transformation. That’s why it’s such a good time to connect with yourself, and realize what the heck motivates your choices. It can also get you into the awesome habit of bringing more oxytocin into your life. Nekole Shapiro...