[Best of Birthful] Restoring Your Vitality After Birth

Best of Birthful, Podcast, Postpartum, 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...

Talking Pelvic Health with a Physical Therapist

Podcast, Pregnancy, TBPodcast

Adriana talks with pelvic health physical therapist Sara Reardon about what optimal pelvic health looks like. They go into the details about what to do— and not do— when peeing or pooping, discuss common issues such as leakage, painful intercourse, and abdominal...

Can Exercise During Pregnancy Make Labor Harder?

Podcast, Pregnancy, TBPodcast

Today we’re exploring if there is such a thing as too much exercise during pregnancy. It’s common knowledge that you should stay active while expecting. Walking, swimming, and doing prenatal yoga can all be super helpful, but what about barre, CrossFit, and...

Thinking-Brain Birth, with Julia Cooper

Birth Stories, Podcast, TBPodcast

Julia Cooper’s birth story is a testament to how hard it can be to shut off your thinking brain while in labor, and how in spite of that, you can still support your physiology to make things flow. It just may require a lot more regrouping and take more time.   To...

Fast Birth, Hard Postpartum, with Ivy Tumlinson

Birth Stories, Podcast, Postpartum Stories, TBPodcast

Ivy Tumlinson shares the challenges of her postpartum experience after a fast and furious, unmedicated, low-intervention hospital birth, which included breastfeeding issues that lead to exclusively pumping and difficulties in healing her pelvic floor. Check out what...