[Birth Story] How She Was Surprised by Both Birth and Postpartum, but in Opposite Ways!

Birth Stories, Podcast, Postpartum Stories, TBPodcast

Ivy Tumlinson shares with Adriana the overwhelming challenges of her postpartum experience after being overjoyed by her fast and furious unmedicated hospital birth. She explains the lactation issues that lead her to exclusively pump and the difficulties in healing her...

[Birth Story] How She Navigated a Long Birth While Waiting for Her Support Team to Arrive

Birth Stories, Movement and Body Wellness in Pregnancy Series, Podcast, TBPodcast

For weeks, Julia Cooper had been nervous that her baby would arrive while her husband and mom were away, and sure enough contractions started merely hours after she dropped her husband off at the airport. What follows is a testament to how hard it can be to shut off...

[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...

Restoring Your Vitality After Giving Birth, with Kimberly Johnson

hormones, Podcast, Postpartum, TBPodcast

What does restoring your vitality after birth even mean? Is restoring the same as “getting your body back”? What are the five universal needs towards restoration? How can you prepare for the profound experience of codependency that’s coming your way,...