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The Purpose Of Childbirth Pain

The Purpose Of Childbirth Pain

Birth Beyond the Clinical Experience Series, Birth Plan, Comfort measures, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

Rhea Dempsey is one of the foremost thinkers on the topic of working with pain in childbirth. She shares with Adriana the physiological purpose of pain during labor, why it gets such a bad rap, and suggests the pain relief paradigm is a medical construct that...
Transformation Through The Holistic Stages Of Birth (Part One)

Transformation Through The Holistic Stages Of Birth (Part One)

Birth Beyond the Clinical Experience Series, Birth Choices, Doulas, golden hour, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

We try to make birth practical by measuring, overseeing, and monitoring it… when really, it’s an experience that flows seamlessly from one stage to another, taking the birthing person deep into their physiology and intuitive altered states. Whapio Diane Bartlett...
[Birth Stories] Her Rapid Birth Was Unpredictable, so She Went Along for the Ride

[Birth Stories] Her Rapid Birth Was Unpredictable, so She Went Along for the Ride

Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, Podcast, Stories

Dana Saccomano did not expect her second birth to be what’s medically called “precipitous.” Even though it was so fast, she later realized how much all her practice and preparation paid off. Was your labor how you expected it would be? Tell us about what surprised you...
    • Adriana Lozada, a Latina with curly gray hair, is wearing a blue-green top and long necklace, looking fierce in a pose with her hands on her hips
      9 Most Badass Birth Moments (From Adriana’s Doula Career)
    • Michelle Rose, with her dark hair under a scrub cap, reclines in a hospital bed with her twin babies, wearing caps and swaddle blankets, on her chest
      [Birth Stories] Triumphant Vaginal Birth Of Twins Despite Preeclampsia And Triggering Interventions
    • Sivan Dirks, a white-presenting woman with dark hair, presses her cheek against her newborn baby's. who is wearing a cap and swaddle, following her cesarean birth
      [Birth Stories] Four Days After Her Water Broke and Still No Labor – Now What?!
    • Adriana, a Latina with tan skin and short curly dark hair, holds infant Seph in her arms against the backdrop of Caracas, Venezuela
      [Birth Stories] Celebrating Our 10 Years With Adriana’s Birth Story!
    • Ujarak Appadoo, a brown-skinned Indigenous woman with long dark hair, carries her baby on her back
      [Birth Stories] Weaving Together Four Unmedicated Births To Reveal Her Authentic Self

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