[Birth Stories] An Unexpectedly Unassisted Blissful Breech Birth

Birth Partners, Birth Stories, homebirth, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

Toni Shama’s first birth asked for movement, and her third birth asked for much vocalization. Her second birth, however, asked for tons of intimacy with her husband. She shares with Adriana how when they fueled that passion, labor became so fast they barely had a...

[Birth Stories] From Traumatic Cesarean To Healing (And Fast!) VBAC

Birth Stories, C-sections, Hospital, Podcast, TBPodcast, VBAC

What’s more stressful: a panic attack right before a surgical birth that takes your breath away and leaves you with memory gaps, or your baby’s shoulders getting stuck on the pubic bone after the head is out and needing a manual placental extraction? For today’s birth...

How to Set Up Your Childcare Options to Include Community Care

Podcast, Pregnancy, TBPodcast

Great childcare – so, a solution that you can afford, has availability, works with your schedule, and can provide loving and safe care for your child – can be hard to find! Most often than not, you will have to concede some trade-offs. Leslie Borrell explains the...

How To Organize Truly Helpful Postpartum Support From Your Friends And Family

Interventions, Podcast, Postpartum, TBPodcast

Michelle Peterson shares with Adriana a fantastic framework for setting up your postpartum village of support that spreads the responsibility over many people (seven to be exact) so that you are well-resourced beyond the first few weeks of postpartum. She explains how...

Why You Deserve Professional Postpartum Support (And How To Afford It!)

Podcast, Pregnancy, TBPodcast

When it comes to postpartum, EVERYONE needs support. And even after accepting that you WILL need the help, it can be tricky figuring out how to ask for it, especially when most of our friends and family members don’t really know how to help (nor have the time!)....