9 Most Badass Birth Moments (From Adriana’s Doula Career)

Birth Stories, Podcast

Adriana celebrates a decade of podcasting by sharing some of the most badass moments she’s witnessed as a doula, including an unassisted waterbirth at the hospital, a uniquely calm and undisturbed physiological birth (in the hospital lobby!), and more moments where...

[Birth Stories] Triumphant Vaginal Birth Of Twins Despite Preeclampsia And Triggering Interventions

Best of Birthful, Birth Stories, Hospital, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, Pregnancy Loss, short episode, TBPodcast

Michelle Rose describes her birth as that of her dreams, despite having a two-and-a-half-day-long induction for preeclampsia with a low platelet count, enduring a magnesium drip, a non-working epidural, a horrific vaginal check, hemorrhaging badly enough to require a...

[Birth Stories] Creating A Beautiful Birth Experience Despite Five Days Of Interventions

Birth Choices, Birth Stories, Hospital, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

Can a chaotic labor with a myriad of interventions for preeclampsia and several failed epidurals be a positive experience? Olivia Styons shares with Adriana the hard pivots she and her team had to make and how crucial it was for her to speak up for her needs – from...

[Birth Stories] The Power Of Having A Strong Advocate When Her Plans Derailed

Birth Stories, Podcast, TBPodcast

What does a self-described Type A do when her birth plan derails? Tara Langsdorf (who finished her second master’s degree and took a promotion managing a team of 25 while pregnant!) shares with Adriana how leaning on the structures and support she’d set up during...

[Birth Stories] How She Prepared Differently To Avoid Another Managed Birth

Birth Stories, Podcast, Stories, TBPodcast

Danielle Ford has had two very distinct births, with her first happening with minimal preparation and many interventions. It wasn’t until getting pregnant ten years later that she realized she carried a lot of trauma from birth number one. She shares with Adriana how...