![[Birth Story] How She Navigated a Long Birth While Waiting for Her Support Team to Arrive](https://birthful.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Julia-Cooper-newborn-shoot-Birthful-Podcast.jpg)
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] Why Pushing Too Early Might Affect the Baby and You](https://birthful.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/whapio.jpg)
Activism, Birth Choices, Birth Plan, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, 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...
Activism, Birth Choices, Birth Plan, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast
It’s extremely common for pushing stages to be managed, with laboring people reclining on their backs and being told to grab behind their knees and pull them open towards their ears, while tucking their chins, and holding their breath for a count of 10. Is this really...
