[Best of Birthful] Why Using Their Mouths Correctly Is Vital for Babies

Best of Birthful, Breastfeeding, newborn, 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...

Why Optimal Baby Oral Function Matters, with Michelle Emanuel

Breastfeeding, newborn, Podcast, TBPodcast

Does your baby sleep with an open mouth? Do they make noise when breathing? Are they copious droolers? Do they have lip blisters? Do they hate tummy time, or have a lot of reflux? These are signs that oral function may need to be evaluated, but why does optimal oral...

Coming to Terms with the Baby You Got, with Victoria Wilson

Podcast, Postpartum Stories, TBPodcast

After giving birth twice before, Victoria thought she had life with a newborn pretty much figured out. But when her third daughter was born fussy crying and frustrated, the thought running through Victoria’s mind was that something was off with this baby. What...

Hard Postpartum After Back-Labor Induction, with Sarah Fowler

Birth Stories, Podcast, Postpartum Stories, TBPodcast

What can you do after a truly exhausting birth leaves you in a daze, you’ve got intersecting breastfeeding issues and postpartum anxiety, you feel you are bonding more with your breast pump than your baby, have to return to work, and you don’t know how to ask for...

[Breastfeeding] Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction, with Claire Labrosa

Breastfeeding Stories, Podcast, TBPodcast

Today’s breastfeeding stories start when Claire Labrosa had breast reductions at age 17. Claire shares how she was able to breastfeed – and even tandem feed- her three kids, but not without her share of obstacles. Many of them having nothing to do with her...