[Best of Birthful] Tips to Advocate for Yourself During Birth

Activism, Best of Birthful, Birth Choices, 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...

How Your Nervous System Impacts Your Pregnancy and Birth

Fertility, hormones, Labor & Birth, Parenting, Perinatal mental health, Podcast, Postpartum, Pregnancy

High-risk pregnancy and somatic trauma specialist Parijat Deshpande talks with Adriana Lozada about the importance of connecting with your body to release trauma, increase resiliency, improve pregnancy and birth outcomes, and get out of survival mode so you can truly...

This that you are feeling? That’s grief (with a side of anxiety), with Parijat Deshpande

Fertility, Labor & Birth, Parenting, Podcast, Postpartum, Pregnancy, TBPodcast

Canceled fertility cycles, face-to-face appointments, bodywork sessions, baby showers, having as many people as you want at your birth, a postpartum period surrounded by a loving village… These are just a few of the anticipated experiences you may have lost during...

Shaking and the Primal Nature of Birth

Labor & Birth, Podcast, Postpartum, TBPodcast

You may have heard that uncontrollable shaking is a very common part of labor and immediate postpartum. But is there a neurological purpose to all this shaking? And is the management of the third stage of labor, truncating the resolution, down-regulation, and...

The Fertility Rollercoaster, with Heidi Brockmyre

Fertility, hormones, Podcast, Pregnancy Loss, TBPodcast

When trying to conceive, the process of peeing on a stick can be fraught with emotions, and having to work on boosting your fertility month after month, or undergo treatments, can take over your life, bringing forth feelings of guilt, resentment, isolation, grief, and...