Birth Stories, Models & Places of Birth Series, Podcast, TBPodcast
April Teel shares with Adriana how her thoughtful preparation set the stage for her to have wonderful birth experiences at both a freestanding birth center (with a midwife) and a hospital (with a family practice doctor). She reflects on how what surprised her the most...
Birth Stories, Podcast, TBPodcast
Shelley Wylie shares with Adriana how marvelous it can be to see your partner really have your back and tell the nurse to wait until your contraction is over, how birth is not as horrendous as the Machu Picchu trail, and how you can absolutely have a lovely birth,...
Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast
Laura Loos has had two non-medicated vaginal births, with her second one happening so super fast, that it involved birthing while in a moving car! She shares with Adriana how connecting with her inner voice and trusting the abundant preparation she had done during...
Birth Stories, hypnosis, Labor & Birth, Podcast
Taylor Walker Sinning breaks down exactly how she trained herself for months to use hypnosis to relieve her pain during labor. And makes clear to Adriana Lozada just why it became her most powerful tool during childbirth. Listen through to the end of the episode for...
Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, TBPodcast
Mandy Alexander got pregnant at 40, having had bariatric surgery 7 years before that. During pregnancy, she worked through her fear of childbirth and ended up with the unmedicated and collaborative birth experience she was looking for. However, breastfeeding was a...