![[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...
![[Birth Story] How She Embraced Physiology to Avoid Pushing for Three Hours Again](https://birthful.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/April-Teel-snuggling-after-her-second-birth-Birthful-Podcast.jpg)
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...
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...
Birth Choices, Birth Plan, Birth Stories, Childbirth Education, Parenting, Podcast, TBPodcast
During this episode, Anika Rothfuss (aka my daughter) does a podcast takeover to celebrate Birthful’s one hundredth episode and her birthday. During this interview/birth story hybrid, Anika gets to ask questions as I share her birth story. We’ve been sharing her birth...
