[Birth Stories] Getting Baby To Flip From Breech With An ECV For A Flowing Vaginal Birth

Birth Choices, Birth Stories, Hospital, Interventions, Labor & Birth, Podcast, TBPodcast

What happens when a baby suddenly turns breech at 36 weeks? For Kaitlin Moore, this meant a hard pivot and lots of research to weigh her options between trying to get her baby to flip back or having a surgical birth. She shares the difficulties of finding the right...

[Birth Stories] The Power Of Having A Strong Advocate When Her Plans Derailed

Birth Stories, Podcast, TBPodcast

What does a self-described Type A do when her birth plan derails? Tara Langsdorf (who finished her second master’s degree and took a promotion managing a team of 25 while pregnant!) shares with Adriana how leaning on the structures and support she’d set up during...

[Birth Stories] Fast Birth, Hard Postpartum

Birth Stories, Podcast, Postpartum Stories, TBPodcast

Ivy shares with Adriana the overwhelming challenges of her postpartum experience after being overjoyed by her fast and furious unmedicated hospital birth. She explains the lactation issues that lead her to exclusively pump and the difficulties in healing her pelvic...

[Birth Stories] How She Confidently And Calmly Gave Birth In A Moving Car

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] How She Reframed Birth Toward Pleasure And Let Her Power Flow

Birth Stories, Labor & Birth, TBPodcast

Maya Ehnat was brought up to be comfortable with birth, and so from the get-go, her language and approach weren’t fear-based. Beyond that, much of the preparation she did during pregnancy was guided by a desire to minimize trauma and bring heaps of pleasure and joy...