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9 Most Badass Birth Moments (From Adriana’s Doula Career)

[Birth Stories] Triumphant Vaginal Birth of Twins Despite Preeclampsia and Triggering Interventions, with Michelle Rose

[Birth Stories] Four Days After Her Water Broke and Still No Labor – Now What?!, with Sivan Dirks

[Birth Stories] Celebrating Our 10 Years With Adriana’s Birth Story!

[Birth Stories] Weaving Together Four Unmedicated Births to Reveal Her Authentic Self, with Ujarak Appadoo

[Birth Stories] A Scheduled Surgical Birth and a Home VBAC: Both Based on Her Intuition, with Jessica Pinney

[Birth Stories] Knowing All Was Well Despite Seven Hours of Pushing, with Tabitha DeLorio

[Birth Stories] Getting Baby to Flip From Breech With an ECV for a Flowing Vaginal Birth, with Kaitlin Moore

[Birth Stories] Fast Homebirths and Liminal Spaces With a Pregnant Funeral Director, with Anna Walsh

[Birth Stories] Creating a Beautiful Birth Experience Despite 5 Days of Interventions, with Olivia Styons

[Birth Stories] An Intentionally Unassisted Birth After Three Hospital Births, with Kemeera Nimahat

[Birth Stories] Can You Even Prepare for Baby Hiccupping While Crowning?!, with Danielle Fetty-Lovell

[Birth Stories] An Unexpectedly Unassisted Blissful Breech Birth, with Toni Shama

[Birth Stories] When Place-Of-Birth Policies Keep You Thinking Instead of Birthing, with Emily Salahuddin

[Birth Stories] Two Non-Epidural Inductions: With and Without the Fetal Ejection Reflex, with Meredith Finch

[Birth Stories] From Traumatic Cesarean to Healing (and Fast!) VBAC, with Morgan Moy

Connecting with Your Baby in Utero through Song, with Penny Simkin

[Birth Stories] How Birth Took Her to Her Edge When She Least Expected It, with Vanessa Janek

Insider Tips From a Labor and Delivery Nurse, with Mandy Irby

[Birth Stories] When the Curveballs Come Before and After the Birth, with Mandy Alexander

How Will You Show Up At Your Birth?, with Shalome Stone

[Birth Stories] The Power of Having A Strong Advocate When Her Plans Derailed, Tara Langsdorf

How Your Birth Plan Impacts Your Birth Experience, with Stephanie Mitchell

[Birth Stories] How She Prepared Differently to Avoid Another Managed Birth, with Danielle Ford

Birth Principles: Enhance Your Birth Plan!, with Jessie Harrold

How to Set Up Your Childcare Options to Include Community Care, with Leslie Borrell

How to Have a Great Hospital Birth, with Adriana Lozada

Milk Your Lactation Benefits!, with Adriana Lozada

How to Organize Truly Helpful Postpartum Support From Your Friends and Family, with Michelle Peterson

[Birth Stories] Leaning Into Peer Support After Her Unplanned Surgical Birth, with Dr. Amber Thornton

Why You Deserve Professional Postpartum Support (And How to Afford It!), with Kaitlin McGreyes

[Postpartum Stories] When Anxiety and Panic Come Out of Nowhere, Kayla Sanmiguel

Working with HR to Maximize Your Employee Benefits for Postpartum, Katy Dahl

[Birth Stories] Fast Birth, Hard Postpartum

What You Need To Plan Your Parental Leave, with Arianna Taboada

[Birth Stories] How She Confidently and Calmly Gave Birth in a Moving Car, Laura Loos

How Your Baby Helps During the Birthing Process, with Adriana Lozada

[Birth Stories] How She Reframed Birth Toward Pleasure and Let Her Power Flow, with Maya Ehnat

How to Bring More Pleasure and Joy Into Your Birth (And Why It Makes a Difference!), with Debra Pascali-Bonaro

[Birth Story] How Harnessing Her Birth Hormones Allowed Her to Forgo an Induction, Danellia Arechiga

Helping Your Mammalian Body (and Baby!) Have an Easier and More Connected Birth, with Dr. Sarah Buckley

[Birth Stories] How Her Goals of “No Epidural and No Whining” Helped Her Befriend the Labor Pain, with Celeste and Claudiu Bancos

The Purpose of Childbirth Pain, with Rhea Dempsey

[Birth Stories] Birth Is as Mental and Emotional as It Is Physical, with Megan Othling

Getting Comfortable With the Intimate Nature of Birth, with Nekole Malia Shapiro

[Birth Stories] So Was It a Waterbirth?, with Hailey McHone

Transformation Through The Holistic Stages of Birth (Part Two), with Whapio Diane Bartlett

Transformation Through The Holistic Stages of Birth (Part One), with Whapio Diane Bartlett

Best of Birthful: Why Pushing Too Early Might Affect the Baby and You, with , with Whapio Diane Bartlett

Best of Birthful: How an Anxious Mind Impacts You During Pregnancy, with Parijat Deshpande

Best of Birthful: How a Baby’s Position Impacts Labor, with Gail Tully

[Birth Stories] Unprepared for a Fast-Starting Labor and a Surprisingly Hard Recovery, with Erin Patterson

Have a Happier Pelvic Floor (and a Happier You!) During Pregnancy, with Lindsay McCoy

[Birth Stories] How She Got Through a Week of Prodromal Labor by Embracing It, with Adriana Aleman Crane

Understanding Acupuncture From a Physiological Lens (and Why You Shouldn’t Fear the Needles!), with Patrick Boswell

[Postpartum Stories] Coming to Terms With the Baby She Got, with Victoria Wilson

How to Sleep Better While Pregnant, with Mar De Carlo

[Birth Stories] Can You Wait to Push Until the Doctor Arrives?, with Alyssa Jennings

How Prenatal Yoga Can Help Protect Your Energy (And Why This Is Important!), with Abigail Lauren Geller

[Birth Stories] Discovering that a Breech Vaginal Birth was Possible for Her, with Anya Cutler

Have an Easier Pregnancy (and Birth!) With Chiropractic Care, with Dr. Elliot Berlin

[Birth Stories] How She Navigated a Long Birth While Waiting for Her Support Team to Arrive, with Julia Cooper

Can Exercise During Pregnancy Make Labor Harder?, Deb Flashenberg

[Birth Stories] No Matter How You Birth, You’re a Badass, with Lauren Horton

Tackling Pregnancy Discomforts Through Movement and Alignment, with Molly Deutschbein

Eight Questions to Ask Your Care Provider (Especially in Your Second Trimester!), with Adriana Lozada

If Pregnancy Becomes Medically Complicated: Working With a Maternal Fetal Medicine Physician, with Dr. Loralei Thornburg

[Birth Stories] Unlocking Her Dream Birth by Valuing Her Intuition (And Switching Care Providers!), with Margot Strauhull

Why Your Team Isn’t Complete Without a Doula, with Sabia Wade

[Birth Stories] Why It Was Still a Party Despite the 30 Hours of Persistent Back Pain, with Laurel Gourrier

Why A Midwife Might Be Just What You Need, with Melissa Cheyney

[Birth Stories] Why Having an Audience Stalled Her Birth, with Heather Lauf

What You Need to Know About Obstetricians (Obs), with Dr. Stuart Fischbein

[Birth Stories] Why It Mattered That Her Team Prioritized Her Emotional Safety, with Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo

How to Know if You and Your Provider Are Truly a Good Fit, with Dr. Brad Bootstaylor

[Birth Stories] Pivoting From Wanting an Immediate Epidural to an Unmedicated VBAC Over Four Births, with Mariah Robinson

Why Choosing The Right Care Provider is Crucial for Your Pregnancy, with Robin Elise Weiss

[Birth Stories] How Nutrition Was Key for Her “Mission: Make a Small Baby,” with Jessica Bower

Reducing Anxiety Around Pregnancy Weight Gain and Nutrition, with Mama Natural Genevieve Howland

Ways to Deal With Morning Sickness—Whether It’s Mild or Debilitating, with Adriana Lozada

What Does Your Poop Have to Do With Your Baby’s Microbiome?, with Dr. Anne Estes

[Birth Stories] How She Proactively Avoided Having Another Traumatic Birth, with Toni DeAztlan Smith

How to Tap Into the Nourishing Power of Herbs During Pregnancy and Postpartum, with Kathleen Mugnolo

[Birth Stories] A Nourished Pregnancy, Flowing Birth, and Jarring Postpartum, with Chelsy Arnett

Do You Really Need To Stop Eating Sushi?, with Lily Nichols

Why an OB/GYN Chose to Have a Homebirth, with Dr. Amali Lokugamage

Is Homebirth for You?, with Robina Khalid

[Birth Stories] How She Embraced Physiology to Avoid Pushing for Three Hours Again, with April Teel

Cesarean Risk: What’s Your Place of Birth Got to Do With It?, with Dr. Neel Shah

[Birth Stories] How Focusing On Her Birth Vision Led To Her Dream Hospital Birth, with Jenny Murphy

Know What You’re Up Against When Giving Birth at a Hospital, with Dr. Mimi Niles

Exploring Your Options of Where to Give Birth, with Adriana Lozada

What You Need to Know About Birth Models (Birth What?), with Robbie Davis-Floyd

[Birth Stories] How Flexibility Helped Her Flow Through Relentless Contractions, with Sarah Winward

What Cultural Ideals Will Shape Your Birth Experience?, with Britta Bushnell

[Birth Stories] Wonderful Water Birth with Strong Fetal Ejection Reflex, with Michelle Onaka

[Birth Stories] Prodromal... and Fantastic?!

[Birth Stories] Home Birth After Two Cesareans, With Castor Oil and a Location Twist, with Alison Spath

[Birth Stories] Birth: Not as Bad as Hiking the Machu Picchu Trail, with Shelley Wylie

[Birth Stories] A Glorious Vaginal Birth After Cesarean, with Kally McConnell