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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

[Birth Stories] Giving Birth to Twins as a Disabled Person, with Dani Izzie

Best of Birthful: Why Uncontrollable Shaking Is an Important Part of Birth, with Lesley Everest

Best of Birthful: What to Expect When Bodyfeeding Your Newborn, with Dr. Jack Newman

Best of Birthful: How to Truly Understand (and Calm!) Your Baby, with Carrie Contey

Best of Birthful: What Your Baby Experiences During Birth, with Karen Strange

[Pregnancy Story] How This "Freckled Foodie" Prioritized Mental Health During Her Pregnancy, with Cameron Rogers

[Birth Stories] How She Advocated for her Vaginal Births Despite Having Diabetes, with Yana Katzap-Nackman

How to Protect the Golden Hour

Why the Golden Hour Matters for Your Baby

Why the Golden Hour Matters for You

How Nipple Shapes Can Impact Breastfeeding

How Do You Know if Your Care Provider Is Treating You Fairly?

How to Bring More Joy into Your Parenting Experience

How to Time Your Pain Relief Options

Can You Let Your Baby Sleep Whenever They Want?

Why We are Carrier Mammals

How to Tell the Difference Between Types of Contractions

Supporting Healthy Families in the U.S.: Has Anything Changed?

What You Need to Know about Birth Positions

Best of Birthful: Restoring Your Vitality After Birth

Why You Want to Do Lots of Skin-to-Skin With Your Baby

[Birth Stories] How a Surprise Pregnancy After Infertility Led Her to A Successful VBAC

Real Talk About Vaginal Tears and Episiotomies

Letting Go of "Mom Guilt"

[Birth Stories] How Her Preparation and Intuition Got Her Through the Homebirth of Her Twins

Best of Birthful: Why Using Their Mouths Correctly Is Vital for Babies

Best of Birthful: Tips to Advocate for Yourself During Birth

[Birth Stories] How This Doula Exercised Informed Consent Throughout a Long Birth

How to Stand Up for Your Birth Rights

How to Supplement Breastfeeding Your Baby

[Birth Stories] Her Rapid Birth Was Unpredictable, so She Went Along for the Ride

Straight Talk about the Effects of Electronic Fetal Monitoring on You and Your Baby

Why Employers Need to Value Your Parenting Skills

[Birth Stories] Why a Birth Team Was Key in Overcoming Her Fears

How to Know if Your Baby Is Getting Enough Milk

What Actually Happens After Giving Birth, Physically and Emotionally

Why Your Due Date Is Also an Intervention

How You Can Balance the Mental Load

How to Avoid a ‘Cascade of Interventions’

[Birth Stories] 5-Day Induction Makes for a Very Confusing and Grueling Birth

How Your Nervous System Impacts Your Pregnancy and Birth

Nine Things to NOT Worry about During Birth

[Birth Stories] Why She Pushed for the Unmedicated Birth of Her Breech Twins

How Long Should You Wait to Clamp the Cord?

Best of Birthful: How to Navigate the Identity Shift of Becoming a Mom

Let’s Tackle Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders

[Birth Stories] Lessons from a Life Coach Who Faced Postpartum Depression Three Times

Lessons in Decolonizing Parenting

A Quick Guide to Triage

[Birth Stories] How He Prepared to Give Birth

How to Prepare Siblings for Life with a Newborn

Pro Tips for Photographing Your Unique Birth Experience

What's HypnoBirthing Anyway?

[Birth Stories] How This Fitness Coach Trained to Use Hypnosis During Childbirth

Let's Talk Openly about Pregnancy and Infant Loss

The Transition Into Fatherhood

Raising Anti-Racist Children

Amplifying Melanated Podcast Voices

[Birth Stories] Preeclampsia During COVID

Infant Sleep Basics

[Birth Stories] Last-Minute Switch to a Home Birth

Postpartum During COVID

Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) During the Pandemic

This that you are feeling? That's grief (with a side of anxiety)

Virtual Doula Support

Essentials of Partner Labor Support During a Pandemic

[Birth Stories] Different Births, Different Wishes

Starting Solid Foods

The Power of Comforting Touch During Labor

[Birth Stories] Scheduled Induction Without an Epidural

Shaking and the Primal Nature of Birth

[Birth Stories] Vaginal Premie Birth Without Interventions

Talking Pelvic Health with a Physical Therapist

[Breastfeeding] Overcoming Breastfeeding Problems

[Birth Stories] From Hospital to Home Birth in 3 Births

Your Anxious Mind During Pregnancy

[Birth Stories] Vaginal Birth with Non-Emergency Placental Abruption

Cannabis Use During Pregnancy & Breastfeeding

[Birth Stories] Overcoming Feelings of Brokenness and Fear

[Postpartum] Restoring Your Uterus

[Birth Stories] 2cms to Baby in No Time 2VBAC Story

[Birth Stories] Birth Center Birth After Three Miscarriages, with Shea Cole

Why Optimal Baby Oral Function Matters

Informed Consent in Childbirth

[Birth Stories] An Unmedicated Birth with a Side of Virtual Reality

Evidence-Based Care, Castor Oil and More

[Birth Stories] Embracing Imperfection in Time for a Vaginal Birth After Cesarean

Going Diaper-Free with Elimination Communication

Emotional Prep for Going Back to Work While Breastfeeding

6 More Physiologic Birth Mantras that Work

5 Physiologic Birth Mantras That Work

Newborn Sugar Levels and Breastfeeding

[Birth Stories] Invoking Labor Before an Induction for a Redemptive Birth

The Problem with Due Dates

Tips for Choosing a Childbirth Class

[Fertility & Birth] An IVF and Surrogacy Rollercoaster

Parenting Your Newborn

Big Babies and Shoulder Dystocia

[Postpartum] Hard Postpartum After Back-Labor Induction

The World According to Your Newborn

The Identity Shift of Becoming a Mom

Postpartum Fertility: What You Need to Know

Rethinking the Pushing Stage, with Whapio

Getting a Good Latch

[Birth Stories] A Non-linear Birth from Israel

12 Days of Birth

[Postpartum] A Nourishing Ayurvedic Postpartum

All About Inductions

[Birth Stories] Unassisted Home Birth After VBAC

How Over-Sexualizing Breasts Affects Breastfeeding

[Breastfeeding] Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction

Breast/bodyfeeding Your Newborn

[Birth/Breastfeeding] A Super Fast Third Birth with Lots to Process

[Birth Stories] When Do You Make the Call for a Cesarean?

Baby’s Position and Labor Flow

[Postpartum] Premie Hospital Birth with NICU Stay vs. Birth Center Birth

Protecting Your Perineum

[Postpartum] Postpartum with and without Depression

Delayed Cord Clamping

[Birth Stories] Natural Induction Attempt, Frustrating Vaginal Checks, and a Not-So Helpful Epidural

[Birth Stories] Liberating Home Birth Transfer to Hospital

Your Baby’s Fussy Phases

Transitioning Into Parenthood

[Birth Stories] Two Powerful and Unmedicated Birth-Center Stories

Preeclampsia Essentials

[Postpartum] A Respected Preemie Vaginal Birth

Your Baby, The Mammal

[Postpartum] Coming to Terms With a Fussy Baby

Bringing Equity to Birth

[Birth Stories] Roaring Baby Out Instead of Pushing

Healing Your Birth Story

[Birth Stories] An Empowered Cesarean After a Traumatic Cesarean

The Baby's Birth Experience

10 Myths of Motherhood

Adriana's 10 Unforgettable Doula Moments

Can Elective Inductions Reduce the Cesarean Rate?

All About Newborn Sleep

Restoring Your Vitality After Giving Birth

Eating to Grow a Healthy Baby Brain

The Fertility Rollercoaster

Understanding & Calming Your Baby

How Will Birth Transform You?

[Postpartum] Hormones After Birth

Your Baby's Calming Reflex

Working with Childbirth Pain

The Value of Postpartum Stories

Gestational Diabetes Explained

[Postpartum] Hemorrhages Explained

A Dad's Perspective (Part 2)

A Dad's Perspective (Part 1)

[Breastfeeding] Persistence Is Key

[Breastfeeding] Common Struggles

The Power in Writing Your Story

All About Babywearing

A Mindful and Minimalist Baby Registry

The Induction Process

Busting Birth-Trauma Myths

[Birth Stories] Five Births: Each Different

[Birth Stories] Surprise Home VBAC

[Birth Stories] I Can’t Do It = I’m Really Close

[Birth Stories] The Induction Mind Game

[Birth Stories] From Cesarean to VBAC to Home Water Birth

[Birth Stories] You CAN Do Hard Things

[Birth Stories] No Need to Push

[Birth Stories] A Breech Home Birth

VBAC Facts

Effects of Sleep Deprivation

Dealing with Birth Fears

Dealing with Family & Visitors

Back-to-Work Sleep Considerations

Are you Meditating Yet?

Evidence & Eating During Labor

Homebirth Reimbursement

The Microbiome and Your Baby's Immune System

Effects of Stress During Pregnancy

ACOG's Recommendations on Limiting Interventions

Childbirth PTSD

Pleasure & Joy During Birth

Birth Finances

Birth Options

Vaginal Rehab

[Breastfeeding] Preparation Essentials

Pregnancy After Loss

HELLP Syndrome

Navigating the NICU

[Birth Stories] Upstaging the Placenta

[Breastfeeding] All about Pumping!

[Breastfeeding] Why It's Different with a Newborn

Will You Shower During Postpartum?

[Breastfeeding] 11 Need-to-Knows

Water Birth—What Is It Exactly?

Prenatal Bonding

3rd Stage of Labor

[Birth Stories] Determined to VBAC

[Birth Stories] A Challenging Pushing Stage

[Birth Stories] When Breech Doesn’t Flip

[Birth Stories] Running Up the Stairs Does the Trick!

[Birth Stories] 3 Epidurals & a 6th-Week Surprise

[Birth Stories] Have a Surreal Birth Experience!

[Birth Stories] Support Beats Stubbornness

Going Back to Work

[Postpartum] All About Postpartum Doulas

Fertility Before & After Pregnancy

Understanding Jaundice

Things to Know Before Your Next Birth

All Things Rebozo

Taking Care of Yourself, Too, After Giving Birth

Having a Healthy Plus-Size Pregnancy

All About Your Pelvic Floor

Understanding Flat-Head Syndrome

All About Skin-to-Skin and Kangaroo Care

[Breastfeeding] Figuring Out How to Suck, Swallow, and Breathe

All About Circumcision

How Your Baby Mammal Sleeps & Starts Solids

Surrogate Birth Stories

Family-Centered Cesareans

Having a Green Pregnancy

Nursing in Public

Understanding Stillbirths and Infant Deaths

[Breastfeeding] From Tongue Tied to Easy-Peasy

Diastasis and Tummy Fitness

How to Birth Like a Rock Star

[Breastfeeding] Epidurals and Breastfeeding, What's the Connection?

Understanding Miscarriage and Pregnancy

Adriana's Birth Prep Essentials

Self-Hypnosis for Pain Management

All About Your Baby’s Microbiome

[Birth Stories] A Non-Emergency Cesarean

[Birth Stories] A Quick Non-Orgasmic Home Birth

[Birth Stories] A 34-Week Preemie Surprise!

[Birth Stories] Once Her Water Broke...

[Birth Stories] Second Babies Come Quicker… Or Do They?

[Birth Stories] Birth and Cheese Tasting

[Postpartum] Loving Your Body After Giving Birth

[Breastfeeding] Working While Breastfeeding

Sex After Baby

[Breastfeeding] How Does Milksharing Work?

Why Do Prenatal Yoga?

Cloth Diaper Basics

Learning about Birth Doulas

[Postpartum] Let's Talk About Depression

[Breastfeeding] When You Have a Low Milk Supply

What Are Tongue and Lip Ties?

Vaginal Birth at Home After Cesarean

Facing Birth Trauma

Building Your Post-Birth Village

All About Bed Rest

Nutrition During Pregnancy

Let's Talk About Fertility and Age

Going Into Birth Intuitively

[Breastfeeding] Laid-Back Breastfeeding

Safer Bed Sharing

Partners and Birth

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