All Episodes

Ep. 260: Uterine Rupture, Postpartum Hemorrhage & a Rare Tumor feat. Rebecca

Ep. 259: Celebrating The Worst Day of Your Life: Birth Trauma Anniversaries

Ep. 258: Three Births, Two NICU Stays, and the Trauma She Didn't Recognize feat. Liana

Ep. 257: Self Blame After Birth Trauma

Ep. 256: Mothering Through Loss: Pregnancy Loss, TFMR, Birth Trauma, and Healing feat. Carmen

Ep. 255: PTSD in the Perinatal Period

Ep. 254: Healing After Birth Trauma: A Conversation with My Former Therapist

Ep. 253: Preeclampsia at 30 Weeks: The Hospital Stay, Premature Birth, and Healing That Followed feat. Jess

Ep. 252: A Different Kind of Episode: Our Disney & Universal Adventure

Ep. 251: Waking Up to a New Reality at 27 Weeks: Placental Abruption, Emergency Twin Birth, & NICU feat. Kirsten

Ep. 250: Birth Trauma, Preeclampsia, and a Life-Changing Prenatal Diagnosis feat. Kate

Ep. 249: One and Done After Birth Trauma - A Special ReRelease

Ep. 248: Preeclampsia, Birth Trauma, and the Search for A Redemption Birth feat. Kayelynn

Ep. 247: Losing Yourself After Birth Trauma

Ep. 246: The Accident, the NICU, and the Aftermath: A Twin Sisters’ Birth Trauma Story feat. Holly & Alison

Ep. 245: Medical Records and Debriefs - Mini Series - A Special Rerelease

Ep. 244: From Twin Birth to Neuro ICU feat. Jessica

Ep. 243: EMDR for Perinatal OCD & Trauma

Ep. 242: When Loss and Trauma Collide feat. Katherine

Ep. 241: Mother's Day After Birth Trauma

Ep. 240: Chronic Illness, Pregnancy Loss, and a Traumatic Birth feat. Megan

Ep. 239: Beyond “What to Expect”: Birth Education with Dr. Jennifer Lincoln

Ep. 238: Birth Trauma, Endometriosis, and the Long Road to Answers feat. Leah

Ep. 237: Review of The Pitt Season Finale

Ep. 236: Cody’s Legacy: Loving, Losing, and Learning to Carry Both feat. Michelle

Ep. 235: Medical Trauma and Post-Intensive Care Syndrome

Ep. 235: Two Best Friends & Their Intersecting Birth Traumas feat. Sam & Paige

Ep. 234: What Patients Need to Hear: Trauma-Informed Scripts for Providers

Ep. 233: Part 2 Pregnancy After AFE feat. Olivia

Ep. 232: C-Sections & Birth Trauma - Not One Size Fits All

Ep. 231: Part 1 When an ER Nurse has an AFE (and is conscious for most of it) feat. Olivia

Special Rerelease: Honoring AFE Awareness Day: Understanding Amniotic Fluid Embolism

Ep 230: The Cost of Not Being Believed: HELLP, Stroke, and Survival feat. Samina

Ep 229: "Was My Birth Actually Traumatic?"

Ep. 228: Birth Trauma, a High Spinal, and the Power of the Right Care Team feat. Anya

Ep. 227: My EMDR Expereince

Ep. 226 Stillbirth, Infertility, and a NICU Stay With COVID feat. Leslie

Special Rerelease: EMDR with Dr. Pria Alpern

Ep. 225: Placenta Increta & Emergency Hysterectomy After IVF feat. Annie

Ep. 224: Sharing Your Birth Trauma: Timing, Safety, and Choice

Ep. 223: Knowing Too Much: Birth Trauma & NICU as a Physician feat. Nicola

Ep. 222: Partner & Family Trauma

Ep. 221: A Birth Marked by Racism, HIE, and Survival feat. Ruby

Ep. 220: Support for Formula Feeding, Too.

Episode 219: Two Births, Two NICU Stays: Why Only One Was Traumatic feat. Abigail

Ep. 218: Understanding ECMO & Flight Transport

Ep. 217: Placenta Accreta with Postpartum Complications feat. Andrea

A Special ReRelease - Ep. 107: Parenting After Birth Trauma

Ep. 216: Placenta Previa, Accreta, NICU, and Finding Power After Repeated Birth Trauma feat. Kailee

Ep. 215: Giving Yourself Permission: Identity, Advocacy & Reclaiming Joy

Ep. 214: High Risk Pregnancies, Cardioversion, & NICU Stays feat. Alex

Ep. 213: Coherence Therapy, Memory Reconsolidation, and Healing Birth Trauma

Ep. 212: Triplet Loss, Twin Birth, Emergency C-Section, and The NICU feat. Bella

Ep. 211: Ethics in The Birth Room

Ep. 210: Eight Months Postpartum: A “Routine” Procedure Turned Traumatic

Ep. 209: EMDR, Perinatal Trauma, & OCD

Ep. 208: Rushed to the NICU: Navigating Pneumothorax, Infection Fears, and Postpartum Chaos ft. Kelsea

Ep. 207: Surrogacy After Birth Trauma: The Feelings Beneath the Process

A Special Re-Release: Ep. 129 Navigating the Holidays After Birth Trauma

Ep. 206: Preeclampsia, Magnesium Toxicity, & a NICU Journey feat. Rachel

Ep. 205: In The Eye of The Beholder: Dr. Cheryl Beck on Birth Trauma

Ep. 204: How a Lived Experience Can Strengthen (but not define) a Therapist's Work feat. Lillian

Ep. 203: “I Thought I Was Here to Help”: Healing the Helpers in Birth Work

Ep. 202: Emergency C-Section & Dismissive Care feat. Betsey

Mini Series: Pregnancy After Birth Trauma

Ep. 200: Cervical Tear, Uterine Rupture, PPH & No Debrief feat. Christine

Ep. 199: Social Work, Medicine, and the Heart of OB Care

Ep. 198: Placental Abruption, Stillbirth, & Honoring Max’s Legacy feat. Meghan

Ep. 197: Midwifery Care in the Hospital

Ep. 196: Medical Gaslighting, Racial Bias, & Emotional Fallout in the NICU feat. Sowania

Ep. 195: From Hospital Halls to Healing Spaces: Meet Alicia Rainwater, LCSW

Ep. 194: Placenta Accreta x2 & a Hysterectomy feat. Rachael

Ep. 193: Inside UCSF’s Accreta Center: Lessons in Care, Trauma, and Healing

Ep. 192: Placenta Accreta, Postpartum Hemorrhage, & a Hysterectomy feat. Diane

Ep. 191: The Retrievals Podcast Debrief with Dvora Entin

Ep. 190: A Retrievals Podcast Conversation with Dr. Heather Nixon & Dvora Entin

Ep. 189: AFLP, HELLP, & ICU Delirium feat. Lindsey

Ep. 188: Birth Trauma, Body Image, and Eating Concerns

Ep. 187: Uterine Inversion, Life-Saving Hysterectomy, & Postpartum Healing feat. Angel

Ep. 186: Small Rebellions in a Broken System

Ep. 185: A Nurse's Perspective feat. Katelynn

Ep. 184: Creating a Catastrophic Birth Plan

Ep. 183: A Special Re-Release - Julia's Story

Ep. 182: Trauma-Informed Care in the NICU

Ep. 181: Perinatal PTSD and the Black Maternal Experience

Ep. 180: Sepsis, & an ICU/NICU Stay feat. Alyssa

Ep. 179: Six Years Out

Ep. 178: Pregnancy Trauma, Mono-Mono Twins, & a NICU Stay feat. Ashley

Ep. 177: Q&A: Birth Trauma Anniversaries

Ep. 176: Cholestasis, SVT, & a Healing Subsequent Birth feat. Sabryna

Ep. 175: A Silent Sisterhood: Surviving Birth Trauma & Finding Your Voice with Kobe Campbell

Ep. 174: Shoulder Dystocia, 3rd Degree Tear, & Feeling Dismissed feat. Lauren

Ep. 173: Still My Son: Advocacy, Loss & Prevention with Ana Lepe Vick

Ep. 172: A Partner's Perspective: AFE & an ICU Stay feat. Francine & Matt

Ep. 171: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy

Ep. 170: Preeclampsia, Hemorrhage, & a NICU Stay as Queer Parents feat. Alejandra

Ep. 169: Preparing For Medical Procedures After Trauma

Ep. 168: Postpartum Preeclampsia & A NICU Stay Miles Apart feat. Arianne

Ep. 167: Mom Rage Isn't A Meltdown, It's A Message

Ep. 166: 4th Degree Tear, Rectovaginal Fistula, & Ongoing Recovery feat. Scarlett

Ep. 165: Delayed Bonding After Birth Trauma

Ep. 164: Through The Eyes Of A Nurse: A Stillbirth That Changed Everything feat. Allison

Ep. 163: Not Ungrateful, Just Traumatized

Ep. 162: IVF, Preeclampsia & a Failed Spinal Block with a NICU Stay feat. Megan

Ep. 161: Pregnancy, Trauma, & The Body You're Left With

Ep. 160: Sexual Trauma, Dehumanization, & PTSD Recovery feat. Jocelyn

Ep. 159: Pregnancy After Sexual Assault & Navigating The Medical System feat. Mandy

Ep. 158: Sexual Trauma & Perinatal Trauma: Understanding the Impact

Ep. 157: HIE, Postpartum Hemorrhage, & NICU Loss feat. Priya

Ep. 158: C-Sections & Birth Trauma - Not One Size Fits All

Ep. 156: C-Section Recovery & Birth Trauma

Ep. 155: When an ICU Nurse has an AFE feat. Jenna

Ep. 154: Honoring AFE Awareness Day: Understanding Amniotic Fluid Embolism

Ep. 153: Low Platelets, Two Traumatic Births, & Giving Birth Alone feat. Courtney

Ep. 152: Finding the Right Therapist

Ep. 151: Anesthesia & Birth Trauma: Ineffective Pain Relief

Ep. 150: Inadequate Pain Management & Invalidating Debriefs feat. Joni

Ep. 149: Litigation After Birth Trauma: Understanding the Process

Ep. 148: Deployment, NICU stay, NEC, & 23 Years of Healing feat. Kris

Ep. 147: Mini Series: Navigating Medical Appointments After Birth Trauma

Ep. 146: Compounding Complications feat. Hannah

Ep. 145: Providers Are Human: Understanding & Supporting Provider Trauma

Ep. 144: NICU Loss, Subsequent Birth & the Deafening Silence of Grief feat. Nandi

Ep. 143: Sex & Intimacy After Birth Trauma

Ep. 142: Emergency Cerclage, Bedrest and a NICU Journey feat. Staci

Ep. 141: Adoption and Perinatal Trauma

Ep.140: HIE, a NICU Journey, & a Subsequent Birth feat. Sarah

Ep. 139: Let's Talk PPCM

Ep. 138: Empathy Doesn’t Require Experience: How Child-free Friends Can Offer Support

Ep. 137: AFE? HELLP?: An Uncertain Diagnosis with ICU & NICU Stay feat. Julia

Ep. 136: The Grief & Joy of an Only Child After Birth Trauma

Ep. 135: Revisiting Erica's Story

Ep. 134: When Therapists Cause Harm

Ep. 133: aHUS & Extended ICU Stay feat. Alex

Ep. 132: Birth Trauma & Chronic Pain

Ep. 131: A Birth Experience in Isolation feat. Brittney

Ep. 130: Hormones After Hysterectomy: What's the Deal?

Ep. 129: Navigating the Holidays After Birth Trauma

Ep. 128: Cord Prolapse & Subsequent VBAC feat. Libby

Ep. 127: Nuance in Birth Education

Ep. 126: Three Births, Three Traumas feat. Sarah

Ep. 125: Health Anxiety After NICU

Ep. 124: TFMR and Reproductive Rights feat. Kayla

Ep. 123: Evidence Based Birth

Ep. 122: Hemorrhage, Uterine Inversion, & an ICU Stay feat. Kate

Ep. 121: Mini Series - Medical Records and Debriefs

Ep. 120: IVF, Postpartum Readmissions, & PPCM feat. Lynn

Ep. 119: OCD & Perinatal Trauma

Ep. 118: C-Section Under GA and Two Redemptive Subsequent Births feat. Megan

Ep. 117: The Anxiety of Motherhood

Ep. 116: A Blissful Pregnancy Ending in a Chaotic Forceps Delivery

Ep. 115: Mini Series: Finding A New OBGYN After Birth Trauma

Ep. 114: Impella, ECMO, & The Tumor That Started It All feat. Jess

Ep. 113: One and Won: The Joy of An Only Child

Ep. 112: High-Risk Pregnancy, Induction, & Poor Quality of Care feat. Rachel

Ep. 111: Child Life: A Hospital Lifeline

Ep. 110: ICU Delirium: Sedation ≠ Sleep

Ep. 109: Making Birth Better

Ep. 108: Vasa Previa, NICU, & Isolated Antepartum Stay feat. Sami

Ep. 107: Parenting After Birth Trauma

Ep. 106: Two Traumas: NICU & TFMR feat. Erika

Ep. 105: Birth Trauma & TFMR Support

Ep. 104: Induction, NICU Stay, & HELLP feat. Stephanie

Ep. 103: Couples Therapy & Birth Trauma

Ep. 102: Q&A: Partner Trauma

Ep. 101: A Partner's Perspective: Steve's Story

Ep. 100: C-Section Under GA, DIC, & Possible AFE feat. Allie

Ep. 99: Culture Change (and Peanut Balls) in Perinatal Nursing

Ep. 98: Identical Triplets & Severe Postpartum Hemorrhage feat. Kate

Ep. 97: Patient Experience as a Safety Measure

Ep. 96: Guillain-Barré Syndrome feat. Brittany

Ep. 95: The Invisible Load of Motherhood

Ep. 94: Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Chronic Pain & Managing Guilt feat. Claire

Ep. 93: L&D Nursing: Preventing & Mitigating Birth Trauma

Ep. 92: TFMR and Reproductive Rights feat. Kayla

Ep. 91: The Unexpected with Emily Oster

Ep. 90: Forceps Delivery, 4th Degree Tear, & Pelvic Floor PT feat. Lakshmi

Ep. 89: The Trauma of Infertility

Ep. 88: The Impact of Postpartum Psychosis feat. Kiersten

Ep. 87: SOLACE Foundation: Hope After OASIS (Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury)

Ep. 86: Unexpected C-Section, Missed Moments, & Medical Neglect feat. Katie

Ep. 85: C-Sections and Birth Trauma: Not One Size Fits All

Ep. 84: CHD Diagnosis, Cath-Lab C-Section, & Infant Loss feat. Carlee

Ep. 83: AFE: A Provider's Perspective with Dr. Saberin

Ep. 82: Wildfire, a Nurses Strike, & a Traumatic Birth feat. Annie

Ep. 81: L&D Standard of Care and Evolving Practices

Ep. 80: Home Birth Turned C-Section feat. Andrea

Ep. 79: Friendship After Birth Trauma

Ep. 78: Supporting a Friend After Birth Trauma

Ep. 77: Endometriosis, Emergency Hysterectomy, & Tachycardia feat. Kayla

Ep. 76: Mental Health & Birth Trauma with Amanda E. White

Ep. 75: Uterine Artery Pseudo-Aneurysm & Emergency Hysterectomy feat. Alpha

Ep. 74: Postpartum Anxiety and Birth Trauma

Ep. 73: Twin Pregnancy & Severe Hemorrhage in the UK feat. Megan

Ep. 72: The Miscarriage Doula

Ep. 71: Back to Back Gestational Hypertension, Preeclampsia, and C-Section feat. Alisa

Ep. 70: Birth Trauma & Its Subjectivity Part 2

Ep. 69: Type 1 Diabetes, Preeclampsia & Microvascular Angina feat. Valerie

Ep. 68: Birth Trauma & Its Subjectivity Part 1

Ep. 67: Uterine Atony, Severe Hemmohrage, and Dialysis feat. Hannah

Ep. 66: Jen Hamilton: Birth Trauma & The L&D Nurse

Ep. 65: A New Year: Reflecting on 2023

Ep. 64: Navigating The Holidays After Birth Trauma

Ep. 63: Compounding Complications feat. Hannah

Ep. 62: A Hope for Patient-Centered Collaborative Care with Dr. Nicole Rankins

Ep. 61: Splenic Artery Aneurysm Rupture feat. Nicolette

Ep. 60: Community Building in Motherhood

Ep. 59: Part 2: Accreta, Cesarean Hysterectomy & Postpartum Ileus feat. Tracy

Ep. 58: Hope For HIE

Ep. 57: Part 1: Stillbirth, Medical Trauma, & Secondary Infertility feat. Tracy

Ep. 56: Trying Softer After Perinatal Trauma with Aundi Kolber

Ep. 55: Miscarraige, Hyperemesis Gravidarum, Preeclampsia, & Obstetric Violence feat. Hannah

Ep. 54: Using Your Voice: Advocacy After Birth Trauma with Momma's Voices

Ep. 53: Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome, Fetal Surgery, And Enduring the Loss of a Twin feat. Bailee

Ep. 52: Treating Perinatal Trauma: A Candid Conversation

Ep. 51: Placental Abruption, Neonatal Death, & High-Risk Pregnancy After Loss feat. Julia

Ep. 50: The Adalyn Rose Foundation: Hope & Support After Loss

Ep. 49: A View From Inside the NICU: A Nurse’s Perspective

Ep. 48: PPROM, Placental Abruption, NICU Stay, and Switching Providers feat. Ingrid

Ep. 47: Advocacy & Support After Infertility, Loss, HELLP & 2x NICU Stay

Ep. 46: Monochorionic Twins & Navigating the Loss of a Twin in the NICU feat. Mollie

Ep. 45: NICU - A Dual Perspective

Ep. 44: C-Section Under GA & NICU Stay Due to Severe Gestational Hypertension feat. Heather

Ep. 43: Community & Connection with Dear NICU Mama

Ep. 42: Unexpected, Full Term NICU Stay Due To Meconium feat. Lindsey

Ep. 41: Birth Trauma Recovery: Four Years In

Ep. 40: Birth Trauma: A Whole Body Event

Ep. 39: Birth Trauma Awareness Week: Healing After Birth Trauma

Ep. 38: Sex & Intimacy After Birth Trauma

Ep. 37: Nobody Told Me About That: Self-Advocacy & Maternal Near Miss

Ep. 36: Anesthesia and Birth Trauma: Ineffective Pain Relief

Ep. 35: Birth Trauma: An OB/GYN's Experience

Ep. 34: Birth Trauma: Navigating Invalidation & Self-blame

Ep. 33: Attachment & Birth Trauma

Ep. 32: Postpartum OCD: An Evidence-Based Understanding

Ep. 31: One and Done After Birth Trauma

Ep. 30: Surrogacy After Birth Trauma & Loss

Ep. 29: Burnout & Birth Trauma: Doubling Down On Overwhelm

Ep. 28: Disability Parenting After Birth Trauma

Ep. 27: Intuition & AFE: When You Just Know

Ep. 26: Amniotic Fluid Embolism: Working to Solve a Century Old Medical Mystery

Ep. 25: Healing Through Connection After AFE

Ep. 24: Trauma & The Critically-ill Pregnant Patient

Ep. 23: Finding Self-Compassion in Parenting After Trauma

Ep. 22: Navigating the impacts of PPA & PPD

Ep. 21: Bonding After Birth Trauma

Ep. 20: Rebecca's Story: Tokophobia & Postpartum OCD

Ep. 19: Pelvic Floor PT After Birth Trauma: How Can It Help?

Ep. 18: Shelby's Story: Hemorrhage & Hysterectomy

Ep. 17: Provider Trauma: The Impact On Birth Trauma

Ep. 16: Trauma Informed Care: A Preventative Measure

Ep. 15: EMDR & Birth Trauma with Dr. Pria Alpern

Ep. 14: Miscarriage: So Much More Than a Loss

Ep. 13: Listener Birth Story: Leigh & Jeremy

Ep. 12: Support After Birth Trauma: Birth Debriefs

Ep. 11: Birth Trauma & The NICU

Ep. 10: Q&A: Partner Trauma

Ep. 9: Birth Trauma: A Partner's Perspective

Ep. 8: Q&A: Trauma Triggers

Ep. 7: Q&A: Birth Trauma Anniversaries

Ep. 6: Data with Emily Oster: Why it Matters in Pregnancy & Parenthood

Ep. 5: Living After Your Baby Dies: Part 2 Birth Trauma & Loss

Ep. 4: When The Baby Doesn't Come Home: Birth Trauma & Loss

Ep. 3: Birth Trauma & Infant Feeding: It's Not All or Nothing

Ep. 2: Birth Trauma, The Brain, & How We Heal

Ep. 1: How We Got Here: A Podcast About Birth Trauma