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The Birth Trauma Mama Podcast — 249 episodes
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