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The Ordinary Doula Podcast — 133 episodes

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E130: Postpartum Hemorrhage Basics

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E129: Postpartum Pelvic Floor Reset with Dr. Kasia Unes

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E128: Pelvic Floor Prep For Pregnancy with Dr. Kasia Unes

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E127: Understanding Epidurals

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E126: Hatched & Latched - What Can We Learn from Mother Birds?

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E125: Retiring My Old Birth Bag

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E124: Pregnancy Prep in the Age of Social Media

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E123: Your Everyday Stress Response Shows Up In Labor

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E122: Your Body and Your Baby Communicate Through Hormones In Labor

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E121: Mother’s Day: Childbirth Changes You Even When No One Sees It

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E120: What If Messy Breastfeeding Is Normal

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E119: My Birth Stories Part 2

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E118: My Birth Stories Part 1

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E117: Precipitous Birth

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E116: Perinatal Mental Health Basics with Sadie Clark

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E115: Essential Oils For Labor

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E114: Pitocin 101

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E113: Tips to Avoiding a C-Section

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E112: Low Milk Supply

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E111: Why I Love Being A Doula

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E110: How Community Milk Sharing Bridges Feeding Gaps

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E109: Prepare, Stay Open, Find Power In Any Path

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E108: Why Chiropractic Care Helps Labor Feel Smoother with Dr Kristina Kill

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E107: Building Better Black Maternal Health with Hakima Payne

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E106: Morning Sickness, Made Understandable

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E105: Complete Childbirth Prep vs Scrolling with Andrea Lythgoe

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E104: From Birth Center Plans To NICU Reality

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E103: A Series of 19 Unmedicated Births

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E102: Sacred Birth International with Anna Lundqvist

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E101: Babies Scheduled My Week

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E100: A Conversation with My Four Daughters

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E99: Embrace The Wabi-Sabi Of Birth

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E98: Fueling A Healthy Pregnancy

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E97: 23 Lessons From 23 Years Of Birth Work

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E96: Postpartum, For Real

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E95: Burnout, Boundaries, and The Birth Worker

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E94: The Confident Birth Partner: Simple Ways to Show Up and Steady the Room

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E93: Understanding Preeclampsia: Warning Signs, Risks, and Real Stories

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E92: Role of an OB on a Birth Team

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E91: Utah's Journey of Birth Laws with Guest Holly Richardson

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E90: Shoulder Dystocia

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E89: Doula Do's & Doula Don'ts

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E88: Lights, Camera...Panic! How Media Shapes Our View of Childbirth

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E87: Flange Fitting Fundamentals

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E86: Corporate Calls: Who's Checking On You?

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E85: Holding the Heavy: When Birth Gets Hard

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E84: Pump Talk: Wearable vs Plug-In

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E83: Tiny Travelers: Tips for Traveling with Baby and Gear

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E82: Nipple Shields: Know When to Use this Breastfeeding Tool

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E81: Is My Baby Getting Enough? A Lactation Expert Explains

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E80: Deep Latch Makes All the Difference in Your Breastfeeding Journey

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E79: Trust Your Gut: How Kimberlee's Journey Changed

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E78: Addressing Obstetrical Racism

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E77: The Wondrous Washcloth

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E76: Baby #1 vs. Baby #2, 3, 4 Etc: The Evolution of Birth Expectations

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E75: Fertility Journeys: Supporting Those Who've Faced Challenges

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E74: People, Place, and Policy: Birth's Hidden Players

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E73: Dr. Venice Haynes Believes We Can Transform Postpartum Support by 2030

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E72: Tools for Coping During Labor

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E71: Four Essential Tools Every Birth Partner Needs

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E70: Bridging Two Worlds: Doula and Nurse Perspectives

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E69: Empowering Postpartum: Advocacy and Personalized Care through Occupational Therapy with Royce Porter

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E68: 3 Breech Deliveries

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E67: Breech Babies and Birth: What You Need to Know

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E66: Funny and Unexpected Birth Moments

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E65: Perspective and Childbirth

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E64: Ways to Pay for a Doula

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E63: Water as a Tool During Labor

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E62: Breastfeeding Method: Dinner Dessert

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E61: Childbirth and Parenthood Intuition

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E60: Balls, Balls, Balls During and After Labor

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E:59 Benefits of Prenatal Lactation Preparation

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E58: Early Labor with Emily Steadman

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E57: Perfecting Your Flange Fit for Breastfeeding

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E56: People, Place, and Policy

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E55: Instrument-Assisted Delivery

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E54: Plan for the Negative

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E53: Plan for the Positive

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E52: The Power of Touch During Labor

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E51: Fun Facts about Childbirth

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E50: Lactation Tales

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E49: Craniosacral Therapy for Baby's Health and Well-Being with Meaghan Beames - Part 2

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E48: Craniosacral Therapy During Pregnancy and Postpartum with Meaghan Beames - Part 1

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E47: Guided Imagery and Mindfulness

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E46: Lot of Great Births Lately!

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E45: Building Connections

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E44: Keeping Newborns Awake During Feeding

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E43: How Grandmas Can Help

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E42: What It's Like to be a Doula

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E41: Preventing Gestational Diabetes and Preeclampsia Through Nutrition and Lifestyle with Brittany Fox

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E40: Third Stage of Labor - Delivering the Placenta

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Birth Doula Training – Fall 2024

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E39: Second Stage of Labor - Pushing

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E38: First Stage of Labor

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E37: Perineal Tear Prevention Strategies with Dr. Katie Taylor

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E36: Postpartum Care

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E35: The Importance of Protein During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding with Brittany Fox

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E34: Co-Regulation - How Support Really Works

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E33: Pelvic Floor Health with Dr. Katie Taylor

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E32: Estimated Blood Loss (EBL)

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E31: Doula Love

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E30: What is the APGAR Score?

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E29: 10 Basic Needs During Childbirth

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E28: Product Review: Breastfeeding Pillows

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E27: What do Folks Hope for in the Childbirth Experience?

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E26: Memories from Moms

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E25: A Peek at History - From Home to Hospital Birth

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E24: Choosing the Right Doula for You

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E23: Day 2 of Breastfeeding

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E22: Day 1 of Breastfeeding

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E21: Pro Tips from a Night Time Doula

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E20: The History of Eating and Drinking During Labor

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E19: Angela's Surrogacy VBAC

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E18: Who Will Deliver My Baby?

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E17: Angela's Surrogacy Journey

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E16: Choices are Important

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BONUS: Super Bowl is like birth?

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E15: Brittany's 3 Tips for Labor Progression

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E14: Discovering the Support Systems for New Nursing Mothers

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E13: Sophia's Courageous Path to VBAC

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E12: What Dudes and Dads Remember

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E11: Moving with an Epidural

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E10: Training Doulas to be Super Heroes

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E9: A Bittersweet Milk Sharing Story

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E8: The Water Breaking

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E7: Sophia's Profession - Community Doulas

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E6: Sophia's Birth Story

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E5: Move it, move it!

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E4: Birth Goals

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E3: The Amazing Cervix

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E2: How to "Plan" Your Birth

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E1: Doula History and Sports?

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Intro to The Ordinary Doula Podcast