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Question “Hi Vanessa! First I would like to say that I love your podcast and I am so grateful for the clear and informative way that you explain everything! I…
Continue readingQuestion “”Is it really necessary to write out a copy of my birth plan and hand my doctor a paper copy?” – Jennifer Answer Additional Resources Your Birth Plan book…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 49 Content and Overview A birth plan is your plan of how you envision your birth and what happens directly following the birth of your baby. A…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 83 Content and Overview You spend 9 months dreaming about the day you get to meet your baby, you meticulously design your birth, you draft up the…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 149 Content and Overview Back in the 1950s dads spent labor in hospital waiting rooms, called “stork clubs”, until a nurse came in to let them know…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 141 Content and Overview Find out exactly what you need to pack in your bag to take to the hospital or birth center when you go into…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 123 Content and Overview A cesarean birth is the birth of a baby via a surgical procedure called a cesarean section or C-section. This procedure is used…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 122 Content and Overview An essential oil is the naturally occurring oil that has the fragrance of the plant or other source it is extracted from. These…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 120 Content and Overview The postpartum period is often referred to as the 4th trimester. You can think of it as the first 3 months after your…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 118 Content and Overview Every pregnancy and birth is different. Even knowing this, I still expected my second pregnancy and birth to be like my first experience….
Continue readingQuestion “Hello Vanessa. First, I want to thank you for your podcast it has answered so many of my questions and helped me feel as prepared as possible for birth….
Continue readingQuestion “My daughter is very interested in being at the birth, and I’ve read that acceptance of the new baby is easier for big siblings that are present at the…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 76 Content and Overview There are a lot of myths surrounding pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding. Many of these false beliefs are perpetuated by movies and television, repeated by…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 46 Content and Overview If you want to have a natural birth that does not mean that you have to home birth. The majority of natural births…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 45 Content and Overview A water birth is a birth in which a baby is born to a mother laboring in a tub of water. There are…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 44 Content and Overview A birth center is a middle ground between a home birth and a hospital. You get the benefit of a natural birth in…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 42 Content and Overview It was not too long ago in our history that all births took place at home. Over the last century the number of…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 40 Content and Overview Natural birth is a birth without medical interventions, particularly anesthesia. It is not some hippie ideology that rejects the advances we have made in…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 37 Content and Overview Hospitals have become the go to place to give birth in many countries. About 98% of all births in the United States are…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 24 Content and Overview Exactly what you need to pack in your birth center or hospital bag to be prepared for labor, birth, and caring for your new baby. This…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 19 Content and Overview Hypnobirthing is a practice that uses calming and relaxation techniques to create a calm, positive birth experience. This is an amazing tool you…
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