Hydrotherapy and the Benefits of Water During Labor (Baths, Showers, and Waterbirth)
Hydrotherapy is a broad term that encompasses many different treatments around the physical properties…
Unmedicated Birth
Unmedicated birth comes with many benefits but also has its challenges. If you plan…
Reframing How You Think About Labor Pain
The simplest explanation of how we feel pain is that our bodies sense pain…
Other Pain Management Options During Labor
You have several pain management options for labor and birth. The availability of specific…
Nitrous Oxide During Labor
Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, was first used as a labor analgesic…
Epidural
In this episode, we are talking about epidurals. There are three separate procedures that…
Birth Center
A birth center is a middle ground between home birth and a hospital. You…
Hospital Birth
About 98% of all births in the United States are in hospitals. Even if…
Labor Signs and the Start of Labor
When you have made it through most of your pregnancy and are in the…
Skin to Skin Contact
No matter what type of birth you have, the most important thing after your…
Inducing Labor Naturally
There are a lot of rumors about things you can do or food to…
Inducing Labor
In a perfect world, everything works like it is supposed to. Your body is…
Electronic Fetal Monitoring
During your labor and birth, your doctor or midwife will be monitoring your baby’s…
Precipitous Labor and Birth
You have a vision of what you imagine your labor going like. There is…
Prodromal Labor
You spend nine months preparing for your labor and birth, and suddenly it is…
The Evidence on Vaginal Exams Before and During Labor
In the last month of your pregnancy, you will be seeing your doctor or…
Timing of Skin-to-Skin Contact & Delayed Cord Clamping
Picture the moment your baby is born. The umbilical cord is still connected on…
Using Your BRAIN – 5 Questions You Should Be Asking
This episode we are talking about using your brain. In this case, we are…
Delayed Cord Clamping
Listen Now Episode 154 Content and Overview Your baby’s umbilical cord is their lifeline. The reason for…
Breathing During Labor
Listen Now Episode 143 Content and Overview Breathing is something we are constantly doing, and seldom paying…
When is a C-Section Absolutely Necessary?
Question “Hi Vanessa, I want to start by saying that I’ve been hooked on your podcast from…
Gentle Cesarean & Vaginal Seeding
Listen Now Episode 124 Content and Overview Nearly one third of babies in the U.S. are born…
Cesarean Birth
Listen Now Episode 123 Content and Overview A cesarean birth is the birth of a baby via…
Nuchal Cord (Umbilical Cord Wrapped Around Neck)
Question “Hello Vanessa, First off thank you for all that you Do! I am pregnant with my…
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