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…
Hospital Birth
About 98% of all births in the United States are in hospitals. Even if…
Why You Need a Backup Plan
This podcast covers a lot about preparing for the birth experience you want. If…
Your Birth Room and Tips to Improve It
Ideally, during your birth, nothing is inhibiting your oxytocin production and the fewer stress…
Preventing and Healing a Vaginal Tear or Episiotomy
When your skin is stretching during birth, it can tear. It is common for…
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…
The Evidence on Eating and Drinking During Labor
For a long time, it has been a common rule in hospitals that you…
Precipitous Labor and Birth
You have a vision of what you imagine your labor going like. There is…
Q&A: What is the Ideal Spacing In Between Kids?
Question “Thank you so much for this incredible resource! My son is now 6 months old and…
Q&A: What is Pasmo and How Can You Avoid It?
Listen Now Episode Content and Overview Pasmo is a Spanish word that doesn’t have an English equivalent….
149: Preparing Your Partner for Birth
Listen Now Episode 149 Content and Overview Back in the 1950s dads spent labor in hospital waiting…
146: Placenta Encapsulation
Listen Now Episode 146 Content and Overview Consumption of placenta by a mother after birth has been…
143: Breathing During Labor
Listen Now Episode 143 Content and Overview Breathing is something we are constantly doing, and seldom paying…
Q&A: Lotus Birth
Question “Hi Vanessa, Thank you for your podcast. My husband and I aren’t ready to have children…
124: Gentle Cesarean & Vaginal Seeding
Listen Now Episode 124 Content and Overview Nearly one third of babies in the U.S. are born…
Q&A: Visitors After Your Baby is Born
Question “I have been listening to your podcast since I was about 15 weeks pregnant. I listened…
123: Cesarean Birth
Listen Now Episode 123 Content and Overview A cesarean birth is the birth of a baby via…
Q&A: Vernix Caseosa & Baby’s First Bath
Question “Hi Vanessa! I am currently 25 weeks pregnant with my first and into episode 37 of…
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