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Continue readingListen Now Episode Content and Overview Pasmo is a Spanish word that doesn’t have an English equivalent. It describes the reversal of labor once it has started. During labor and…
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 146 Content and Overview Consumption of placenta by a mother after birth has been a taboo subject, but it has been gaining popularity in recent years. The…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 143 Content and Overview Breathing is something we are constantly doing, and seldom paying much attention to. When you are pregnant, the changes your body is going…
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Continue readingListen Now Episode 124 Content and Overview Nearly one third of babies in the U.S. are born via cesarean section and this is the most common surgery performed. Cesarean sections…
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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 readingQuestion “Hi Vanessa! I am currently 25 weeks pregnant with my first and into episode 37 of your podcast. While I have a long way to go (I hope to…
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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 119 Content and Overview We spend so much time planning for our birth and we often overlook what happens after that. Or perhaps we think about our…
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 “Hi Vanessa, first, allow me to thank you for creating such a valuable source of information for pregnant woman. I discovered your podcast at the beginning of my second…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 114 Content and Overview When you have made it through most of your pregnancy and are in the final stretch you enter the waiting game of waiting…
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Continue readingListen Now Episode 105 Content and Overview A TENS device is a small handheld device that has wires coming out of it that are attached to electrodes in pads that…
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Continue readingQuestion “Hey Vanessa, Thanks so much for your podcasts! I read over your hospital copy of your birth plan and I noticed you bolded no Cytotec. Did you cover that…
Continue readingQuestion This week I am answering a question submitted from Kim. She says, “”You talk about urinating during labor, but what about going #2? Does everyone poop during labor? I…
Continue readingListen Now Episode 92 Content and Overview It is extremely important to stay hydrated during your labor and birth, and if you are dehydrated it will affect your labor. You…
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 91 Content and Overview For the last half century it has been a common rule in hospitals that you could not eat or drink during labor. The…
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