Q&A: What is the Ideal Spacing In Between Kids?
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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. It describes the reversal of labor once it has started. During labor and…
Continue reading149: Preparing Your Partner for Birth
Listen 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 reading146: Placenta Encapsulation
Listen 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 reading143: Breathing During Labor
Listen 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…
Continue readingQ&A: Lotus Birth
Question “Hi Vanessa, Thank you for your podcast. My husband and I aren’t ready to have children yet, but we are looking into the future, and your podcast has been…
Continue reading124: Gentle Cesarean & Vaginal Seeding
Listen 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…
Continue readingQ&A: Visitors After Your Baby is Born
Question “I have been listening to your podcast since I was about 15 weeks pregnant. I listened to all of the episodes and I am excited for more to come…
Continue reading123: Cesarean Birth
Listen 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 readingQ&A: Vernix Caseosa & Baby’s First Bath
Question “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…
Continue readingQ&A: Nuchal Cord (Umbilical Cord Wrapped Around Neck)
Question “Hello Vanessa, First off thank you for all that you Do! I am pregnant with my second child and your podcast has been extremely helpful in preparing me for…
Continue reading120: Postpartum, Planning Ahead
Listen 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 reading119: Postpartum, What to Expect
Listen 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 reading118: My Second Pregnancy, Lessons Learned & My Birth Story
Listen 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 readingQ&A: Placenta Encapsulation & the CDC
Question “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 reading114: Labor Signs
Listen 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…
Continue readingQ&A: Fear of Things Not Going as Planned
Question “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 readingEpisode 105: Using a TENS Machine During Labor
Listen 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…
Continue readingQ&A: Doula
Question “Hello Vanessa. I have been listening to your podcast for quite some time now – thank you for the breadth of information you provide to listeners! I am now…
Continue readingQ&A: Misoprostol (Cytotec)
Question “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 readingQ&A: Pooping During Labor
Question 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 reading92: IV Fluids and Drinking During Labor
Listen 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 readingQ&A: Siblings at the Birth of a New Baby
Question “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 reading91: Eating During Labor
Listen 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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