Q&A: Should You Avoid Eating During Labor
Overview Eating during labor is a topic with conflicting advice. In this episode, we respond to a…
Is Cord Blood Banking Worth It?
Overview Cord blood banking is a complex and often confusing topic. Advertisements for cord blood banking are…
Exploring Methods of Inducing Labor Naturally
Overview There are many methods of naturally inducing labor you can do at home. You may have…
Evidence on the Risks and Benefits of Inducing Labor
Overview In a perfect world, your body is ready, your baby is fully mature, and you spontaneously…
Tools and Techniques for an Easier Labor and Birth
Overview A lot of things need to come together for you to have the birth experience you…
Navigating Labor and Birth: Your Roadmap from Start to Finish
Overview Every labor and birth experience is unique, but most follow a familiar journey. This episode guides…
Why Birth Plans Fail
Overview A birth plan is much more than a piece of paper you hand to your care…
Overcoming Fear and Anxiety to Go into Birth with Confidence
Overview All expectant mothers experience some level of anxiety or fear about the unpredictability of labor. Not…
10 Steps to Craft Your Birth Plan
Overview A birth plan is a document that outlines your preferences for labor and what happens directly…
Options To Make a Cesarean More Mom- And Baby-Friendly
Overview In the United States, one in three babies is born via cesarean. Every expecting mother should…
What to Expect in a Cesarean Birth
Overview A cesarean section, also known as a C-section, is a surgical procedure to deliver a baby…
Optimal Labor Positions for a Shorter and Easier Birth
Overview For most of human history, a mother in labor was free to move around and change…
Your Options for the Third Stage of Labor
Overview The third stage of labor starts after your baby is born and ends with birthing the…
Can Eating Dates Naturally Induce Labor and Shorten Duration?
Dates are the fruit of the date palm tree. While dates are high in sugar, they also…
Placenta Encapsulation: The Evidence on the Risks and Benefits
Overview The thought of eating your placenta might gross you out at first, but once you hear…
Pain Management Options for Labor
Overview Your body must go through a lot of work to birth a baby. During labor, nerves…
Birth Interventions Overview
Overview An intervention is any action taken to alter the course of your labor or birth. Modern…
Five Essential Questions to Navigate Procedures & Interventions
Overview You will have many opportunities to opt in or out of interventions in your pregnancy, birth,…
Labor Signs and the Start of Labor
Overview When you have made it through most of your pregnancy and are in the final stretch,…
What to Pack in Your Birth Bag
Overview If you went into labor and showed up at the birth center or a hospital with…
Using a Rebozo for Pregnancy and Birth
Overview A rebozo is a long rectangular shawl that originated in Mexico. Like many non-western traditions, the…
Hydrotherapy and the Benefits of Water During Labor (Baths, Showers, and Waterbirth)
Overview Hydrotherapy is a broad term that encompasses many different treatments around the physical properties of water…
Unmedicated Birth
Overview Unmedicated birth comes with many benefits but also has its challenges. If you plan to avoid…
Reframing How You Think About Labor Pain
Overview The simplest explanation of how we feel pain is that our bodies sense pain when nerves…
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