149: 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…
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Q&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 reading112: Will Eating Dates Help Your Labor?
Listen Now Episode 112 Content and Overview Dates are the fruit of the date palm tree. They are a small oval fruit, about one to three inches long, or three…
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…
Continue reading81: Labor Positions (Rebroadcast)
Listen Now Episode 81 Content and Overview For most of our entire human history a mother in labor was free to move around and change positions to whatever was most…
Continue readingEpisode 80: Interventions (Rebroadcast)
Listen Now Episode 80 Content and Overview An intervention is any procedure performed by a care provider that impacts your labor or birth. Interventions include IVs, epidurals, electronic fetal monitoring,…
Continue readingEpisode 79: Vaginal Tearing, Episiotomy, & Healing (Rebroadcast)
Listen Now Episode 79 Content and Overview Unfortunately, sometimes when your skin is stretching during birth it can tear. It is pretty common for first time mothers to have some…
Continue readingEpisode 78: Doula (Rebroadcast)
Listen Now Episode 78 Content and Overview A doula is a professional who has been trained in childbirth and who provides emotional, physical, and educational support to a mother and…
Continue readingQ&A: I’m so scared about giving birth!
Question “Thank you so much for your Podcast… I’m listening while I’m working, and its really helping me be very efficient with my time! I’m 11 weeks pregnant, with my…
Continue reading76: Common Pregnancy, Birth, & Breastfeeding Myths
Listen Now Episode 76 Content and Overview There are a lot of myths surrounding pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding. Many of these false beliefs are perpetuated by movies and television, repeated by…
Continue reading62: Vaginal Exams
Listen Now Episode 62 Content and Overview Third trimester starts in week 28 and appointments with your care provider increase to every two weeks. The last month of your pregnancy…
Continue readingQ&A: Anterior Placenta
Question “I found out at my anatomy scan that I have an anterior placenta. The reading I’ve done says that back labor is more likely with the placenta in this…
Continue readingQ&A: Do I really need a written birth plan?
Question “”Is it really necessary to write out a copy of my birth plan and hand my doctor a paper copy?” – Jennifer Answer Additional Resources Your Birth Plan book…
Continue reading58: Skin to Skin Contact
Listen Now Episode 58 Content and Overview No matter what type of birth you have, the most important thing after your baby is born is that you get skin to skin…
Continue reading55: Second Time Mom
Listen Now Episode 55 Content and Overview Whether this is your first pregnancy and you are planning on more children or this is your second or third time around there…
Continue readingQ&A: Fentanyl
Question “I absolutely love your podcast! I’ve been listening for a few months and am now 36 weeks pregnant, the end is (somewhat) near! Your podcast has really helped me…
Continue readingQ&A: Pudendal Nerve Block
Question “Is a transvaginal pudendal nerve block recommended? Could it be used as part of a modified natural birth? Will it affect the baby or progression of labor? Are their…
Continue reading49: Your Birth Plan
Listen Now Episode 49 Content and Overview A birth plan is your plan of how you envision your birth and what happens directly following the birth of your baby. A…
Continue reading47: Vitamin K & Erythromycin
Listen Now Episode 47 Content and Overview Vitamin K and erythromycin are involved in two standard procedures that are done to your newborn shortly after birth. All babies are naturally…
Continue readingQ&A: Induction
Question “I’m 40 weeks pregnant and felt a bit upset to hear my midwife encourage me to induce. She explained that anything after 41 weeks should be induced since it…
Continue reading46: Natural Hospital Birth
Listen Now Episode 46 Content and Overview If you want to have a natural birth that does not mean that you have to home birth. The majority of natural births…
Continue readingQ&A: Skin to Skin & Delayed Cord Clamping
Question “Hi Vanessa, I am in the first trimester of my first pregnancy. My husband and I have been following your podcasts, we really enjoy them and find them very…
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