Latest Birth stories Podcast Episodes
What Happens When you are Inspired to Write a Novel about Labor? Pamela Eren's Birth Story
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - July 09, 2024 07:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday's guest is a well known author who wrote a book called Eleven Hours which follows the labor experience of a pregnant woman and her nurse. It's beautifully written and we discuss the author's own experience and how that did and did not impact her approach to the beautiful novel she wrote....
What Happens When you are Inspired to Write a Novel about Labor? Pamela Erens' Birth Story
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - July 09, 2024 07:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday's guest is a well known author who wrote a book called Eleven Hours which follows the labor experience of a pregnant woman and her nurse. It's beautifully written and we discuss the author's own experience and how that did and did not impact her approach to the beautiful novel she wrote....
What Happens When you are Inspired to Write a Novel about Labor? Pamela Ehren's Birth Story
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - July 09, 2024 07:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday's guest is a well known author who wrote a book called Eleven Hours which follows the labor experience of a pregnant woman and her nurse. It's beautifully written and we discuss the author's own experience and how that did and did not impact her approach to the beautiful novel she wrote....
What Happens When You Find a Way to Hold the Easy & Hard parts of pregnancy & Birth? Jennifer's Birth Story, Part II
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - July 02, 2024 07:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsLast week Jennifer talked about the different emotions she experienced when she unexpectedly got pregnant. That crowd of differing emotions follows her through the birth and into postpartum. Her experience is one that many of us can relate to and giving voice to all the different aspects of ...
What Happens When Pregnancy Comes Before you are Ready for it? Jennifer's Birth Story, Part I
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - June 25, 2024 07:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday's guest shares her experience of an unintended pregnancy. With almost every pregnancy women are expected to narrow range of reactions, from excited to ecstatic. But stepping into pregnancy is such an enormous change that the limits to what we are expected to feel doesn't make sense. I...
What happens when Hypnosis impacts Infertility? Becky's Birth Story, Part II
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - June 18, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThis week I finish my conversation with Becky. She's a fertility mindset coach using hypnosis to help women who are struggling with their fertility, a technique she was drawn to learn after it helped her get pregnant after six years of infertility. At first blush, this may sound woo woo (Bec...
What one Woman did to Manage her challenges with Infertility: Becky's Birth Story, Part I
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - June 11, 2024 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode I talk with a woman about her very intentional trek through infertility--not intentional in that she was looking for it, but in the ways she managed all the OB, fertility and surgical issues that arose for her. She talks about the importance of educating yourself and advocati...
What Happens when a woman uses Art to better understand surprises in her Hospital birth experience: Emily's Birth Story, Part II
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - June 04, 2024 07:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode we hear the rest of Emily's story. She shares how she ultimately managed her first birth--a home birth that became a hospital birth, and tells us about the art her experience inspired, and how it's helping other women who unexpectedly experience a C section. We also hear b...
What Happened when a Home Birth moved to the hospital: Emily's birth story & OBGYN insights, Part I
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - May 28, 2024 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode I talk with a woman whose pregnancy was straight forward, and who was aimed at a home birth with a midwife. She talks about why she decided on a home birth How the home birth was progressing and her strategies for managing it What sent her to the hospital the ways that sh...
What is a Contracting Uterus actually doing? A conversation with Dr. Roger Young, OB/scientist
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - May 21, 2024 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we'll take a bit of a dive into the mechanics of how a uterus contracts. This is actually really important because drawing meaning from patterns of uterine contractions is how many doctors and midwives manage labor. I'm talking with Dr. Roger Young today, an OB scientist who studies, a...
What happens when you overcome your PCOS diagnosis? Caitlin's birth story, Part II
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - May 14, 2024 07:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday I finish my conversation with Caitlin, the registered dietician who focuses on women's fertility issues. She shares the rest of her story about managing the challenges of PCOS. She addresses changes she made to: *her diet *her exercise *her mindset *her ability to manage stress and how...
What happens when you have to manage your Fertility with a PCOS diagnosis? Caitlin's birth story, Part I
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - May 07, 2024 07:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday's guest shares her journey through infertility generated by Poly cycstic ovarian syndrome. She is a clinical dietitian and talks about things to consider when taking birth control. She gives a number of tips on what you can do to improve your fertility, but note: this is not medical ad...
What happens when Motherhood show you how to Craft a Better Postpartum: Jess's birth story, Part II
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - April 30, 2024 07:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode: I finish my conversation with Jess. We talk about : * how her research prior to the third postpartum set her up for a significantly better experience. She describes concepts like constructive rest and matrescence * practical tips on how much physical work should be done in...
What Happens when Your Postpartum teaches you about Advocating for yourself? Jess's Birth Story, Part I
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - April 23, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsI talk to a woman who shares the story of her transformative births: in particular : how the postpartum and aftermath of the second birth changed the way she viewed herself and her career. Its an impactful and inspirational story that I think many of us can relate to. What follows is the firs...
What Can be Done about Premature Birth? A conversation with Dr. Carl Weiner, MD, MBA
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - April 16, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we'll talk with Dr. Carl Weiner, MD, MBA He has been working on developing testing that can PREDICT PREMATURITY and EARLY ONSET PREECLAMPSIA as early as 12 weeks into the pregnancy. *If it is detected, WHAT can be done? *What are his hopes for the FUTURE of PREGNANCY You can find Dr....
What Happens when your Preemie spends 5 months in the NICU? Hannah's birth story + OB insights, Part II
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - April 09, 2024 07:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn this week's episode we hear the rest of Hannah's story: *we hear about the premature birth of her son * how she manages his care during his long stay in the NICU and *how he's doing now. We also hear more from Dr. Weiner, who is working on a test that can predict both prematurity and ea...
What Happens When your Baby Arrives Far too Early (22 weeks)? Hannah's story + OB insights, Part I
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - April 02, 2024 07:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode I speak with a woman who was very much caught off guard by a condition called PPROM--preterm premature rupture of membranes when she was 22 weeks along. She talks about how she managed all the twists and turns of her experience, and despite all the hard things that happened,...
What happens when your postpartum involves multiple ER visits? Corinne's birth story + OB insights, Part II
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - March 26, 2024 07:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode we hear the rest of Corinne's story. In particular: *What she learned in her repeated trips to the ER *What she took away from the challenging things she experienced. *What she'd do differently next time .We'll also hear from Dr. Chapa, a clinical assistant professor of o...
What Happens when Gestational Hypertension Visits After Delivery? Corinne's Birth Story + OB insights, Part I
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - March 19, 2024 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode : we hear the story of a first time mother who has a by the book pregnancy which slides off the tracks in delivery and postpartum. In this first part of our conversation, she shares: * how she and her husband managed the uncertainty that seemed to come without much warnin...
What a Mindset Coach does when her All her Parenting Strategies aren't Working: Angie's Birth & Adoption Story, Part II
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - March 12, 2024 07:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode, I finish my conversation with Angie. She's a mindset coach and worked in early interventions from birth to three. we talk about parenting the son that she initially fostered and then adopted; how her training and experience led to a new approach, both in her own life and...
What a specialist in Birth to 3 yo learns from tongue tie and the adoption process : Angie's birth story, Part I
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - March 05, 2024 08:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode I speak with a MINDSET COACH about her experience with pregnancy and with fostering and then adopting a child. She talks about what she learned with respect to colic and tongue tie and some of the challenges she met in this process and how she, someone trained in early interve...
What difference does Birth Education make in your experience? Suzzie's Birth Story, Part II
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - February 27, 2024 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingshis week I finish my conversation with Suzzie. She shares: * how the second birth felt like a redemption of the first one * all the things she did between the first and second births to make that outcome more likely, including: * more birth education * facing her fears *managing her expectation...
What Happens when Your Labor Stalls? : Suzzie's Birth story, Part I
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - February 20, 2024 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThis week's episode features that story of a woman who had two nearly opposite experiences of birth. Like many of us, the FIRST one was ROUGH--including anything but gentle treatment at the hospital and an unpleasant C section; The SECOND was a vast improvement, which started her on a journey...
What Happens when the Midwife sends you to do Acupuncture during the labor? Tanya's Birth Story, Part II
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - February 13, 2024 08:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn todays episode we hear the end of Tanya's story. To remind everyone, last week we left Tanya: *She's spent the whole pregnancy on a boat with her 4 other children & husband *the boat is docked in Sarasota Florida for the birth *Although it's her 5th birth, it doesn't go quickly *The midwi...
What Happens when you have a Pregnancy on a Boat with your other 4 kids? Tanya's Birth Story, Part I
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - February 06, 2024 08:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThis week's episode features details of a pregnancy on a boat. My guest Tanya shared her experiences of her other 4 births on an earlier episodes: Her first episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-you-learn-from-your-first-two-of-5-births/id1546909059?i=1000617239231 The second ...
What Happens when Your Placenta doesn't Behave after Delivery? Marisa's Birth Story
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - January 30, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday's guest uses IVF to get pregnant * she's successful, but nearly not *she has a relatively straightforward pregnancy, but *hypertension sneaks in at the finish line, and *a not straightforward postpartum, ushered in by a hemorrhage and uterine atony. She can look back over that experi...
What Happens when an Unexpected C section leads to an Empowered Birth: Andria's Story + Insights from a Professor of Public Health
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - January 23, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThis week we have the end of my conversation with Andria. She talks about: * how that first birth unfolded * dealing with the unexpected C section and all the pain and fear that it brought * the difficulties of that first postpartum AND she also shares: *the research she did for the second ...
What Happens when your Unmedicated Birth turns into a C section: Andria's Birth Story + Professor of Black Maternal Health Insights, Part I
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - January 16, 2024 08:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode I talk to a woman who walked into her pregnancy imagining that: * it would be relatively easy * miscarriage wasn't a part of the equation and * that her doctor would tell her everything she needed to know. It's a very relatable story, given that this is the way a lot of us...
What Happens when You are Pregnant & Giving Birth while your partner is on military assignment: Pey's Birth Story
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - January 09, 2024 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsNote: this episode contains some information about military sexual trauma; no explicit details are shared In today's episode we hear from a woman who navigated her pregnancy and birth with all kinds of obstacles, including that her partner was away on military assignment She also encountered ...
What Can you Do to Increase your Chances of Having an Empowered Birth: Kelly's Birth Story, Part III
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - January 02, 2024 08:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode we talk about: Kelly's second birth, which was at home. As a BIRTH EDUCATOR & LACTATION CONSULTANT, she shares: *Some critical ingredients for an empowered birth (hint: the setting doesn't necessarily matter) *What clues might suggest that you need breastfeeding help and h...
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