Latest Birth stories Podcast Episodes
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...
What Happens when Postpartum is a Bear: Kelly's Birth Story, Part II
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - December 26, 2023 08:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode we talk about the many challenges Kelly faced in postpartum, including: * very painful breastfeeding, in part likely due to a significant tongue tie that was never caught, *signs of tongue tie and the difficulties identifying it We also hear about her second birth, which was...
What You Can do to Conquer Your Fear of Birth: Kelly's Birth Story, Part I
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - December 19, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode I talk to a woman about the first of her two births. She talks about HOW her experience in pregnancy and her first birth changed her life in ways she couldn't have anticipated. Because of the things that happened in this pregnancy and birth she left teaching and became a BIR...
What Happens when you Research your Way to a better Birth?: Chantal's Birth Story, Part II + Doula insights
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - December 12, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode I finish my conversation with Chantal. We talk about: * how she used her experience of her first birth to inform how she walked into the second birth. One major change she made was in her research strategy: The second time around she traded a home birth for a hospital birt...
What Happens when Your Pregnancy is visited by Postpartum Preeclampsia: Chantal's Birth Story, Part I
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - December 05, 2023 08:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode, I talk to a doula who learned a great deal about her body and her pregnancy in a challenging postpartum that included both a hemorrhage and preeclampsia. we talk about: * the dramatic gap between her expectation: that everything would be easy, and * her actual experience...
What Happens when your Postpartum Experience teaches you to Advocate for Yourself: Tonya's Story + OB insights, Part II
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - November 28, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode, Tonya and I talk about her second birth, which was different in almost every way from her first; Her first birth was an emergency C section in the hospital; her second was a smooth and serene home birth, but the aftermath was much trickier. Tonya shares the things she learne...
What Happens when Your Vaginal Birth ends in an Emergency C section: Tonya's Birth Story + OB insights, Part I
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - November 21, 2023 08:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode, I speak with a woman who shares her experience of two births. In the first part of our conversation, which follows, we talk about: the first pregnancy which included: hyperemesis and how she managed it and a birth that started out as a vaginal birth that came to include:...
What you might do with previous Trauma that visits in the Postpartum: Nadia's Birth story + Therapy Insights, Part II
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - November 10, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode, I finish my conversation with Nadia, who shares: * the process she went through in understanding her own history *how she's used things like writing to explore difficult topics *how she's come to a better understanding about herself and her motivations in an effort to be ...
What Happens When Pregnancy & Birth are linked to Trauma? Nadia's Birth Story & Therapist insights, Part I
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - November 03, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode, I speak with a woman who shares how her experience of pregnancy and birth shifted her into a space in which she could connect with a buried sexual trauma from her past. NOTE: this discussion is not explicit about the details of the trauma In our conversation, we focus on ...
What Birth Trauma can look like after Therapy: Alexis' Birth Story, Part II
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - October 27, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe intense things that can happen in the course of this transition can impact: how you see yourself, how you see your partner and how you parent The better we understand what happened to us, the better we can manage all the things that follow. Today is the second part of my conversation wi...
What Birth Trauma can look like after Time to Reflect: Alexis' story, Part I
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - October 20, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe intense things that can happen in the course of this transition can impact how you see yourself, how you see your partner and how you parent. The better we understand what happened to us, the better we can manage all the things that follow. Todays episode focuses on this fact. I original...
What to do with Trauma around Pregnancy & Birth: Bethany Warren, LCSW, PMHC
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - October 16, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode I talk with Beth Warren LCSW and PMHC and author of a new workbook that focuses on helping us manage reproductive trauma. We discuss: * better ways to manage the pain of miscarriage and loss *what trauma in this space looks like * how it can affect both ourselves and our pa...
What happens when you experience both reproductive traumas and successful birth: Melissa's Birth Story + therapy insights, Part II
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights - October 13, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn today's episode I finish my conversation with melissa. We talk about: How she manages the births of her two sons on the heels of a challenging reproductive journey I also include the insights of a fantastic therapist who specializes in reproductive trauma. She talks about: How attachm...
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