Latest Hypnobirthing Podcast Episodes
#271 | June Q&A: Boundaries When Pregnant, Pre-eclampsia & AROM, Mobile Monitoring, Posterior Babies & Pelvic Shape, Placenta Consumption for PPH
Down to Birth - June 26, 2024 09:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Welcome to the June Q&A with Cynthia and Trisha! Today, we start the episode with all the romantic, hilarious, and random ways our community met their spouses, and we finish the episode with one woman's question to us: "If you were a dog, what kind would you be?" -- you'...
#270 | Trusting Birth: The Journey From Maiden to Mother with Lea @trusting_birth
Down to Birth - June 19, 2024 09:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Can you imagine giving birth without ever "checking on" your baby? Without a test, an ultrasound, a need for reassurance from others that your baby is okay? And, what does it mean to cross the threshold from Maiden to Mother? How does a woman step into her wiser feminine...
#269 | Healing, Protecting, and Restoring Your Pelvic Floor with Dr. Lizzie Kieffer
Down to Birth - June 12, 2024 09:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Dr. Lizzie Kieffer is a doctorate of physical therapy with a specialty practice in women's pelvic floor health. She joins us today to let us in on the little-known secret to protecting, relaxing, strengthening, and restoring your pelvic floor. She teaches us three simpl...
196 Let's Write Your Birth Story with writing coach Ashley Schein
Birth Story Podcast - June 06, 2024 20:31 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsAshley Schein is a mother, a writer, and a writing workshop facilitator. She leads workshops, both in person and over zoom. In this episode she talks about the benefits of writing and sharing your birth story in a safe space, and gives some guidance on how to get started so that your story can u...
#268 | Navigating Infant Food Reactivity in the Breastfed Baby with Dr. Trill @Free.To.Feed
Down to Birth - June 05, 2024 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Dr. Trillitye Paullin is a molecular biologist and founder of Free to Feed, a consultation service for navigating infant food reactivity in breastfeeding dyads. Today, Dr. Trill joins us with one of her clients, Chelsea, a first-time mom who found Trill and our podcast a...
#267 | May Q&A: Pre-eclampsia & Gestational Diabetes, Steroids for Pre-Term Labor, Declining the Anatomy Scan, IM vs. IV Pitocin, Preventing Mastitis
Down to Birth - May 29, 2024 09:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Hello everyone! Cynthia and Trisha are back with the May Q&A episode. Today, we kick it off with an enlightening discussion on the worst parenting advice you have ever received--here's to all the things we never need to hear as mothers! Next, we hear one woman's beautifu...
#266 | The ARRIVE Trial Reaches Overseas: Birth Culture in France with Nicola Thompson and Her Daughter
Down to Birth - May 22, 2024 09:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Today's episode is a four-way conversation between us and a mother and daughter who are living in France. Nicola Thompson is a former L&D nurse of 30 years who worked in the U.S., and is now working in France as a traditional birth attendant, full-spectrum doula and IBCL...
#265 | The Art of Hands-Off Birth with Beautiful One Midwifery
Down to Birth - May 15, 2024 09:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Tiffany and Kelly of Beautiful One Midwifery are a midwife team in California who both began their birth work as doulas. As a result, they designed their practice from a hands-off, hands-out approach--meaning, the woman is the focal point of all decision-making making, ...
#264 | Breastfeeding Q&A: Pacifiers, Pumping, Bottles, Domperidone & IGT, Flat Nipples, Weaning and Breast Implants
Down to Birth - May 08, 2024 09:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Welcome to our first breastfeeding-only Q&A with Trisha & Cynthia. Trisha is a Certified Nurse-Midwife and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant with thousands of hours of clinical experience. Today's episode follows the format of our regular monthly Q&A epi...
195 Jenna Slot is back! Baby #4 with a L&D nurse from the busiest L&D unit in the USA
Birth Story Podcast - May 08, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsThis is a follow up birth story with baby #4 with Jenna Slot of the oh so popular episode 41 where we discuss her surprise PFO diagnosis. That episode was republished just before this one in Episode 194. In Jenna's words: "We'll talk about my 4th birth story, which started with my water bre...
194 Jenna Slot's PFO mid pregnancy and ocular stroke birth story REPLAY
Birth Story Podcast - May 08, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsThis is a replay of Episode 41! Stick around because Jenna and I met up 4 years after this episode and recorded her most recent birth story! It is wild. So start here, and continue to episode 195 for the follow up story! XOXO- Heidi Jenna is an experienced Labor and Delivery nurse establis...
193 How to LITERALLY Have a safer childbirth with attorney Gina Mundy
Birth Story Podcast - May 03, 2024 21:48 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsToday I chat with Gina Mundy about having a safe childbirth in a hospital. Pitocin should have their feelings hurt right now. Trigger warning as we discuss the stuff no one wants to think about, but that we all need to think about. Maternal and Fetal demise mentioned. Birth injuries mentioned. ...
#263 | Amanda's Good Birth Despite Abandonment, Harassment and Threats
Down to Birth - May 01, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Amanda Holden was planning a home birth with her first baby, having hired a midwife she loved. When she reached 42 weeks, her midwife terminated her care abruptly, due to Colorado state law prohibiting midwives from attending late-term home births. With a heavy heart but...
#262 | April Q&A: Prenatal Vitamins, Premature Rupture of Membranes, Painless Breech Birth, Precipitous Labor, HypnoBirthing, Prenatal Hypertension
Down to Birth - April 24, 2024 09:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Welcome to the April Q&A episode with Cynthia & Trisha. Today, we invite you to guess the two things that Cynthia and Trisha will never talk about on the podcast. Hint: They are not scandalous or controversial. Shoot us a DM with your guesses! Next, hear the most annoyin...
192 Stem cells, placenta cells, cord tissue cells OH MY! How and why to privately bank with ANJA HEALTH CEO, Kathryn Cross
Birth Story Podcast - April 20, 2024 00:18 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsWe will cover Kathryn’s “Founder’s Story” about why she founded Anja Health - after a near-drowning accident, her brother was left with cerebral palsy and umbilical cord blood stem cells could’ve helped save his life. Since they’re mixed race, they were unable to find a match in public banks, wh...
#261 | Emma the Naked Doula on Pleasurable, Orgasmic Birth and Her New Book
Down to Birth - April 17, 2024 09:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Emma Armstrong, author of The Fearless Birth Book, and Instagram birth influencer at @thenakeddoulaofficial, joins us today to delve into the meaning of pleasurable birth. We ask the questions, "Why should a woman want a pleasurable birth, what does it even mean, and wh...
#260 | Triplets at Home! With Traditional Midwife Kristine Lauria @globalmidwife64
Down to Birth - April 10, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. You won't find an obstetrician anywhere in the United States who will birth triplets vaginally in the hospital, but today you'll hear the story of traditional midwife Kristine Lauria who welcomed them at home with the respect and reverence for birth every woman deserves....
#259 | Resisting Coercion: Carolyn Marrone's Story of a Miscalculated Due Date and Standing Up To Pushy Providers
Down to Birth - April 03, 2024 09:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. When Carolyn was pregnant with her first baby, she went past her "due date." After declining an induction at 41+6, her doctor questioned her integrity as a mother, stating, "I am surprised your motherly instinct (to protect your baby) hasn't kicked in yet." Knowing that...
#258 | March Q&A: Implants & Breastfeeding, Giving Birth Advice, Ultrasounds, Newborn Transition in Waterbirthing, Posterior Babies, Family Boundaries
Down to Birth - March 27, 2024 09:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. We are back with the March Q&A episode with Cynthia & Trisha. We kick off today's episode with an unbelievable, once-in-a-lifetime story of an OB who holds off a mother's pushing to tie a bow in the baby's hair before being born! Next, we get into our questions beginnin...
#257 | Labor & Delivery Nurses' Roundtable: How Their Hands are Tied to Doctors' Orders
Down to Birth - March 20, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. In today's episode, three current and former L&D nurses join us in a roundtable-style conversation to share their behind-the-scenes experiences on the L&D floor. These three women get raw, real, and honest about what pulled them to this line of work and for one, what for...
#256 | Transforming Your Hospital Birth Experience with Taylor Dilk @taychayy
Down to Birth - March 13, 2024 09:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Like many mothers, Taylor Chamberlain Dilk had no idea where to begin in preparing for childbirth. Lucky for her she has a large social media presence and requested recommendations from her audience, and lucky for us, Down to Birth Show came highly recommended. Once she ...
#255 | What's Up with Intrauterine Growth Restriction: An Off-the-Record-Style Conversation with Dr. Stu Fischbein
Down to Birth - March 06, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. In this episode, we welcome back Dr. Stu Fischbein for his third appearance on Down to Birth Show. We start the conversation by catching up on some of the latest problems occurring on the birth scene including VBACs, aspirin in pregnancy, the monetization of birth, late...
#254 | February Q&A: Vomiting in Labor, Cord Traction, Pacifiers, Probiotics and Plugged Ducts, Breast Milkshake, PPH, Bicornuate Uterus
Down to Birth - February 28, 2024 10:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Welcome to the February Q&A with Cynthia & Trisha. To kick things off, we share some of your New Year's Resolutions--don't miss this as Trisha makes Cynthia momentarily speechless! Next, we dive into your questions beginning with: Is cord traction really necessary to bir...
#253 | The ACOG Files: Exploring the Guidelines That Support Physiologic Birth
Down to Birth - February 21, 2024 10:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. In today's episode, Cynthia and Trisha break down some of the current guidelines published by ACOG (the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists). You'll see many of these guidelines favor physiological birth and stand for minimal medical intervention in exactly...
#252 | A Father's Perspective on his Baby's Inaccurate IUGR Diagnosis
Down to Birth - February 14, 2024 10:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. IUGR or Intrauterine Growth Restriction is the latest trend on the obstetric scene--a diagnosis that has afflicted many mothers unnecessarily. Eric, a father of two daughters, joins us on the show today to discuss his experience with his wife's IUGR experience. When an...
#251 | HPV and Your Abnormal Pap May Not Be What You Think: Cervical Cancer Prevention with Nathan Riley, MD
Down to Birth - February 07, 2024 10:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Have you ever wondered why we actually need to get a pap smear or why the testing guidelines frequently change? The presence of HPV or the Human Papilloma Virus is associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer and is the reason behind the pap smear. A pap smear l...
#250 | January Q&A: Cervical Massage, VBAC Provider Red Flags, Due Date Calculation, Infant Sleep, Sufficient Milk Supply, RhoGAM and More
Down to Birth - January 31, 2024 10:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Hello and is it too late to still say Happy New Year?! Cynthia & Trisha are back with the first Q&A of 2024 in season five of the Down to Birth Show! We kick it off today by sharing some of your highs and lows from the holiday season. Next, we get into our questions begi...
191 the birth story of What happened when Sarah Latane had an umbilical cord prolapse in labor
Birth Story Podcast - January 30, 2024 17:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsMy name is Sarah Latane. I live in the Shenandoah Valley of VA. I am a board certified behavior analyst and a stay at home parent. Brief overview of pregnancy; surprise pregnancy, early symptoms, initial MD care (on accident), early scare, practice transfer to midwife care, later symptoms (inclu...
191 The birth story of what happened when Sarah Latane had an umbilical cord prolapse in labor
Birth Story Podcast - January 30, 2024 17:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsMy name is Sarah Latane. I live in the Shenandoah Valley of VA. I am a board certified behavior analyst and a stay at home parent. Brief overview of pregnancy; surprise pregnancy, early symptoms, initial MD care (on accident), early scare, practice transfer to midwife care, later symptoms (inclu...
#249 | Katie Spinks Breaks the Silence: Pitocin, Uterine Rupture, and Life-Altering Consequences
Down to Birth - January 24, 2024 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Pitocin has been named the most over-used and abused drug in maternity care. It is increasingly used for elective induction despite the lack of FDA approval for this purpose. Rupture of the uterus is a known adverse reaction to this drug, and its use is contraindicated w...
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