Birth Matters
By Lisa Taylor - Birth Matters NYC Childbirth Education & Labor Support
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Episodes: 137
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The Birth Matters podcast is here to lessen your overwhelm on the journey into parenthood by equipping you on all things birth, fertility, pregnancy, postpartum & parenting. We'll interview parents about their experiences & birth pros on their expertise so that you can have an empowering, CONFIDENT journey into parenthood!
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137: Grace and Growth: A Dancer's Path to Motherhood
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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136: Surrender and Support: 2 Brooklyn Journalists’ Journey into Parenthood
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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135: Untangling Tongue Ties: Early Intervention & Empowering Parents with a Speech Language Pathologist
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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134: When Life Throws Curveballs: Unmedicated Birth after Surprise Layoff & Water Breaks on Babymoon
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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133: Taylor Swift, Toilet Time, & the Truth About Labor: Jane’s & Sam’s Story
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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132: When Acupuncture Helps & Numbers Don't
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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131: Joyous Homebirth, False Alarm Hospital Transfer for Placenta
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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130: Hypertension Induction w/o Pain Meds for 2nd Birth
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Jun 28, 2025 |
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129: White Coat Hypertension: Self-Advocacy for an Unmedicated Birth
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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128: Almost 43 weeks!: A Doula’s Homebirth after Pregnancy Loss
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May 31, 2025 |
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127: A Faith-Filled Home Waterbirth: Doula Ann’s 2nd Birth
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May 19, 2025 |
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126: Vanilla Cream & Led Zeppelin: A Hospital Birth with Midwives
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May 09, 2025 |
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125: A VBAC Success Story: The Power of Prep & Support
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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124: Rachel’s VBA2C: A Black Mother and Advocate’s Path to Doula Work
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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123: [TTC] IVF to Fast, Unmedicated Hospital Birth
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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122: From 2 C-Sections to VBA2C Success: The VBAC Link with Meagan Heaton
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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121: Finding Her Voice in a VBAC
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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120: What’s Gentle Cesarean Birth?
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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119: Rapid Arrival: An Unmedicated Hospital Birth After Switch to Midwife
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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118: Water Breaks Early, Preemie in NICU: Chantal’s story
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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117: Is Homebirth Safe? w/ Sorayya Kassamali Rickicki
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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116: The Power of Consent & Connected Care in Homebirth & Post-Birth Hospital Transfer
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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115: Chiropractic to Avoid a Cesarean with Transverse 2nd Baby
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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114: Healing from Birth: The Magic of Craniosacral Therapy with Regina Patane
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May 26, 2024 |
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113: The Clutch Doula: Support When Things Don't Go According to Plan
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May 12, 2024 |
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112: Choosing Homebirth Amid Prenatal Depression
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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111: A Pediatric ICU Nurse’s 3rd Preemie
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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110: A Yogi's Unmedicated Hospital Birth
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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109: A Black Doula’s 2 Unmedicated Hospital Births
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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108: An Unbelievable Night in Harlem
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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107: 3 Transformative Births, Pt 2: Empowering VBAC & Express Homebirth
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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106: 3 Transformative Births, Pt 1: Traumatic Induction to Cesarean
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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105: Body Confidence Reclaimed in 2nd Birth
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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104: An Endurance Athlete's Desire for an Unmedicated Birth (Part 2)
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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103: An Endurance Athlete's Desire for an Unmedicated Birth (Part 1)
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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102: Proactive Steps for Unmedicated Hospital Birth
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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101: No Rush to Hospital When Water Breaks for Empowering Birth
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May 16, 2023 |
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100: When Baby Prefers Car Over Waterbirth
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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99: Strong Circle of Support for Unmedicated Birth & Beyond
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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98: Belly Birth for Breech with Bicornuate Uterus
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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97: Signing an AMA to Labor at Home Despite Anxiety
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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96: A Pelvic PT Delays Induction
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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95: A Jewish Doula's 2nd & 3rd Unmedicated Hospital Births
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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94: When Prep & Advocacy Pay Off
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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93: Empowered Induction for Preeclampsia
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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92: A NYC Dancer’s Homebirth
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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91: Arriving at Hospital Just in Time to Push
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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90: A Runner’s Fast Labor
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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89: Loving Laboring at Home Too Much
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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88: An Aussie’s 2nd Unmedicated Hospital Birth
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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87: In Labor at a Seder
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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86: Managing Anxiety with Birth Team Choices
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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85: Will Early Labor Ever End?
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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84: Self-Advocacy When Being Gaslighted
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May 17, 2022 |
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83: Precipitous Pushing: A Doula’s Quick Thinking
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May 10, 2022 |
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82: An Afro-Caribbean Psychotherapist’s Homebirth
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May 03, 2022 |
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81: Breech Belly Birth & Embracing Your Weird
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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80: A Rainbow Breech Baby’s Belly Birth
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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79: Baby Debuts Early to Beat the Pandemic
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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78: A Pelvic PT’s Curve Balls in Pushing
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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77: Transferring Care for a Peaceful Homebirth
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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76: When Your Mom is an L&D Nurse
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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75: Daddy, Catch the Baby on the Sidewalk!
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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74: A NYC Doula's Home VBAC after Cesarean for Breech
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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73: Feeling Heard When Birth Doesn’t Go as Planned
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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72: Gratitude Through a Well-Supported Hospital Induction
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May 25, 2021 |
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71: A Dancer-Trainer’s Waterbirth & Pelvic Recovery
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May 18, 2021 |
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70: Low-Income Folks Deserve Homebirths, Too!
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May 11, 2021 |
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69: Postpartum Anxiety After a Great Birth
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May 04, 2021 |
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68: Care Choices Calm When Complications Come
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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67: A Rainbow Baby’s Unmedicated Birth
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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66: An Opera Singer’s 2 Hypnobirths
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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65: Grief in Growing a Family
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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64: Non-Linear Grief: A Brooklyn Homebirth
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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63: A Black Birth Pro’s Fast 2nd Birth at Home & Tongue Tie
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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62: A Wellness Practitioner’s Early Induction for HELLP Syndrome
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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61: [TTC] A Lesbian Couple's Overlapping IVF Pregnancies
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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60: [TTC] The Fifth Vital Sign: Lisa Hendrickson-Jack on FAM
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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59: [TTC] Reframing a Challenging Vaginal Birth
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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58: [TTC] Fertility Warrior Jasmine Katatikarn on The Artist Mindset to the Fertility Journey (Ep. 58)
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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57: [TTC] IVF for Unexplained Infertility
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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56: [TTC] Fertility doula & 2 IVF birth stories (Pt 2)
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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55: [TTC] Fertility Doula & 2 IVF Birth Stories (Pt 1)
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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54: [TTC] Life and Loss: Shared by a Black Full Spectrum Doula
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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53: [TTC] 2nd IVF with frozen embryo, Homebirth Transfer (Pt 2)
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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52: [TTC] 2nd IVF with frozen embryo, Homebirth Transfer (Pt 1)
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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51: Unexpected Early Induction for Lack of Fetal Movement
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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50: Surprised an Un-Scary Birth: Unfounded Fears
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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49: Arriving Just in Time to Push & Pumping on a Train
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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48: 3 Birth Stories from 1 Mama
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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47: A Black Lactation Counselor’s Fast 1st Hospital Birth
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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46: Sorry, House Hunters, My Water Broke!
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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45: Birth Team Story Circle: Optimal Support, Unmedicated Hospital Birth
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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44: A Psychotherapist's Strategies for Quick Induction w/o Pain Meds
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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43: A Black Mom's Care Team Choices for Baby's Cleft Diagnosis
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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42: A NYC midwife's quick first labor
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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41: Two Induced Births with Hospital Midwives
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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40: [TTC] IVF with Donor Sperm to Homebirth
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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39: A Tale of 2 NYC Homebirths
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May 26, 2020 |
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38: An Epic-Length Labor, Homebirth to Cesarean (Part 2)
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May 19, 2020 |
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37: An Epic-Length Labor, Homebirth to Cesarean (Part 1)
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May 12, 2020 |
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36: Induction for Cholestasis to Cesarean Birth for Fetal Distress
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May 05, 2020 |
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35: Birth During Covid-19: Want Partner? Hurry, Induce!
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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34: Birth During Covid-19: Advocacy for Partner Support
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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33: Virtual Doula Support in the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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32: Trying to Change OBs for Vaginal Breech
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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31: A Parent's Cancer Diagnosis During Pregnancy & Postpartum Anxiety
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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30: Delaying Induction: Self-Advocacy Strategies
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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29: Yoda-Quoting Nurse Helps Support Induction w/o Pain Meds
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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28: A Prenatal Yoga Teacher’s Unmedicated Hospital Birth on Long Island
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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27: Induction w/o Pain Meds for Autoimmune Condition Sjogren’s
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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26: A Pediatric Nurse's 2 Preemie Births with Hospital Midwives
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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25: 911 to Hospital for Unmedicated Birth Inspires Doula Work
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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24: An Attorney's Hospital Induction w/o Pain Meds, with doula support
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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23: A Healing, Unmedicated 2nd Birth with Uber Pool, Ferry, Subways, Trader Joe's & a Chapel
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Feb 04, 2020 |
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22: Induced 2nd Premature Hospital Birth w/o Pain Meds (Part 2)
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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21: Pre-term Labor During Girlfriend Time While Dad's Away (Part 1)
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Jan 21, 2020 |
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20: Unmedicated hospital birth after 3rd Tri Move to Georgia
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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19: NYC Model & Wellness Coach's Unmedicated Birth in Maryland
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Jan 07, 2020 |
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18: Cesarean for Breech & HELLP Syndrome
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Dec 31, 2019 |
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17: A Grumpy Scotsman's Hospital Birth
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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16: Home Birth in the "Upside Down" for 2nd-timer Inspires Doula Work
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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15: Induction for Cholestasis with Doula Support in 1st birth, Switch to Midwife for 2nd
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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14: A NYC Actor's Vocal Work in Birth
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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13: Clubfoot Diagnosis & Early Induction (Pt 2)
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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12: Clubfoot Diagnosis & Early Induction (Pt 1)
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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11: Self-Advocacy in Induced Birth & Breastfeeding
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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10: Singing Baby Down with a Midwife
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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9: Induction w/o Pain Meds & Baby Music Therapy
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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8: A Physician's Perspective on Giving Birth
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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7: Choosing Home Birth for a 2nd Baby
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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6: An Uncomplicated Hospital Birth with Doula Support & Epidural
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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5: Hospital Induction with Doula Support
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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4: When Water Breaks in Birth Class
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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2: Host Lisa's 1st-born's Birth Story
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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3: Host Lisa's 2nd-born's homebirth (Ready, Get Set, CATCH!)
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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1: Welcome to the Birth Matters podcast!
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Sep 06, 2019 |