Did Gina get her Homebirth VBAC? Way back last year in episode 21 (link this) I interviewed Gina Giordano about the homebirth cesarean of her daughter. Gina was pregnant with baby number two and preparing for what she hoped would be a homebirth VBAC...

A birth story including nutrition, exercise, fertility, pregnancy fitness and of course a birth! I chat with Tatiana Amico about how a simple squat (ok, maybe not so simple when you are in labor!) affected her birth experience. Tatiana is a mom to two...

You probably love reading some other moms’ writings. Birth stories, the trials and tribulations of motherhood, the funny stuff, the poignant, the very, very sad. And you the mom, you have stories you want to remember. You hope to write that birth...

Birth in Sweden. Birth globally. Birth is a human rights issue. In Sweden, where I live and work, there is a crisis in maternity care happening right now. Pregnant women want to know how it affects them. Families are sad, confused, anxious and upset...

Sleeping like a baby the saying goes. But what if you get a baby that doesn’t sleep very much at night? What if you are suffering from lack of sleep? Sleep training has a negative connotation to many of us. Courtney Landin is mom to a baby who cried...

Rebozo techiniques to use during pregnancy, birth andpostpartum,midwives and doulas working together and supportingpregnant momsduring a prolonged first stage of labor. Mix in amimosa and somedancing and trip to the spa and you’ve got my dayone of...

Mariana Ruiz was literally upside down at 10 cm for 10 hours waiting to give her premature baby another steroid shot to mature her young lungs. Waiting to be allowed to push, toggling between guilt for her need to push and guilt for not following...

Men in the birth room. What exactly are these Dads supposed to do to help childbirth along?  Connect to her! Connect to the woman they love. Be there for her. Be present for her. It starts during pregnancy. It can start before that! Mark Harris...

Birth usually goes differently than we imagined. And sometimes our own birth story is hard to love. Even for a doula. Gina Giordano is a mom to a five year old who was born by homebirth cesarean. She has done a lot to heal and integrate that...

What drives us to do what we do? How do we get it all done? What about when it feels impossible? Or like it didn't go as we had planned? Robin Lim shares something positive for everyone in short interview live at the Midwifery Today conference:...