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On Birthful, working doula and former journalist Adriana Lozada talks pregnancy, birth and postpartum with top experts and new parents. Every episode distills the overload of pregnancy information down to the most relevant and useful stuff. Adriana Lozada is a mom, author, speaker, birth doula, postpartum educator, and healthy-sleep consultant. Visit Birthful.com. Please note: Adriana has years of experience but she's not a doctor, and does not expect anyone to treat the show like medical advice. Please always consult with your care provider. This show does not dispense medical advice.

9 Most Badass Birth Moments (From Adriana’s Doula Career)

64 hours 17 mins; January 07, 2025

[Birth Stories] Triumphant Vaginal Birth of Twins Despite Preeclampsia and Triggering Interventions, with Michelle Rose

59 mins; December 17, 2024

[Birth Stories] Four Days After Her Water Broke and Still No Labor – Now What?!, with Sivan Dirks

57 mins; December 11, 2024

[Birth Stories] Celebrating Our 10 Years With Adriana’s Birth Story!

39 mins; December 03, 2024

[Birth Stories] Weaving Together Four Unmedicated Births to Reveal Her Authentic Self, with Ujarak Appadoo

71 hours 26 mins; November 26, 2024

[Birth Stories] A Scheduled Surgical Birth and a Home VBAC: Both Based on Her Intuition, with Jessica Pinney

47 mins; November 20, 2024

[Birth Stories] Knowing All Was Well Despite Seven Hours of Pushing, with Tabitha DeLorio

54 mins; November 12, 2024

[Birth Stories] Getting Baby to Flip From Breech With an ECV for a Flowing Vaginal Birth, with Kaitlin Moore

57 mins; November 05, 2024

[Birth Stories] Fast Homebirths and Liminal Spaces With a Pregnant Funeral Director, with Anna Walsh

46 mins; October 29, 2024

[Birth Stories] Creating a Beautiful Birth Experience Despite 5 Days of Interventions, with Olivia Styons

52 mins; October 23, 2024

[Birth Stories] An Intentionally Unassisted Birth After Three Hospital Births, with Kemeera Nimahat

57 mins; October 15, 2024

[Birth Stories] Can You Even Prepare for Baby Hiccupping While Crowning?!, with Danielle Fetty-Lovell

53 mins; October 09, 2024

[Birth Stories] An Unexpectedly Unassisted Blissful Breech Birth, with Toni Shama

39 mins; October 01, 2024

[Birth Stories] When Place-Of-Birth Policies Keep You Thinking Instead of Birthing, with Emily Salahuddin

64 hours 0 mins; September 24, 2024

[Birth Stories] Two Non-Epidural Inductions: With and Without the Fetal Ejection Reflex, with Meredith Finch

60 hours 30 mins; September 18, 2024

[Birth Stories] From Traumatic Cesarean to Healing (and Fast!) VBAC, with Morgan Moy

55 mins; September 10, 2024

Connecting with Your Baby in Utero through Song, with Penny Simkin

50 mins; September 03, 2024

[Birth Stories] How Birth Took Her to Her Edge When She Least Expected It, with Vanessa Janek

52 mins; August 28, 2024

Insider Tips From a Labor and Delivery Nurse, with Mandy Irby

63 hours 34 mins; August 21, 2024

[Birth Stories] When the Curveballs Come Before and After the Birth, with Mandy Alexander

53 mins; August 14, 2024

How Will You Show Up At Your Birth?, with Shalome Stone

54 mins; August 07, 2024

[Birth Stories] The Power of Having A Strong Advocate When Her Plans Derailed, Tara Langsdorf

70 hours 42 mins; July 31, 2024

How Your Birth Plan Impacts Your Birth Experience, with Stephanie Mitchell

37 mins; July 24, 2024

[Birth Stories] How She Prepared Differently to Avoid Another Managed Birth, with Danielle Ford

55 mins; July 17, 2024

Birth Principles: Enhance Your Birth Plan!, with Jessie Harrold

50 mins; July 10, 2024

How to Set Up Your Childcare Options to Include Community Care, with Leslie Borrell

45 mins; July 02, 2024

How to Have a Great Hospital Birth, with Adriana Lozada

11 mins; June 27, 2024

Milk Your Lactation Benefits!, with Adriana Lozada

16 mins; June 26, 2024

How to Organize Truly Helpful Postpartum Support From Your Friends and Family, with Michelle Peterson

37 mins; June 18, 2024

[Birth Stories] Leaning Into Peer Support After Her Unplanned Surgical Birth, with Dr. Amber Thornton

51 mins; June 12, 2024

Why You Deserve Professional Postpartum Support (And How to Afford It!), with Kaitlin McGreyes

48 mins; June 05, 2024

[Postpartum Stories] When Anxiety and Panic Come Out of Nowhere, Kayla Sanmiguel

50 mins; May 29, 2024

Working with HR to Maximize Your Employee Benefits for Postpartum, Katy Dahl

42 mins; May 22, 2024

[Birth Stories] Fast Birth, Hard Postpartum

50 mins; May 15, 2024

What You Need To Plan Your Parental Leave, with Arianna Taboada

55 mins; May 07, 2024

[Birth Stories] How She Confidently and Calmly Gave Birth in a Moving Car, Laura Loos

41 mins; May 03, 2024

How Your Baby Helps During the Birthing Process, with Adriana Lozada

16 mins; April 30, 2024

[Birth Stories] How She Reframed Birth Toward Pleasure and Let Her Power Flow, with Maya Ehnat

59 mins; April 26, 2024

How to Bring More Pleasure and Joy Into Your Birth (And Why It Makes a Difference!), with Debra Pascali-Bonaro

54 mins; April 23, 2024

[Birth Story] How Harnessing Her Birth Hormones Allowed Her to Forgo an Induction, Danellia Arechiga

31 mins; April 19, 2024

Helping Your Mammalian Body (and Baby!) Have an Easier and More Connected Birth, with Dr. Sarah Buckley

50 mins; April 16, 2024

[Birth Stories] How Her Goals of “No Epidural and No Whining” Helped Her Befriend the Labor Pain, with Celeste and Claudiu Bancos

37 mins; April 12, 2024

The Purpose of Childbirth Pain, with Rhea Dempsey

47 mins; April 09, 2024

[Birth Stories] Birth Is as Mental and Emotional as It Is Physical, with Megan Othling

66 hours 42 mins; April 05, 2024

Getting Comfortable With the Intimate Nature of Birth, with Nekole Malia Shapiro

52 mins; April 02, 2024

[Birth Stories] So Was It a Waterbirth?, with Hailey McHone

40 mins; March 29, 2024

Transformation Through The Holistic Stages of Birth (Part Two), with Whapio Diane Bartlett

44 mins; March 26, 2024

Transformation Through The Holistic Stages of Birth (Part One), with Whapio Diane Bartlett

50 mins; March 22, 2024

Best of Birthful: Why Pushing Too Early Might Affect the Baby and You, with , with Whapio Diane Bartlett

23 mins; March 19, 2024

Best of Birthful: How an Anxious Mind Impacts You During Pregnancy, with Parijat Deshpande

30 mins; March 15, 2024

Best of Birthful: How a Baby’s Position Impacts Labor, with Gail Tully

30 mins; March 12, 2024

[Birth Stories] Unprepared for a Fast-Starting Labor and a Surprisingly Hard Recovery, with Erin Patterson

54 mins; March 08, 2024

Have a Happier Pelvic Floor (and a Happier You!) During Pregnancy, with Lindsay McCoy

49 mins; March 05, 2024

[Birth Stories] How She Got Through a Week of Prodromal Labor by Embracing It, with Adriana Aleman Crane

36 mins; March 01, 2024

Understanding Acupuncture From a Physiological Lens (and Why You Shouldn’t Fear the Needles!), with Patrick Boswell

60 hours 3 mins; February 27, 2024

[Postpartum Stories] Coming to Terms With the Baby She Got, with Victoria Wilson

52 mins; February 23, 2024

How to Sleep Better While Pregnant, with Mar De Carlo

46 mins; February 20, 2024

[Birth Stories] Can You Wait to Push Until the Doctor Arrives?, with Alyssa Jennings

58 mins; February 16, 2024

How Prenatal Yoga Can Help Protect Your Energy (And Why This Is Important!), with Abigail Lauren Geller

49 mins; February 13, 2024

[Birth Stories] Discovering that a Breech Vaginal Birth was Possible for Her, with Anya Cutler

52 mins; February 09, 2024

Have an Easier Pregnancy (and Birth!) With Chiropractic Care, with Dr. Elliot Berlin

42 mins; February 06, 2024

[Birth Stories] How She Navigated a Long Birth While Waiting for Her Support Team to Arrive, with Julia Cooper

54 mins; February 02, 2024

Can Exercise During Pregnancy Make Labor Harder?, Deb Flashenberg

52 mins; January 30, 2024

[Birth Stories] No Matter How You Birth, You’re a Badass, with Lauren Horton

52 mins; January 26, 2024

Tackling Pregnancy Discomforts Through Movement and Alignment, with Molly Deutschbein

58 mins; January 23, 2024

Eight Questions to Ask Your Care Provider (Especially in Your Second Trimester!), with Adriana Lozada

11 mins; January 19, 2024

If Pregnancy Becomes Medically Complicated: Working With a Maternal Fetal Medicine Physician, with Dr. Loralei Thornburg

43 mins; January 16, 2024

[Birth Stories] Unlocking Her Dream Birth by Valuing Her Intuition (And Switching Care Providers!), with Margot Strauhull

53 mins; January 12, 2024

Why Your Team Isn’t Complete Without a Doula, with Sabia Wade

55 mins; January 09, 2024

[Birth Stories] Why It Was Still a Party Despite the 30 Hours of Persistent Back Pain, with Laurel Gourrier

38 mins; January 05, 2024

Why A Midwife Might Be Just What You Need, with Melissa Cheyney

53 mins; January 02, 2024

[Birth Stories] Why Having an Audience Stalled Her Birth, with Heather Lauf

55 mins; December 29, 2023

What You Need to Know About Obstetricians (Obs), with Dr. Stuart Fischbein

49 mins; December 26, 2023

[Birth Stories] Why It Mattered That Her Team Prioritized Her Emotional Safety, with Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo

35 mins; December 22, 2023

How to Know if You and Your Provider Are Truly a Good Fit, with Dr. Brad Bootstaylor

42 mins; December 19, 2023

[Birth Stories] Pivoting From Wanting an Immediate Epidural to an Unmedicated VBAC Over Four Births, with Mariah Robinson

64 hours 46 mins; December 15, 2023

Why Choosing The Right Care Provider is Crucial for Your Pregnancy, with Robin Elise Weiss

36 mins; December 12, 2023

[Birth Stories] How Nutrition Was Key for Her “Mission: Make a Small Baby,” with Jessica Bower

55 mins; December 08, 2023

Reducing Anxiety Around Pregnancy Weight Gain and Nutrition, with Mama Natural Genevieve Howland

42 mins; December 05, 2023

Ways to Deal With Morning Sickness—Whether It’s Mild or Debilitating, with Adriana Lozada

11 mins; December 01, 2023

What Does Your Poop Have to Do With Your Baby’s Microbiome?, with Dr. Anne Estes

39 mins; November 28, 2023

[Birth Stories] How She Proactively Avoided Having Another Traumatic Birth, with Toni DeAztlan Smith

50 mins; November 24, 2023

How to Tap Into the Nourishing Power of Herbs During Pregnancy and Postpartum, with Kathleen Mugnolo

59 mins; November 21, 2023

[Birth Stories] A Nourished Pregnancy, Flowing Birth, and Jarring Postpartum, with Chelsy Arnett

35 mins; November 17, 2023

Do You Really Need To Stop Eating Sushi?, with Lily Nichols

55 mins; November 14, 2023

Why an OB/GYN Chose to Have a Homebirth, with Dr. Amali Lokugamage

27 mins; November 07, 2023

Is Homebirth for You?, with Robina Khalid

40 mins; October 31, 2023

[Birth Stories] How She Embraced Physiology to Avoid Pushing for Three Hours Again, with April Teel

53 mins; October 24, 2023

Cesarean Risk: What’s Your Place of Birth Got to Do With It?, with Dr. Neel Shah

34 mins; October 17, 2023

[Birth Stories] How Focusing On Her Birth Vision Led To Her Dream Hospital Birth, with Jenny Murphy

41 mins; October 10, 2023

Know What You’re Up Against When Giving Birth at a Hospital, with Dr. Mimi Niles

41 mins; October 03, 2023

Exploring Your Options of Where to Give Birth, with Adriana Lozada

11 mins; September 26, 2023

What You Need to Know About Birth Models (Birth What?), with Robbie Davis-Floyd

37 mins; September 19, 2023

[Birth Stories] How Flexibility Helped Her Flow Through Relentless Contractions, with Sarah Winward

40 mins; September 12, 2023

What Cultural Ideals Will Shape Your Birth Experience?, with Britta Bushnell

56 mins; September 05, 2023

[Birth Stories] Wonderful Water Birth with Strong Fetal Ejection Reflex, with Michelle Onaka

56 mins; August 29, 2023

[Birth Stories] Prodromal... and Fantastic?!

38 mins; August 22, 2023

[Birth Stories] Home Birth After Two Cesareans, With Castor Oil and a Location Twist, with Alison Spath

47 mins; August 15, 2023

[Birth Stories] Birth: Not as Bad as Hiking the Machu Picchu Trail, with Shelley Wylie

65 hours 14 mins; August 08, 2023

[Birth Stories] A Glorious Vaginal Birth After Cesarean, with Kally McConnell

44 mins; August 01, 2023

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