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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 ad ...
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Welcome to the Dubai Dad Podcast Comedian. Salman Qureshi shares his journey and insights into life as a father to baby Zayan. Tips, tricks and experiences count for nothing but you might enjoy the stories.
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Recovery in the Middle Ages - Two Middle-Aged Suburban Dads Talk About Recovering From Addiction to Drugs & Alcohol.
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Mike and Nat are two middle-aged suburban dads wrestling with addiction and recovery while trying to juggle home life, work, and staying sober. Listen as they discuss current topics in the recovery community including 12 Step, alternative addiction recovery and the newest medical research . Listen to the guys talk about their daily struggle to maintain their recovery and anonymity in the world of soccer moms and PTA meetings. If the neighbors only knew...
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Hosted by Elsie @birthingathome_a.doula and co-creator of @homebirthvictoria || Sharing incredible birth stories from births at home around Australia and the world. Also sharing partner and midwife stories. Using the power of story telling, this podcast will hopefully empower, inspire, and motivate.
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Animals and Aquatics is the podcast for occupational therapy providers who are passionate about a career outside the box. It's where we go behind the scenes and take a deep dive into the world of incorporating animals and aquatics into authentic occupational therapy sessions.We are obsessed with helping you elevate your interventions and get one step closer to starting your dream career.We are a husband and wife, mama and dad to three littles, COTA and OT, and business partners. Each episode ...
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15+ audio stories. 'Of Course 'BJ' stands for Barry Jones' is out now.
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Mission: To create a time and space for Spoonies to feel seen, believed, loved and supported. Host Crystal Chavez lives with fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Many women desire to reconnect with their body and natural instincts through the entire perinatal period, including natural birth. Unfortunately, the American culture (and most mainstream cultures) do not teach young women about any natural ways to care for their bodies and, in fact, teach that the body and childbirth cannot be trusted. In this podcast by Rachel Mans, Doula and The NaturalBirth Site, co-hosted by Tiffany Muniz, we explore all aspects of natural, physiological birth, as well ...
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[Birth Stories] Fast Homebirths and Liminal Spaces With a Pregnant Funeral Director, with Anna Walsh
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If birth and death are liminal bookends to our human experience, what conversations emerge as a pregnant funeral director is attended by a grieving midwife? Anna Walsh shares the story of her two fast births, and how she felt safe, heard, and respected as she transferred to the hospital for a retained placenta after her first birth (and cheered the…
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First time dad supporting homebirth || Tom's experience supporting birth at home (South Australia)
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Hello! I would love to hear what your fave part of the ep was. Send me a msg by clicking here :) In this episode of Partner's Supporting Homebirth, Tom from South Australia shares his experience supporting his wife Chloe (Episode 39) during the home birth of their daughter Matilda. Tom shares his initial fears and biases about home birth, the resea…
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[Birth Stories] Creating a Beautiful Birth Experience Despite 5 Days of Interventions
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Can a chaotic labor with a myriad of interventions for preeclampsia and several failed epidurals be a positive experience? Olivia Styons shares with Adriana the hard pivots she and her team had to make and how crucial it was for her to speak up for her needs - from getting a shower to holding her premature baby for a few minutes - to resiliently tu…
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Homebirth after a positive hospital birth, alpha-thalassemia, long placenta birth & impact of COVID restrictions || Joey's birth of Avery at home (Australian Capital Territory)
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Hello! I would love to hear what your fave part of the ep was. Send me a msg by clicking here :) This is episode 53, and today we hear from Joey in Canberra. Joey is a physio and mum to two boys, Bellamy who she very almost had a homebirth with and Avery, who she did birth at home. Joey shares with us her journey with Bellamy and we reflect on why …
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[Birth Stories] An Intentionally Unassisted Birth After Three Hospital Births, with Kemeera Nimahat
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Doula and perinatal dance instructor Kemeera Nimahat has given birth four times and is the self-proclaimed queen of ignoring early labor. She shares with Adriana how tuning into her intuition has been pivotal in deciding where and with whom to give birth (she switched from homebirth to hospital for her first) and the deep work she did in preparatio…
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[Birth Stories] Can You Even Prepare for Baby Hiccupping While Crowning?!, with Danielle Fetty-Lovell
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Danielle Fetty-Lovell has been through a lot in her births! But probably the most unexpected moment was when her first daughter had the hiccups while she was crowning for a really long time (making it both comical and excruciating). She shares with Adriana how being deeply focused on her labor meant that she didn’t care they got her dilation wrong …
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[Birth Stories] An Unexpectedly Unassisted Blissful Breech Birth, with Toni Shama
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Toni Shama’s first birth asked for movement, and her third birth asked for much vocalization. Her second birth, however, asked for tons of intimacy with her husband. She shares with Adriana how when they fueled that passion, labor became so fast they barely had a chance to call their midwife before their baby was born. And how if any of them had kn…
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Reviewing "The US of AA" & Rethinking Addiction One STEP at a Time
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Episode 140: The US of AA, Rethinking Addiction One Step at a Time In this long-awaited episode of RMA, we give our take on Joe Miller's 2017 book, US of AA: How the Twelve Steps Hijacked the Science of Alcoholism. We discuss AA’s influence on addiction treatment and its implications for health policy, exploring the complex interplay between scienc…
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[Birth Stories] When Place-Of-Birth Policies Keep You Thinking Instead of Birthing, with Emily Salahuddin
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Emily Salahuddin set out to have an unmedicated birth at a birth center, but trying to remain within the risk boundaries of that facility turned into an all-consuming mind game, bringing with it an onslaught of non-medical interventions. Ironically, it was after being transferred to the hospital that she was able to have a more hands-off experience…
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[Birth Stories] Two Non-Epidural Inductions: With and Without the Fetal Ejection Reflex, with Meredith Finch
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Given that Pitocin contractions can be so intense, most people who have inductions also tend to have epidurals – but not Meredith Finch! Listen as she shares with Adriana how her preparation, flexibility, the crucial support from her husband and her doula, and a profound emotional release with her careprovider helped her through her two inductions,…
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[Birth Stories] From Traumatic Cesarean to Healing (and Fast!) VBAC, with Morgan Moy
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What’s more stressful: a panic attack right before a surgical birth that takes your breath away and leaves you with memory gaps, or your baby’s shoulders getting stuck on the pubic bone after the head is out and needing a manual placental extraction? For today’s birth story, doula, lactation specialist, and childbirth educator Morgan Moy shares wit…
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Connecting with Your Baby in Utero through Song, with Penny Simkin
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Figuring out a newborn’s needs can be tricky, and sometimes a baby will cry no matter what you do. Wouldn’t it be great to have a tool to help you automatically soothe your child? One that also reduces your stress? Join Adriana in this In Memoriam episode, as she revisits her conversation with the renowned Penny Simkin to discuss the profound impac…
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Fieldwork Lessons from an Experienced COTA
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Send us a text In this episode, we kick off our back-to-school series by talking with Kim Meaney, a seasoned Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) and current master's student in occupational therapy. Kim shares her unique journey from being a COTA to returning to school for her Master's degree in OT. She provides valuable insights into b…
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Choosing homebirth after abortion and misscarriage, anxiety, having a PPH & secondary PPH and bicornuate uterus and why homebirth is amazing || Sam's birth of Archie at home (New South Wales)
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Hello! I would love to hear what your fave part of the ep was. Send me a msg by clicking here :) Epsiode 52 is shared by Sam from NSW who tells her huge vulnerable, honest, and beautiful story of how her homebirth baby boy, Archie came to be. Sam’s story starts in her 20’s where, alike many women, she chose to have an abortion, partly influenced by…
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[Birth Stories] How Birth Took Her to Her Edge When She Least Expected It, with Vanessa Janek
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A former labor and delivery nurse and childbirth educator, Vanessa Janek thought she knew what to expect from birth. Going into it, she was a bit leery of transition… but nothing could really prepare her for the exhaustion, fear, and overwhelm she felt when contractions went away, just after she got to 10 cms. She shares with Adriana how she was ab…
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Homebirth at 17 years old & becoming a homebirth midwife - chatting with Abbey the midwife from Western Australia
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Hello! I would love to hear what your fave part of the ep was. Send me a msg by clicking here :) In this month midwife story episode, I chat with the amazing Abbey who is a midwife in Western Australia. The story to how Abbey found homebirth for her own 2 children is amazing, and as she goes on, you can tell, she was destined to be a homebirth midw…
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Jess's experience with the cascade of interventions with the hospital birth of Matilda (2020), choosing freebirth with Edith (2022) and the planned freebirth turned hospital birth of Angus (2024) + GDM ...
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Hello! I would love to hear what your fave part of the ep was. Send me a msg by clicking here :) In episode 51, Jess from the Northern Territory shares the births of Matilda (hospital), Edith (freebirth) and Angus (freebirth > hospital transfer). After years of trying, Jess finally became pregnant through IVF with her 1st baby Matilda, and gave bir…
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Homebirth dad of 4 babies born at home shares his experience || Dan's experience supporting birth at home (Queensland)
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Hello! I would love to hear what your fave part of the ep was. Send me a msg by clicking here :) This is another episode in the partners supporting birth at home series, and today Dan, husband of Rosie who shared her birth at home stories in episode 43, shares his experience. As dad to 4 baby’s all born at home, it was great to get some insight int…
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Insider Tips From a Labor and Delivery Nurse, with Mandy Irby
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Even though you may not have met them before, labor and delivery nurses are an essential part of your hospital birth team. In this episode, Registered L&D Nurse Mandy Irby talks with Adriana about why nurses may love and hate birth plans, how to navigate triage, the difference between hospital rules and body rules, why IV sticks can be so tricky, t…
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Back to the Basics: Updates from the Animals and Aquatics Podcast
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Send us a text In this catch-up episode, your host Gina returns to the Animals and Aquatics podcast after a summer break, sharing updates on her personal and professional life. The episode dives into three main areas: education in occupational therapy, providing therapy services in a non-traditional setting, and coaching professionals. I will be di…
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2 homebirths, long labours, being a midwife, echogenic foci on the liver & the 50th birth story! || Georgia's birth of Amelie (2021) and Ellidy (2023) at home (Victoria)
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Hello! I would love to hear what your fave part of the ep was. Send me a msg by clicking here :) Episode 50!!! In this ep Georgia from Victoria, a nurse, midwife and mum to Amelie & Ellidy shares her two homebirth stories! Georgia shares with us her journey to homebirth before being a midwife, and her journey with Elidy as a midwife. She shares abo…
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"Migraine Brains Love Consistency"
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Last time on ‘Chronic’ –we heard from Karen McGuire who lives with vestibular migraine. Vestibular migraine may include headaches with symptoms such as vertigo, nausea and vomiting. Karen has soo many questions about why she got this diagnosis and what she can do to manage her symptoms. I promised her I would try my best to find her some answers. A…
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[Birth Stories] When the Curveballs Come Before and After the Birth, with Mandy Alexander
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Mandy Alexander got pregnant at 40, having had bariatric surgery 7 years before that. During what she describes as her ‘bariatric-geriatric’ pregnancy, she worked through her fear of childbirth and ended up with the unmedicated and collaborative birth experience she was looking for. However, breastfeeding was a whole other beast. Mandy was prepared…
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First time mum, preparing for homebirth and motherhood || Asa's birth of Zoe at home (Northern Territory)
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Hello! I would love to hear what your fave part of the ep was. Send me a msg by clicking here :) Episode 49 and the first Northern Territory episode is shared by Asa, a first time mum who shares her beautiful experience with the birth of her daughter Zoe. What is also special about her story is that with the Defense Force, she was able to claim her…
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How Will You Show Up At Your Birth?, with Shalome Stone
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Here’s the thing about preparing for birth: you can read all the books, take all the classes, listen to all the podcasts, set up a dream birth team, but no amount of preparation will get the birthing done for you. Shalome Stone tells Adriana why pregnancy is the ideal time for doing the inner work that will allow you to step up and own your birth a…
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