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Lisa Taylor - Birth Matters NYC Childbirth Education & Labor Support
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S4E136 136: Surrender and Support: 2 Brooklyn Journalists’ Journey into Parenthood
In this episode, it's Karen Yi’s and Kristofer Rios's turn to share their story. As a public radio journalist and a producer of documentaries, they both crave education and information and it shows…
S4E135 135: Untangling Tongue Ties: Early Intervention & Empowering Parents with a Speech Language Pathologist
Our guest today is Rachael Rose, speech-language pathologist and owner of Creative Speech Therapy in Manhattan. We discuss the identification and treatment of tethered oral tissues (TOTs) in infants,…
S4E134 134: When Life Throws Curveballs: Unmedicated Birth after Surprise Layoff & Water Breaks on Babymoon
Anastasiya and Eric share their candid journey to parenthood, from conceiving after long-term birth control and facing a surprise gestational diabetes diagnosis, to navigating a sudden job loss just…
S4E133 133: Taylor Swift, Toilet Time, & the Truth About Labor: Jane’s & Sam’s Story
Jane & Sam, New Yorkers who met in San Francisco, share the story of their unmedicated, physiologic birth attended by midwives in a Manhattan hospital and supported by a doula. A year or so into…
S4E132 132: When Acupuncture Helps & Numbers Don't
Today’s birth story is shared by Aatreyi, a podcast listener who worked with a wonderful doula from East River Doula Collective. She shares her experience navigating pregnancy and birth in New York…
S4E131 131: Joyous Homebirth, False Alarm Hospital Transfer for Placenta
In today's episode, we're joined by Priscilla and Micah, who share their deeply personal journey from miscarriage to a blissful home birth experience. They open up about the challenges of navigating…
S4E130 130: Hypertension Induction w/o Pain Meds for 2nd Birth
Following Michelle’s first baby’s unmedicated hospital birth, which she shared in Episode 86, Michelle is surprised to be told at around 39 weeks that she needs to go straight to the hospital to be…
S4E129 129: White Coat Hypertension: Self-Advocacy for an Unmedicated Birth
In this episode, Liz and Kevin open up about their journey through pregnancy, sharing their firsthand experience with white coat hypertension and the challenges it brought. They discuss the pressures…
S4E128 128: Almost 43 weeks!: A Doula’s Homebirth after Pregnancy Loss
In this episode, we welcome Alaska McFadden—birth doula, childbirth educator, lactation counselor, and occasional home birth midwife assistant—who shares her powerful transition from birthworker to…
S4E127 127: A Faith-Filled Home Waterbirth: Doula Ann’s 2nd Birth
In this episode, Lisa reconnects with Ann Morris—doula, childbirth educator, and mother of two—to hear the powerful story of her second birth: a planned home birth after a positive hospital…
S4E126 126: Vanilla Cream & Led Zeppelin: A Hospital Birth with Midwives
Due to her experience working in Brooklyn hospitals as a social worker, Lindsay chose to work with midwives for a more personalized birthing experience. Her story includes gleaning lots of tips from…
S4E125 125: A VBAC Success Story: The Power of Prep & Support
Today, Donna shares her transformative journey from a first birth experience via C-section to achieving a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) with her second child. She describes her extensive…
S4E124 124: Rachel’s VBA2C: A Black Mother and Advocate’s Path to Doula Work
In this episode, Rachel, a mother of three boys, a doula, and a passionate advocate for maternal health shares her transformative journey through her three pregnancies and births. She details the…
S4E123 123: [TTC] IVF to Fast, Unmedicated Hospital Birth
Today Bea shares her perinatal journey from dealing with unexpected infertility and IVF to the whirlwind experience of a fast labor and delivery. She discusses the realities of fertility treatments…
S4E122 122: From 2 C-Sections to VBA2C Success: The VBAC Link with Meagan Heaton
Today's episode is a combination of 3 birth stories and then a chat with a fellow birth worker named Meagan Heaton, co-founder of The VBAC Link. She's going to share a little bit about her three…
S4E121 121: Finding Her Voice in a VBAC
Seanna had a traumatic first birth in 2020. It was an emergency cesarean in 2020 in which she felt completely unempowered. In her 2nd pregnancy, she makes many different decisions in hopes to have a…
S4E120 120: What’s Gentle Cesarean Birth?
Today NYC obstetricians Drs. Worth & Mussalli chat with Lisa to discuss all the ins and outs of gentle cesarean as well as the different medical indications for a c-section. They also compare and…
S4E119 119: Rapid Arrival: An Unmedicated Hospital Birth After Switch to Midwife
Upper West Sider Diana wanted an unmedicated birth and prepared by hiring doulas and switching from a large OB practice to a hospital midwife in an OB practice that she felt much more comfortable…
S4E118 118: Water Breaks Early, Preemie in NICU: Chantal’s story
Today we welcome new mom, Chantal. Previously diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome, Chantal expected getting pregnant to take a while, so getting pregnant on the first try came as a surprise.…
S4E117 117: Is Homebirth Safe? w/ Sorayya Kassamali Rickicki
Today you’ll hear from one of the two homebirth midwives that was highlighted and praised in the last episode. Our guest today is Sorayya Kassamali Rickicki, a New York City-based home birth midwife…
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