Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

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356: Top Tips for Creating Comfort and Pain Management in Labor with Sara Lyon Nov 16, 2021

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What can you do to ease pain (or sensation) during labor and birth?

Today’s interview with Sara Lyon, birthing expert, doula, founder of Glow Birth & Body, author of “The Birth Deck” and “You’ve Got This: Your Guide to Getting Comfortable with Labor” and mother of 2 (both home births), breaks down techniques for creating comfort during the labor and birth experience.

We also talk about how partners can get involved and help.

Sara shares the 4 categories of support: general, movement, massage and mind. Plus we discuss the experience of “crisis of confidence.” And how key birth affirmations can be.

Things we talk about in this episode: massage therapy, effects of adrenaline on the body, types of support and techniques for pain management, fear during birth, affirmations, mindfulness techniques, how birth is like a marathon

Links:

Sara’s website: www.thebirthdeck.com
Sara’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebirthdeck/
Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098GVJ9KL?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
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355: HOME BIRTH STORY - Choosing Home Birth as an Evidence-Based Minded Person Plus Letting Go, Accepting Pain and Being Patient with Shira Page Nov 09, 2021

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Can you over prepare intellectually for birth?

This is a topic that comes up in our interview with Shira Page, NP and CLC.

According to Shira, when it came to her first birth:

“I had been planning to deliver at home my entire life because my mom gave birth to my brother at home. We did Bradley, I read all the books, watched all the documentaries, and listened to DIAH non-stop. My labor at home was over 40 hours of nonstop stabbing back pain and non-progressive labor. We went to the hospital to get morphine and sleep and returned home to continue to try to labor. After another day at home doing all the things, we transferred to get an epidural. The hospital experience was okay but still had a lot of moments where I felt decisions were taken from me. I felt that I over-prepared intellectually and didn't focus on letting go, accepting pain, and being patient.”

We talk about the details of her first birth, then details of her second, including some of her postpartum and breastfeeding journey.

Things we talk about in this episode: La Leche League, Business of Being Born, co-care model, Bradley Method, hospital transfer, mental preparation, prodromal labor, postpartum trauma and anxiety and placenta removal

Links:

Shira’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dyadsupport/
Shira’s website: www.DyadSupport.com
Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098GVJ9KL?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
DIAH website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
DIAH Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv
DIAH Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingitathome/
DIAH YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGoKeBfEZ143sWU7V9I5Gdg
DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
DIAH Merch: https://bit.ly/3qhwgAe
Donate to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9

354: Optimal Nutrition for Preconception, Pregnancy and Postpartum with Needed co-founder Ryan Woodbury Nov 05, 2021

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How do you know if your prenatal vitamin measures up? When should you start taking a prenatal vitamin? When should you stop? Can a man take a prenatal vitamin?

These are all such great questions when it comes to optimizing your health and nutritional needs during preconception, pregnancy and postpartum.

In today’s sponsored episode, we’re speaking with Ryan Woodbury, co-founder of Needed, a nutrition company working to optimally nourish families before, during and after pregnancy.

Things we talk about in this episode: the quality of majority of prenatal vitamins out on the market and how they measure up when it comes to providing necessary nutrients, the standards for prenatal vitamins, Needed’s prenatal options and what they offer, other essential nutrients like omega-3, protein, and microbiome support, perinatal nutrition for men, sperm health - just to name a few topics!

Links:

Visit Needed and use the code DIAH to get 20% off your order: https://bit.ly/2DuMBxP
Needed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/needed/
Episode with Julie Sawaya of Needed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doing-it-at-home/id1153134918?i=1000490429003
Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098GVJ9KL?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
DIAH website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
DIAH Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv
DIAH Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingitathome/
DIAH YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGoKeBfEZ143sWU7V9I5Gdg
DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
DIAH Merch: https://bit.ly/3qhwgAe
Donate to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9

353: HOME BIRTH STORY - The Healing and Life-Changing Power of Birth with Abby Marks Nov 02, 2021

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Why choose home birth?

This is a question we almost always ask in our interviews. Everyone has their own unique story and reasoning.

In our conversation with Abby Marks, she shares the journey of what felt like “giving power away” and not questioning any of the process in preparation for her first birth. Then changing plans and looking at things differently when it came to her second birth.

We also talk about how her work as a doula, childbirth educator and midwife assistant has influenced her own experiences. And she’s pregnant with her third baby at the time of this interview, planning for her upcoming birth!

Things we talk about in this episode: hospital birth, switching to home birth, when your husband was born at home and your mother-in-law is a midwife, fears around safety of home birth, education and building confidence for birth, the experience of pain in birth, the labor denial

Links:

Abby’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbyemarks/
Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098GVJ9KL?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
Our website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingitathome/
DIAH YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGoKeBfEZ143sWU7V9I5Gdg
DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
DIAH Merch: https://bit.ly/3qhwgAe
Donate to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9

352: Practicing Midwifery to Honor the Mystery of Pregnancy and the Magic of Birth with Dr. Nathan Riley, OBGYN (REBROADCAST) Oct 26, 2021

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How can care providers and patients work together to create greater understanding and better outcomes for mothers and babies?

This is a question we found ourselves asking throughout our conversation with Dr. Nathan Riley, OBGYN. We’ve been in contact with Dr. Nathan for a bit and it was an incredible honor to have him on the show. This is the first kind of conversation like this on the show. It’s a deep and powerful discussion around the current culture around birth and where the opportunities lie to have “whole person care.” As a physician and a male, Dr. Nathan brings a perspective and approach that you’re not used to seeing or hearing about. For example, he shares how midwifery has influenced his practice and how he interacts with patients. Plus the experience of physicians in their years of schooling and training - how the burnout, expectations and highly monetized business world of medicine affects them and how they treat patients.

Dr. Nathan also shares some tips for those birthing in the hospital or transferring from home to hospital in how you can move forward powerfully in the situation to communicate and advocate for yourself.

And get this - Dr. Nathan and his wife Stephanie are expecting their first baby! So we talk about their birthing plans and how his knowledge and experience play a part in the process.

Links:

Dr. Nathan Riley Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nathanrileyobgyn/
Dr. Nathan Riley website: https://www.belovedholistics.com/
Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098GVJ9KL?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
Our website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingitathome/
DIAH YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGoKeBfEZ143sWU7V9I5Gdg
DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
DIAH Merch: https://bit.ly/3qhwgAe
Donate to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9

351: HOME BIRTH STORY - Two Confident and Fearless Home Births and the Importance of Doing Your Homework with Emily Stanwyck Oct 19, 2021

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When it comes to birth, what does it mean to “do your homework?”

This is a big theme of our conversation with Emily Stanwyck, birth doula, Birthfit trainer and home birth mom of 2.

According to Emily, “you can have 2 perfect home births when you do your homework!”

We talk about what this means for her not only as a doula but as a mother. Plus details of both of her home births, addressing the fear of the unknown and talking about the really uncomfortable things that can come up around birth and having a “why” around your birth.

Things we talk about in this episode: birth partner asking questions and feeling confident in their role, doing your homework in prep for home birth, connection of birth and death, letting go during labor, feeling confident in your body and birth, fetal ejection reflex, having a postpartum plan

Links:

Emily’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilystanwyck/
Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098GVJ9KL?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
Our website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingitathome/
DIAH YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGoKeBfEZ143sWU7V9I5Gdg
DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
DIAH Merch: https://bit.ly/3qhwgAe
Donate to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9

350: HOME BIRTH STORY: The 40-Hour Home Birth That Almost Wasn't with Josephine Breen Oct 12, 2021

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How can you utilize the power and intention of prayer for your birth?

Regardless of your faith, setting intentions for your birth experience can be a big part of preparation for the experience.

Today’s guest, Josephine Breen, weaves her faith into her birth story of her daughter Myriam. Josephine was born at home, and always remembers her mother being positive and open around the topic of birth. Then at 12 years old, Josephine got to witness the birth of her sister.

Josephine walks us through her pregnancy and birth, including a lot of the curve balls thrown in along the way.

Things we talk about in this episode: military family, being born at home yourself and then choosing home birth to have your children, education for your birth partner, preeclampsia, membrane sweeps, power of prayer, long labor without a lot of sleep, cervical lip, fetal ejection reflex, having community to support you, letting go when labor gets hard

Links:

Josephine’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/magdalenarobes/
Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler: https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Charge-Your-Fertility-Anniversary/dp/0062326031
Fertile Ground by Laura S. Jansson: https://www.amazon.com/Fertile-Ground-Pilgrimage-through-Pregnancy/dp/1944967605
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin: https://www.amazon.com/Ina-Mays-Guide-Childbirth-Gaskin/dp/0553381156
Secrets of the Baby Whisperer by Tracy Hogg: https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Baby-Whisperer-Connect-Communicate/dp/0345479092
Evidence Based Birth: evidencebasedbirth.com
Aviva Romm: avivaromm.com
Our website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diahpodcast/
DIAH YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGoKeBfEZ143sWU7V9I5Gdg
DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
DIAH Merch: https://bit.ly/3qhwgAe
Donate to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9

349: Welcome to Fatherhood: The Modern Man's Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Fatherhood with David Arrell Oct 06, 2021

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How can fathers be prepared and support mothers during the pregnancy and birth experiences?

This is the crux of David Arrell’s work as he helps partners to be helpful, supportive, involved and all the other great adjectives that benefit both parents.

So this episode is absolutely one to have your partner listen to - either on their own or listen together as a couple.

We break down how fathers can be prepared for what lies ahead and some tips for creating a team approach. Remember the manta: attentive, calm and competent!

Things we talk about in this episode: support for dads and partners for pregnancy and birth, different roles for a birth partner, how to educate birth partners

Links:

David’s website: https://www.welcometofatherhood.com/
Our website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diahpodcast/
DIAH YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGoKeBfEZ143sWU7V9I5Gdg
DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
DIAH Merch: https://bit.ly/3qhwgAe
Donate to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9

348: Dr. Sarah Buckley on The Science Of Natural and Undisturbed Birth (Rebroadcast) Sep 29, 2021

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In today’s episode we speak with Dr. Sarah Buckley on the science of natural and undisturbed birth. Dr. Buckley is the author of the best selling book Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering, the author the report Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing, and all around natural childbirth expert.

We are honored and grateful to have Dr. Sarah Buckley join us on the Doing It At Home Podcast for many reasons.

To start, her book "Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices" was a huge influence on us during our pregnancy. Sarah (our Sarah...Sarah Bivens that is) started reading Dr. Buckley's book while we were still planning for a birth with an OBGYN in a hospital. We learned about Dr. Buckley from her appearances in a DVD series called "Happy Healthy Child" (another resource we highly recommend and link to in the show notes.) Dr. Buckley's extensive research and evidence based information on pregnancy and birth, along with her own accounts of her 4 home births left quite the impression on us. It got the wheels turning and prompted us to think about the elements we wanted in our birth. Overtime we found that the best way to experience all of that would be at home. So we're very grateful to Dr. Buckley and the work that she does, because it's like she's been a part of our journey.

Dr. Buckley integrates what would seem like differing philosophies at first glance: in the mindset of a medical background, training, practice and care, and natural, holistic, unassisted, physiological birth.

Dr. Buckley talks about physiological birth as the type of birth that's in alignment with how the body is designed to work. And low tech models of care support this process. Home birth is an ideal situation to allow for this.

We also talk about the core requirements for birth and what a woman needs to feel private, safe and unobserved. And if you didn't know or fully understand the hormonal cocktail that a woman experienced in natural birth, you will by the end of this episode.

Want to know what ecstatic birth is? Listen to this episode.

One of the key takeaways here is the potential to reclaim power in the experience of birth. That with a healing birth, we can heal the earth!

Links from this episode:

347: HOME BIRTH STORY: 8-Hour Labor with Shoulder Dystocia and Fetal Distress Resulting in a Successful Birth with Miranda Cottrell Sep 21, 2021

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How do we deal with “expectations vs. reality” when it comes to birth?

This is a great theme and pattern that shows up in today’s interview, and one that many of us can relate to. You think something will go one way OR you don’t think something will pop up and then what happens….you can guess!

Miranda Cottrell, chiropractor and home birth mama shares her story. She always knew she wanted a home birth, planned and prepared accordingly.

One of the nuggets of wisdom from this conversation is that no amount of preparation can really, well...PREPARE you for the experiential aspect of going through birth. So there’s a balance between the education and studying and then the preparation of your mind and emotions.

Things we talk about in this episode: Braxton-Hicks, The Bradley Method, preparing your birth partner, birth tub ambivalence, denial of transition, shoulder dystocia, Hypnobabies

Links:

Miranda’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.mirandacottrell/
Our website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diahpodcast/
DIAH YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGoKeBfEZ143sWU7V9I5Gdg
DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
DIAH Merch: https://bit.ly/3qhwgAe
Donate to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9

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