Due Date…….or Guess Date?

Pregnancy Podcast: Due Date The Podcast I make no apologies for returning to this podcast again and again. If you are looking for short, easy to digest episodes on everything about pregnancy, birth and the postpartum, this one’s for you. The host, Vanessa Merten, does all the research so you don’t have to and then shares… Continue reading Due Date…….or Guess Date?

Are You Using Your BRAIN?

The Pregnancy Podcast – Using Your BRAIN: 5 Questions You Should Be Asking Why this podcast? The Pregnancy Podcast features regularly on this blog and needs no long introduction. This podcast provides evidence-based information in easy to listen to episodes of thirty minutes or less and covers everything you need to know about pregnancy, birth and the… Continue reading Are You Using Your BRAIN?

Informed Consent

Pregnancy Podcast – Q&A: Informed Consent Why this episode? I was not intending to feature the amazing Pregnancy Podcast again quite so soon but when I found this episode I knew I had to. I cannot emphasise enough how important, vital even, informed consent is to having a birth experience which you view as both positive and empowering.… Continue reading Informed Consent

12 Wishes For Your Birth

Birthful – 12 Days of Birth Why this podcast? The Birthful podcast is a wonderful one for birth workers and families alike. Hosted by doula, author and postpartum educator, Adriana Lozada, Birthful provides birth stories as well as interviews with birth and postpartum experts. Adriana is so enthusiastic and down to earth that listening to an episode… Continue reading 12 Wishes For Your Birth

How Might A Big Baby Change Your Birth?

Evidence Based Birth – What are the birth implications for a suspected big baby? Why this podcast? “If you don’t know your options, you don’t have any.” Diana Korte and Roberta Scaer. In order to have options you first need to know what those options are and that requires information. Luckily, the internet is a source of endless… Continue reading How Might A Big Baby Change Your Birth?

Pain Management For Labour

Evidence Based Birth Podcast Why this podcast? I have long been a huge fan of the Evidence Based Birth website. I know that it’s a go-to place for both doulas and their clients. It’s founder, Rebecca Dekker, is a nurse who also has a PhD. This combination means not only does she have the medical knowledge… Continue reading Pain Management For Labour

How To Love Your Birth – However It Looks

How To Love Your Birth – The Expectful Podcast Why this podcast? I had heard about Expectful pretty often whilst listening to podcasts. I knew that they offered guided meditation for fertility, pregnancy and motherhood but had not realised there was also a podcast! Once I subscribed there was an episode that grabbed my attention… Continue reading How To Love Your Birth – However It Looks

What If YOU Were In Charge Of Pregnancy & Birth?

Birth, Baby & Life – What If YOU Were In Charge Of Pregnancy & Birth? Why this podcast? The Birth, Baby & Life podcast has only featured once on this blog but with one hundred episodes to date, I felt it was time for another! The host, Kristen Burgess, is an advocate of natural birth… Continue reading What If YOU Were In Charge Of Pregnancy & Birth?

The Low Down On Interventions

The Pregnancy Podcast – Interventions Why this podcast? The Pregnancy Podcast was a huge part of my inspiration for creating this blog. I loved how I could get evidence-based, well-researched information given in a super relaxed, easy to listen to style in episodes of thirty minutes or less. Is there much more to say? How… Continue reading The Low Down On Interventions

Birth Trauma Myths

Birthful – Birth Trauma Myths Why this podcast? Birthful is featuring here for the fourth time so I won’t go too much into the ins and outs but with one hundred and twenty episodes you will find a lot of information to – “Inform your intuition” Birthful is hosted by the mighty Adriana Lozada, a doula,… Continue reading Birth Trauma Myths