Avsnitt
-
Let's get informed on postpartum hemorrhage, so you can make the best decision in the third stage of your birth. Bleeding is a completely normal part of the birth process, but how much is too much?? Hospital providers are terrified of PPH and are treating every single woman preventatively, even when she just had a physiologic birth and there is no reason to assume this stage of birth needs help as well.
In this episode I discuss:
The current definition of PPH versus the older definition that labels a normal amount of blood loss as concerning. How PPH is assessed and what can cause a hemorrhage in postpartum. If you birth in the hospital, you will have PPH actively managed. Know the difference between active vs expectant management. All of your options and how to avoid PPH----
Start the 5 Day Empowerment Challenge
Get informed on all the stages of hospital birth (and how to support physiology instead) inside Unmedicated Academy
-
Allow yourself to get obsessed with your birth. Go all in. Instead of hoping for an unmedicated birth, be committed to having your best birth. Going all in with your birth education can only help you to be more confident and more prepared for walking into the hospital to birth your way.
In this episode I discuss:
Many hospital birth moms have births that don’t go as planned. The typical birth outcomes IS a birth that doesn’t go to plan so if you want to plan for something different, you have to do things differently. The difference between hoping for an unmedicated birth and being committed to an unmedicated birth. And how you can become obsessed with birth to have a more positive birth experience. If you want a different hospital birth, you are going to have to tell someone no. To do birth differently you are going to have to inconvenience someone at best and piss them off at worst.Get obsessed with doing birth your way inside Unmedicated Academy.
-
Saknas det avsnitt?
-
Have you experienced the Bobbie formula shortage? This mom-founded and-led infant formula company appears to be pro mother-baby, when in fact all they are good at is marketing and making profits off of how you feed your baby. They are a multi million dollar corporation that has used predatory marketing tactics to grow a "cult like" following that has created more demand then they can keep up with.
In this episode, I discuss:
The new age predatory Marketing tactics that Bobbie formula has pioneered and abused to get moms hooked on their product. Bobbie falsely claims that their organic formula is a solution to mothers' mental health struggles, and now these moms are more stressed than ever as they struggle to feed their babies. The new push towards combo-feeding that enables Bobbie to gain more customers as they directly compete with breastfeeding. One mom's story in choosing Bobbie, what she did during the shortage to feed her baby, and how Bobbie responded to her outrage.Listen to the episode with the Radical Moms Union: Episode 114 We Crashed a Formula Marketing Meeting
Join Unmedicated Academy and get access to the BONUS breastfeeding module
-
There are many reasons women choose unmedicated birth. One of those reasons is that they feel more in control when they support physiology. And feeling more in control, instead of chaotic, results in a more positive birth experience.
In this episode, I discuss:
How supporting physiology puts your body in control, not the hospital routine, not prescription drugs, and that can help you feel more in charge of your birth. You have more options in your birth when you stick with your unmedicated birth plan. When you walk into birth prepared, there is less anxiety, less fear, we can take control of our births now by doing the right birth prep. Full immersion into your birth prep can get you so prepared that you know what to do automatically when things like interventions, slow labor, transition, etc. come up -
How are cervical checks going to affect my labor? I know something as small and simple as a cervical exam doesn’t seem like much of an interruption to the labor process, but it actually is. When we introduce pain, tension, or fear into labor it can cause labor to stall and make it harder for you to access your coping tools. And let’s flip the script, I actually would love for you to think of cervical exams as small and insignificant in actually helping labor, because there are truly no benefits to including multiple cervical checks in birth.
In this episode I discuss:
A risk and benefit analysis of using cervical checks in labor so you can make an informed choice on if you want to include them in your birth or not. In home births we don’t typically see cervical exams unless the mother requests them, and how requesting a cervical exam shows some doubt in your body’s ability to birth. The story of a mom who dilated from 2 to 10 cm in an hour and the mom who stayed dilated to 5 cm for a whole week. When to expect cervical exams as part of your prenatal care and exactly when ones you can decline.---
Join Unmedicated Academy to learn all about physiologic pushing!
-
Saying yes to an induction, or pitocin, is like saying yes to an epidural. Once you start pitocin your birth is medicalized and that includes a higher chance of wanting the epidural.
In this episode, I discuss:
How pitocin and oxytocin are the same chemical compound but work very very differently in or bodies. If you had pitocin in the past and it felt like your birth was out of control, it was. Pitocin means your birth is being control outside your body. Starting pitocin can mean that your coping skills are less accessible which can lead to an unwanted epidural.----
Download the free Birth Prep Class
Get your NORA - restock this week!
Join the Academy Moms in learning how to support the birth plan YOU want
-
Just like with all things birth we are talking about the risks and benefits, pros and cons of doula certification, and insurance reimbursement today. This is a must listen if you are a doula, or thinking of becoming one, or if you are a mom wanting to hire a doula.
In this episode, I discuss:
Recent posts from Elite Doula Training on new legislatures from Texas and Ohio that are trying to control doulas and that can have a big impact on how your doula can support you. The motives behind certification agencies, lawmakers and hospital systems work together, and it’s not to benefit you. Examples of rules and regulations that doula certification programs and insurance companies put on doulas, and the parallels to how the medical system stole midwifery. What you can do as a doula and as a mom to opt out of doula regulations from your state or hospital.Episodes you’ll love:
70 | Doula certifications suck
100 | Becoming a self taught doula
134 | How to find and hire a doula
133 | What doulas do for you
124 | Biased doulas for biased moms
----
Listen to the new business podcast for moms and follow along on instagram @micromombiz
Enroll in Unmedicated Academy for the confidence to tell your hospital no.
-
Thinking, hoping, and assuming your hospital is going to be supportive of your natural birth is not enough. And thankfully there is a lot that you can do to take control of the situation so that you are prepared for the worst while hoping for the best.
In this episode, I discuss:
The two ends of the spectrum, a hospital that is 100% on board with your birth plan, no questions asked versus the most coercive and manipulative of hospitals. How being informed and educated on birth and your rights will change your birth experience in hospitals with varying levels of support. How being empowered means you do not let anyone tell you want to do, including me! An amazing hospital birth story of a positive induction of labor without an epidural.Enroll in Unmedicated Academy and join our community call this week
Restock your NORA tea
Download the FREE Birth Prep Class
-
Yes, this is important knowledge to have and you need to understand the stages of labor on a deeper level than just centimeters dilated. Knowing the stages of labor is even more important for hospital birth moms and can help you take control of your labor in severals ways.
In this episode I discuss:
The idea of surrender versus taking control and how that balance can change based on where you are giving birth. Understanding the stages of labor can help you to avoid cervical checks. The knowledge is power approach included knowing the stages of labor in depth and it has many benefits for the mom wanting an unmedicated birth.___
Ready to start your birth prep?
Birth Prep Class: This 30 minute class will teach you what you can do now to help prepare your mind and body for an unmedicated birth. It's FREE ️
Want to work with me?
Unmedicated Academy: The signature program for moms who want to be the boss of their unmedicated birth and be educated, informed and empowered. We will chat each week and you'll be blown away by how much support is inside. Join the empowered mom club
-
The term fear mongering comes up often in the discussion of our medical system, and our maternity care is no different. Knowing what it is and isn't is helpful in being able to identify the red flags and stand up to fear mongering if it happens to you.
In this episode I discuss:
The definition of fear mongering and what it can look like in your maternity care. The red flags of fear mongering and what the opposite of fear mongering, which is the informed consent process. Fear isn't a bad thing and can actually be helpful as you prepare for birth. How the knowledge is power approach can help you feel confident, even when faced with fear mongering.Mentioned on the show:
Get NORA notifications for the upcoming restock.
Grab the replay for Home Birth in the Hospital - limited time only!
Enroll in Unmedicated Academy and work with me each week
-
Have you ever said, "the hospital won't let me..."? Then you need to learn more about the role of your OB, midwife, MFM or really any medical provider because they hold no power over you. Tune in to learn more about informed consent and evidence based care and how you are the actual boss of your medical care.
In this episode, I discuss:
Informed consent is a discussion that includes getting fully informed so you can make the final decision. Why I think the term shared decision making actually is making the power dynamic worse for mothers. The three components to evidence based care. Birth is a physiologic event that doesn't typically need intervention.Ready to start your birth prep?
Birth Prep Class: This 30 minute class will teach you what you can do now to help prepare your mind and body for an unmedicated birth. It's FREE ️
Want to work with me?
Unmedicated Academy: The signature program for moms who want to be the boss of their unmedicated birth and be educated, informed and empowered. We will chat each week and you'll be blown away by how much support is inside. Join the empowered mom club
Submit a question or testimonial for the show: Leave me a voice message
-
What is WILD pregnancy? We have one of our good friends from the Moms off the Record podcast, Kat Sigblad, sharing about her current pregnancy with baby number two. With her first birth, Kat thought she prepared the right way, from firing her provider and switching to home birth to being educated on all things natural birth, but what she learned is even home birth midwives can be captured by the system. Not wanting her next birth to be sabotaged as well, Kat did everything differently, starting before conception and by doing her own prenatal care and having a truly autonomous pregnancy.
In this episode, Kat gives all the juicy details on her wild pregnancy, including:
The scare tactics and manipulation from her home birth midwives that ultimately led her to having a 72 hour induction and failure to descend leading to an unnecessary cesarean.
Her promise to not outsource her intuition to someone bound by rules and regulations and the experts she is turning to instead.
The typical mindset and belief that more technology and more experts equals a safer birth, and the fallacy of having technology in the birth space.
The downsides of the prenatal routine and exactly what Kat will be opting out of and including in her prenatal care, including gestational diabetes screen, blood pressure monitoring, ultrasounds, gbs and fetal monitoring.
More resources for wild pregnancy:
Kat's Substack - https://katherinesigblad.substack.com/
Moms off the Record Podcast
Follow MOTR on IG
Anisa Woodall - Holistic fertility & nutrition
Free Birth Society Podcast -
The ONE thing I wish someone had told me when I was pregnant with my first. Here I am telling it to you if you haven't heard me say it already.
In this episode I discuss:
The 7Bs of attachment parenting and the intuitive way to parent your baby. In 2013, I read food blogs when I should have been finding the home birth corner on the web. The gaps in our prenatal care, specifically the lack of options and informed consent that come with the typical hospital prenatal.Subscribe to Launch Your Micro Mom Business - NOW on Apple and Spotify
Grab a spot in Home Birth in the Hospital on May 23 at 6pm
Download the FREE Birth Prep Class
Get educated, informed, and empowered with Unmedicated Academy
-
This is an incredible birth story that you won't want to miss. Katie shares her amazing journey from finding the online birth community in pre-conception to her long, tough back labor in the hospital, completely unmedicated. Katie's favorite part of her story, was reaching down to catch her own baby. She calls it the best gift she's ever received.
In this episode, Katie shares:
What she did to prepare for her natural hospital birth, and all the mindset work behind believe she could do it. Why she chose to birth in the hospital, even though she wanted a home birth. How preparing her husband with Unmedicated Academy helped him to trust birth too. All 31 hours, starting a home with losing her mucous plug, to her doula walking in to help, to leaving for the hospital to use their birth tubs, to finally catching her baby. The feeling of empowerment that came with her birth, and how she feels like she can do anything now.Grab a spot inside Home Birth in the Hospital
Due in August? Enroll now in Unmedicated Academy
-
Why do I have a consult appointment with my oral surgeon but not my OB? Home birth midwives generally do free consults as well. Want a more home birth like hospital birth? Run your own consultation and ask the right questions to see if your provider is the right fit for what you want in your birth. And if you are currently seeing an OB or a practice with OBs do not skip this ONE question.
More questions to ask in the episode on Finding Your Unicorn OB
Grab a spot inside Home Birth in the Hospital
Ready to join Unmedicated Academy? The program is a combination of birth prep, planning and education using what I call the birth immersion protocol that will turn you into a birth expert just in time for your due date. Join the empowered moms club.
-
If you can't have a home birth, for whatever reason, I get it. That was me too. That is why my area of expertise is helping moms have hospital births that feels more liek home births. Why? Because moms who birth are home are more likely to feel supported, have lower risk outcomes, have fewer interventions, and they always hit their goal of an unmedicated birth. The hospital is nothing like a home birth but there are some home birth practices that we can bring in to our hospital births. In this episode I discuss five things to plan for if your goal is an unmedicated hospital birth.
Sign up for Home Birth in the Hospital
Use code FIERCELIZZIE on your next Just Ingredients order
Order NORA
Ready to enroll in Unmedicated Academy?
This program is my signature method for moms who want to be the boss of their unmedicated birth and be educated, informed and empowered. We will chat each week and you'll be blown away by how much support is inside. Join the empowered mom club
-
Travel back in time with me as I go line by line through the birth plan I wrote as a first time mom in 2013. Back before there was a birth side of instagram and no one was listening to podcasts (or at least, I wasn't). In the episode I discuss each request from my birth plan, the biggest mistake I made, and if I actually got what I wanted.
More episodes you'll love:
49: Using my super simple birth plan template
71: Hypnobirthing didn't work for me
105 | Home births don’t need birth plans, hospital births need more than a birth plan
116 | 3 things that will sabotage your birth plan
Ready for an advocacy based birth program where you get support from me each week from now through the day your baby is born? Join the empowered mom club
-
April is cesarean awareness month. Approximately 1.3 million women in the United States undergo a cesarean section every year. It is the most common surgery done in the United States. And our cesarean rates have actually gone up in recent years, meaning it's more important now than ever to understand the risks, especially of repeat cesareans, and how to avoid an unnecessary c-section.
In this episode I discuss:
C-section being a neutral tool with risks and benefits, that is being overused. Even the World Health Organization agrees and states that cesarean rates should be 10-15% for the best overall outcomes for moms and babies. The most disgusting thing I saw online last week from an OB celebrating 100 c-sections performed. The definition, and impact of a primary cesarean. In the US, the rate of cesarean is 32.1% overall and primary cesarean rate is 22.5% How one hospital proves that you don't need to follow the ARRIVE trial guidelines to lower the risk of primary cesarean.Research on reducing primary cesarean
Leapfrog Hospital Ratings
Want to work with me?
Unmedicated Academy: The signature program for moms who want to be the boss of their unmedicated birth and be educated, informed and empowered. We will chat each week and you'll be blown away by how much support is inside. Join the empowered mom club
-
The Washington Post said women are spreading “misinformation” about birth control in a recent article and many women in our community were PISSED. Myself included. SO I asked my good friend Carly Hartwig on today to talk about it- the REAL reason women are not okay with hormonal birth control and why we are choosing just as effective alternatives to the IUD, nuvaring, and the pill. Carly is a holistic reproductive health practitioner and certified fertility awareness educator. In this episode we are calling out the misinformation claim, let’s get informed instead.
In this episode, we discuss:The illusion of empowerment that birth control has and how it is actually the opposite of what true empowerment is.
The importance of informed consent in birth and birth control, and how if we had known the risks of birth control we would have never agreed to be on it.
How women are gaslit in our medical system, in birth, and in this Washington Post article on birth control.
Alternative methods of birth control are being suppressed and called “misinformation” to keep you weak, sick, and disempowered which creates a pharmaceutical and fertility client for life.
All of your birth control options, including cycle tracking options. How the rhythm method and use of period tracking apps are less effective, and true fertility awareness is the more effective natural method and just as effective as pharmaceutical birth control when done correctly.
Resources to get started with fertility awareness method.
Resources mentioned on the show:
Book a free consult call with Carly
Fifth Vital Sign and Taking Charge of Your Fertility on Amazon
The Business of Birth Control
Enjoyed this episode? Share it with a friend, or share to your socials and tag @unapologetucallyunemdicated and @cleanlivingwithcarly
Connect with Carly
https://www.cleanlivingwithcarly.com/
Want to work with Lizzie?
Unmedicated Academy: The signature program for moms who want to be the boss of their unmedicated birth and be educated, informed and empowered. We will chat each week and you'll be blown away by how much support is inside. Join the empowered mom club
-
You’ve got a medicine cabinet full of herbs and natural remedies but are you applying the same approach to your birth? You have left the mainstream version of healing your colds but are you still taking the mainstream route to birth? Let’s talk about it!
Get your medal for your unmedicated birth
In this episode I discuss:
- Why I don’t take prescription drugs or typical over the counter remedies for both my headaches and my anxiety, even though I am the perfect candidate for zoloft.
- The root cause approach to healing and how you can apply that mindset to your labor pain.
- What stood out to me when my kids and I watched a dog giving birth on youtube.
- One thing you can do to support physiology that has the biggest impact on your birth.
More episodes you’ll love:
90 | Labor pain has purpose, how feeling the pain of birth is helpful to your baby
85: Signs your induction is BSWant to work with me?
Unmedicated Academy: The signature program for moms who want to be the boss of their unmedicated birth and be educated, informed and empowered. We will chat each week and you'll be blown away by how much support is inside. Join the empowered mom club
Submit a question or testimonial for the show: Leave me a voice message
- Visa fler