Preparing for Childbirth

How does the placenta form? What is a doula? This list answers these questions and more about understanding pregnancy and preparing for birth.

How does the placenta form? What is a doula? This list answers these questions and more... more

Curated byDeenah Vollmer, Hark Editor

8 CLIPS37 MINS

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Getting to Know the Placenta

This episode of Radiolab tells the surprising story of how the placenta develops in the body. It's more aggressive than you may think.

Radiolab Podcasts (Radiolab)

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What Do Doulas Do?

Elizabeth Perez, a birth doula shares her role in pregnancy and birth with Jeanne Montalvo Lucar and Maria Hinojosa of the podcast Latino USA.

Latino USA

5 MINS

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Learning to Manage Fear

"Birthing From Within" author Pam England discuses how mothers can release fears associated with childbirth on The Melissa Ambrosini Show.

The Melissa Ambrosini Show

4 MINS

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How Hypnobirthing Works

Hypnobirthing is a pain-management technique used during labor. Host Adriana Lozada goes explains the technique and how it works. From the podcast Birthful.

Birthful

3 MINS

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Understanding Contractions

Host Katie Lowes discusses childbirth pain with her doula Rebecca Benenati. From the podcast Katie’s Crib.

Katie's Crib

3 MINS

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The Altered State of Labor

Author Dr. Sarah Buckley on the ancestral/mammalian hormonal blueprint of labor on "Medicine Stories"

Medicine Stories

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To Eat or Not Eat the Placenta

Host Vanessa Merten delves into the benefits, risks, and history of consuming ones own placenta. From the Pregnancy Podcast

Pregnancy Podcast

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Shaking After Birth

Birth doula Lesley Everest explains postpartum shaking, which can happen within the first hour of birth. From the podcast Birthful.

Birthful

3 MINS

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Preparing for Childbirth

Getting to Know the Placenta

Radiolab Podcasts (Radiolab)

What Do Doulas Do?

Latino USA

Learning to Manage Fear

The Melissa Ambrosini Show

How Hypnobirthing Works

Birthful

Understanding Contractions

Katie's Crib

The Altered State of Labor

Medicine Stories

To Eat or Not Eat the Placenta

Pregnancy Podcast

Shaking After Birth

Birthful

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