Midwifery

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  • Milk Trails

    1 season

    Milk Trails is a podcast dedicated to the out-of-hospital birth experience. Sharing stories can help reduce fear and misunderstanding around childbirth. In each episode, licensed midwife, Hayley Oakes, interviews home birth and birth center parents about their experiences – including the choices ...

  • These Are My Hours

    The prevalent belief in modern society is that women cannot give birth on their own; that they are not mentally, psychologically, or physically strong enough. The time has come to deconstruct this story.

    These Are My Hours is a raw display of female intensity. It shows birth as mother-centric an...

  • Megan E. Episode 8

    48 hours into labor Megan tries out a warm bath as she rides the contraction waves but at 2am the cramp in her side returns. 51 hours into labor she makes the empowered choice to go to the hospital and get an epidural.

  • Anthea C. Episode 7

    After hitting "The Wall" Anthea accesses her inner strength and soon begins pushing guided by her intuition alone with no coaching. Tune in as she guides us through the end of her birth and finishes this 'Real Midwives' journey by talking through the juxtaposition of her two births and what she ...

  • Anne S. Episode 10

    As labor extends into the second day Anne throws her back out. Her contractions are now causing intense back pain and vomiting. Midwife Blyss Young takes Anne to Dr. Berlin's office for bodywork and adjustments to help relieve her back pain.

  • Anthea C. Episode 2

    After exhausting all of the known methods, modalities and procedures, the baby still refuses to turn and Anthea decides to go for a vaginal breech birth at the hospital.

  • The Real Midwives of Los Angeles

    6 seasons

    The Real Midwives of Los Angeles is a streaming video series hosted by pregnancy focused chiropractor Dr. Elliot Berlin.

    The series aims to share the pregnancy and childbirth experiences of real women - and real practicing midwives join to help unpack and process each unique story.

  • Heads Up Official Trailer

    'Heads Up' features several women confronted with the disappearance of the option of delivering their breech babies vaginally. Among others, actress Morena Baccarin and holistic living personality Kimberly Van Der Beek struggle to find providers who will attend them in a vaginal breech birth--al...

  • Megan E. Episode 4

    Megan talks about mindfulness, the mind-body connection and how she is loving pregnancy.

  • Anthea C. Episode 1

    After spending her pregnancy preparing for a midwife home birth, Anthea finds out at 33 weeks that her baby is breech. Tune in as we start a new journey on The Real Midwives.

  • Katya S. Episode 1

    Fashion designer and entrepreneur Katya is nine months pregnant but that doesn't stop her from keeping up with her styling, heels and all, whenever she wants. Katya shares her early career story as well as past and current fashion inspirations and emphasizes how looking your best can be easy and ...

  • Megan E. Episode 5

    In the final weeks before her birth window, Megan is turning her fear into excitement, feels confident in her birth team and visualizes what it might be like to dance her baby out.

  • Megan E. Episode 7

    24 hours in labor intensifies. When Megan walks to keep things moving muscles in her back seize up and remain in spasm even between contractions. Dr. Berlin comes to check on Megan to see if he can help alleviate the cramp in her back.

  • Anne S. Episode 11

    48 hours into labor Anne leaves Dr. Berlin's office with less pain and having an easier time surrendering to her surges. She starts to relax but before she can get to sleep, things pick up again and a few hours later she starts to run a fever.

  • Jenny B. Episode 2

    Jenny has good vibes for a positive pregnancy test and then surprises her hubby with the exciting news!

  • Conscious Conception: An Empowered Pregnancy + Birthing Story

    Conscious Conception: An Empowered Pregnancy + Birthing Story documents the journey to motherhood for Dr. Laura Brayton, perinatal chiropractor and creator of Brayton Birth Method. In 2017, Dr. Brayton conceived and brought her son, Finley, into the world utilizing her own method to create an em...

  • Anthea C. Episode 5

    Midwife Davi Kaur Khalsa from TLC midwifery joins the conversation, discussing the final weeks leading up to the birth of Anthea's baby. Davi shares her tips and tricks to keep babies head down after flipping from a breech position. Anthea continues to plan a homebirth with fingers crossed the ba...

  • Anne S. Episode 6

    As Anne inches closer to her due date she is aware that her birth plan might have to change last minute but for now she is advocating to have the full opportunity to attempt a VBAC birth.

  • Jenny B. Episode 8

    Jenny checks into a hotel following her unique birth plan to labor at a hotel across the street from the hospital and to walk across when she is ready to deliver. After checking in for her 'labor day' stay, Jenny orders room service (womb service?) and takes leisure walks in and around the hotel....

  • Anne S. Episode 7

    Anne joins us with her new baby and her midwife Blyss Young to discuss the final weeks of her pregnancy. After telling her doctor she wanted to attempt a home birth they refused to treat her and she was tasked to find another doctor at 36 weeks pregnant.

  • Jenny B. Episode 5

    Dance is the backbone of Jenny’s exciting, fast-paced, and successful career and it’s also how she met her husband. But with only a few weeks left until her due date, Jenny listens to her body and stops her work as a choreographer and fitness instructor. Check out Episode 5 of Jenny's Journey on ...

  • Jenny B. Episode 6

    For high energy and high activity people, settling down during the last few weeks of pregnancy can be a daunting change of pace. Luckily, Jenny keeps herself busy physically getting the nest ready while mentally preparing for her birth and after birth. Check out Episode 6 of Jenny's Journey on th...

  • Anne S. Episode 13

    60 hours into labor its time to push! But, after hours of pushing and trying multiple positions and rooms, the baby is still not coming down. Anne is exhausted and not sure she has the energy to continue pushing. Anne wrestles with the decision of whether to stay home or transfer to the hospital.

  • Birth As We Know It

    A Groundbreaking Documentary Birth As We Know It (2006 film, 73 minutes), directed and produced by Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova, is a stunningly beautiful film about natural births. It delivers a powerful transmission of what it really takes to give birth gracefully. Since its release in 2006, wit...