In the Evidence Based Birth® Podcast, we cover the research evidence on hot topics about pregnancy and childbirth! Our mission is to raise the quality of childbirth care globally, by putting accurate, evidence based research into the hands of families and communities, so they can make informed, empowered choices. This show is perfect for anyone interested in birth options, from expecting parents to experienced birth professionals.

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Episode Index

•  EBB 1 – Intro to Evidence Based Birth®️
• EBB 2 – What is evidence based care?
• EBB 3 – Why it’s so hard to get evidence based care
• EBB 4 – Waterbirth and the newborn microbiome
• EBB 5 – Evidence on prenatal vaginal exams
• EBB 6 – Pros and cons of membrane sweeping
• EBB 7 – Evidence on placenta encapsulation
• EBB 8 – Overview of pain management during labor
• EBB 9 – Epidural during Labor for Pain Management
• EBB 10 – ARRIVE study
• EBB 11 – Evidence on: Waterbirth
• EBB 12 – Epidurals and Breastfeeding
• EBB 13 – Epidurals and 2nd stage
• EBB 14 – Injectable Opioids
• EBB 15 – Nitrous oxide
• EBB 16 – Movement and Positions
• EBB 17 – The Evidence on: Birthing Positions
• EBB 18 – Painless Birth
• EBB 19 – Childbirth Class
• EBB 20 – Water immersion
• EBB 21 – Doula
• EBB 22 – Rise of Home Birth in the U.S.
• EBB 23 – Home Birth Midwives
• EBB 24 – Behind the Scenes
• EBB 25 – Acupuncture and acupressure
• EBB 26 – Aromatherapy
• EBB 27 – TENS
• EBB 28 – Childbirth Education
• EBB 29 – Sterile Water Injections
• EBB 30 – Fetal Monitoring
• EBB 31 – Hypnosis
• EBB 32 – About EBB Signature Articles
• EBB 33- What’s next for EBB
• EBB 34 – Massage
• EBB 35 – Music
• EBB 36 – Rebozo
• EBB 37 – Relaxation
• EBB 38 – Breathing
• EBB 39 – Wrap Up
• EBB 41 – Interview with Juliet Swedlund
• EBB 42 – Interview Katie Rachanow
• EBB 43 – Interview April Oglesby
• EBB 44 – Doula support for adolescent parents
• EBB 45 – How do peanut balls support labor?
• EBB 46 – Creating a Supportive Birth Community with Kelsi Kennedy
• EBB 47 – Creating a Listening Birth Circle with Jenn D’Jamoos
• EBB 48 – Induction When Your Water Breaks at Term
• EBB 49 – What are the birth implications for a suspected big baby?
• EBB 50 – How does maternal age affect pregnancy and birth?
• EBB 51 – How accurate are due dates and what impact do they have?
• EBB 52 – What role should men play in birth?
• EBB 53 – Reaching Underserved Populations with Education and Doula Support
• EBB 54 – The Wide-Reaching Effects of Birth Trauma with Krysta Dancy
• EBB 55 – Advocating for Evidence Based Care with Carissa Hipsher
• EBB 56 – Listening to Black Midwives: Ms. Charlotte Shilo-Goudeau
• EBB 57 – Connecting the birth community in Hawai’i with Courtney Carangian
• EBB 58 – Using Knowledge to Navigate Birth with New Parents Annamarie and Drew
• EBB 58 – Sneak Peek of EBB in 2019!
• EBB 59 – Diagnosing Gestational Diabetes
• EBB 60 – Get to Know the New Evidence Based Birth®️ Childbirth Class!
• EBB 61 – Using Knowledge to Navigate Birth with New Parents Annamarie and Drew
• EBB 62 – Facing an unplanned Cesarean with parent Michelle Wilson
• EBB 63 – Unexpectedly Easy Birth with New Parents Nichole and Todd
• EBB 64 – Building trust during birth with parent Caley O’Brien
• EBB 65 – Navigating the Hospital Birth System with Midwife Afua Hassan
• EBB 66 – Empowering Birth in Underserved Populations with CNM Olivia Favela-Gary
• EBB 67 – Hear two special announcements from Evidence Based Birth®️
• EBB 68 – Meet Mr. EBB!
• EBB 69 – Facing a difficult birth with knowledge and empowerment
• EBB 71 – Birth and Positive Masculinity with Ben Atkinson
• EBB 72 – Confidence to Face Changing Birth Plans with Heather Hyden and Jimmy Earley.
• EBB 73 – Learn all about the hospitalist role with Dr. Nicole Rankins
• EBB 74 – Hearing Black Moms’ Voices in the Birth World with Michelle Gabriel-Caldwell
• EBB 75 – Birth in Twilight Sleep – the Experiences of Rebecca’s Mom
• EBB 76 – Pushing Through Anxiety in Birth with Parent Emily Fleenor
• EBB 77 – Nurses Can Make Labor More Comfortable
• EBB 78 – The Evidence on Labor Induction for Gestational Diabetes
• EBB 79 – Life of a Doula Part 1 – from Cesarean to VBAC
• Bonus Episode 1- My new book title is …
• EBB 80 – Life of a Doula Part 2 – a lightning-fast birth!
• Bonus Episode 2 – What type of book did I write?
• Bonus Episode 3 – An exciting photo shoot with babies and pizza boxes!
• EBB 82 – Two Dads’ Insights on Birth and Starting a Family
• Bonus Episode 4 – The Emotional Journey of Writing my Book
• EBB 83 – Why Families Need Postpartum Care
• Bonus Episode 5 – What Happens on a Writing Retreat?
• EBB 84 – The Latest Evidence on Vitamin K and a New
• EBB Article Update!
• Bonus Episode 6 – Inside My Editing Team of Over 30 People!
• EBB 85 – The power of a well-planned birth – of twins!
• Bonus Episode 7 – How Do You Get a Book Published?
• EBB 86 – Handling situations beyond our control
• Bonus Episode 8 – We’ve released the book cover!
• EBB 87 – Cristen Pascucci on How to Disagree on Birth Topics – Respectfully!
• Bonus Episode 8 – What is the theme of Babies Are not Pizzas?
• EBB 88 – Ethics and Evidence on Circumcision
• EBB 89 – The Journey to Medical School with Reid Johnson
• EBB 90 – Hear Chapter One of My New Book, Babies Are Not Pizzas!
• EBB 91 – Meet MY midwife Karen Brown – featured in Babies are Not Pizzas!
• EBB 92 – Impacts of the Community Birth Worker Model with Aza Nedhari
• EBB 93 – Unexpected Pre-Term Hospital Birth with Melissa Cassity
• EBB 94 – Overcoming Hyperemesis Gravidarum with Leonie Dawson
• EBB 95 – The State of Birth Work in NYC with Denise Bolds
• EBB 96 – Communication Between Families and Providers with Nicole Loew and Stephanie Edmonds
• EBB 97 – Childbirth Prep and Realistic Expectations with Parent Bethany Clay
• EBB 98 – Inside a Husband/Wife Childbirth Team with Tia and Dr. Wale Ajao
• EBB 99 – Plus Size Pregnancy and Birth with Jen McLellan
• EBB 100 – Community Specific Birth Support with Ngozi Tibbs
• EBB 101 – Gail Tully of Spinning Babies®️
• EBB 102 – Advocacy When Birth Gets Tricky with Parent Bess English
• EBB 103 – Identifying Areas for Social Justice with Danielle Jackson
• EBB 104 – The Evidence on Saline Locks
• EBB 105 – Perspectives on the Evidence Based Birth Conference with Heather Thompson and Dr. Sayida Peprah
• EBB 106 – EBB Conference Series: Nurses and Doulas
• EBB 107 – EBB Conference Series: Midwives
• EBB 108 – EBB Conference Series: Birth Workers of Color
• EBB 109 – Evidence Based Birth®️ in 2020!
• EBB 110 – Inside an Unplanned, Unassisted Home Birth with Parent Sabrina Tran
• EBB 111 – Positioning Breech Babies with Dr. Elliot Berlin
• EBB 112 – How Evidence Based Birth®️ Changed Me as a Nurse with Jessica Hazboun
• EBB 113 – The Evidence on VBAC
• EBB 114 – Fighting for Birth Needs as a Single Parent with Jenny Russell
• EBB 115 – Self-Advocacy in Birth, and Tongue and Lip Tie with Michelle Odoerfer
• EBB 116 – Inclusion for Queer and Trans Parent Families with Danie Crofoot
• EBB 117 – The Evidence on Inducing for Due Dates
• EBB 118 – How to Have a Healthy Postpartum Transition with Dr. Alyssa Berlin
• EBB 119 – Nurse Midwifery as a Career Option with Liane MacPherson
• EBB 120 – Cholestasis in Pregnancy with Nicole Phelps
• EBB 121 – Evidence on COVID-19 and Pregnancy and Birth
• EBB 122 – Homebirth during the pandemic with Vicki Penwell
• EBB 123 – Advocating for Yourself During Labor with Heather McCullough
• EBB 124 – Health disparities, Advocacy, and the Coronavirus with Sabia Wade
• EBB 125 – Evidence on Acupressure, Acupuncture and Breast Stimulation
• EBB 126 – Finding the right provider, and birth in the Dominican Republic with Leiko Hidaka
• EBB 127 – An unmedicated hospital birth with Katie Kane
• EBB 128 – Inducing Labor with Castor Oil and Dates
• EBB 129 – COVID-19 and your Childbirth Education Business with Natalie Eckdahl
• EBB 130 – Home Birth in the Black Community with Isis Rose
• EBB 131 – Evidence on: Pitocin® During the Third Stage of Labor
• EBB 132 – Teen Pregnancy Support, and a Surrogacy Story with Ambrosia Meikle
• EBB 133 – Transitioning from Birth to Parenting with Dr. Heather Maguire
• EBB 134 – Evidence on: Evening Primrose Oil (EPO)
• EBB 135 – The Need for More Indigenous Birth Workers with Miranda Kelly
• EBB 136 – Solutions for the Crisis in American Maternity Care with Jennie Joseph
• EBB 137 – The Power of Birth Stories with Bryn Huntpalmer
• EBB 138 – Healing after a Traumatic Birth with Bianca Marie Roberson
• EBB 139 – Evidence on Red Raspberry Leaf Tea for Natural Labor Induction
• EBB 140 – From Hospital Birth to Home Birth with Kristin and Zach Crosby
• EBB 141 – Birthing and Disparities in Minnesota with Rhonda Fellows and Dr. Jennifer Almanza
• EBB 142 – Home Birth Transfer During COVID-19 and the Uprisings in Minneapolis with Jenae Herron and Marcel Malekebu
• EBB 143 – Birthing in a World with Reproductive Justice with Ihotu Ali, Daniela Montoya-Barthelemy, and Shayla Walker
• EBB 144 – Evidence on Pineapple and Sex for Natural Labor Induction
• EBB 145 – Fatherhood and Advocacy in Birth with JaMichael Perryman
• EBB 146 – Giving Birth in Atlanta with Tara Thompson
• EBB 147 – Long Preterm Birth with Caitlyn Martens
• EBB 148 – Community, Black Midwifery, and Advocacy with Brittany “Tru” Kellman of Jamaa Birth Village
• EBB 149 – Shifting from Hospital Labor and Delivery Nurse to Home Birth Advocate with Melissa Anne Dubois
• EBB 150 – Global Childbirth Education in Japan with Brett Iimura
• EBB 151 – Updated Evidence on the Pros and Cons of Membrane Sweeping
• EBB 152 – Shafia Monroe on Traditional Black Midwifery, Spirituality, and Community Advocacy
• EBB 153 – Pros and Cons of the Foley and Dilapan-S® for Cervical Ripening During an Induction
• EBB 154 – Birthing at Home during COVID-19 with Grace and Roderick Murphy
• EBB 155 – Pelvic Floor Health in Pregnancy and Postpartum with Dr. Juan Michelle Martin
• EBB 156 – Nicole Deggins of Sista Midwife Productions on Navigating Systemic Racism in Birth Work
• EBB 157 – Year End Wrap Up of 2020
• EBB 158 – Empowering Hospital Birth Experience during COVID-19 with Fiona and Craig Castleton
• EBB 159 – Failure to Progress
• EBB 160 – Introducing Mystique Hargrove: EBB Featured Instructor and Podcast Coordinator
• EBB 161 – Addressing Maternity Bias and Infant Care with Irth App Founder, Kimberly Seals Allers
• EBB 162 – Preparing and Powering Through Birth During the COVID-19 Pandemic with Jamie and Ryan English
• EBB 163 – Stress and Anxiety During Pregnancy with Nathalie Walton, CEO of Expectful 
• EBB 164 – Updated Evidence on COVID-19 and Pregnancy
• EBB 165 – Fetal Position During Labor with L&D Nurse, Ann Marie Gilligan
• EBB 166 – The Experience of a Powerful and Miraculous Birth by Brooklynn and Hoang Pham
• EBB 167 – Evidence on Erythromycin Eye Ointment for Newborns
• EBB 168 –  Evidence Based OB-GYN Care with Dr. Amber Warmsley 
• EBB 169 – The Importance of Postpartum Doula Care with Ali Buchanan
• EBB 170 – Addressing Mistreatment in Childbirth Care with Birth Monopoly Founder, Cristen Pascucci
• EBB 171 – The Experience of a Unique Vaginal Breech Birth with Janae and Andrew Rick
• EBB 172 – Breech Vaginal Birth with Dr. Rixa Freeze and Dr. David Hayes
• EBB 173 – Evidence on External Cephalic Version for Breech Positioned Babies
• EBB 174 – The Need for More Black OB/GYN Representation with Dr. Rachel Bervell and Dr. Tamandra Morgan
• EBB 175 – Evidence on Midwives
• EBB 176 – Evidence on AMA (Advance Maternal Age)
• EBB 177 – Pregnancy After 35 and the Experience of an Unplanned Home Birth with Mera and Dimitri
• EBB 178 – Pregnancy After 35 with OB/GYN and Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist, Dr. Shannon M. Clark 
• EBB 179 – A Transformative and Empowering Home Birth Experience with Trish and Mimi Ang
• EBB 180 – Trauma-Informed Care and Consent with Feminist Midwife, Stephanie Tillman
• EBB 181 – Restoring Black-led Nurse-Midwifery Care in Alabama with Dr. Stephanie Mitchell
• EBB 182  – Black-led Queer and Trans Birth Work with Mystique Hargrove, Kortney Lapeyrolerie, and Nadine Ashby
• EBB 183 – Pushing for Licensed Certified Professional Midwifery in Kentucky with Mary Kathryn DeLodder
• EBB 184 – How Research Evidence is Carried Out with EBB Founder, Dr. Rebecca Dekker
• EBB 185 – The History of Narrative Medicine and Childbirth with Tyler Jean Dukes
• EBB 186 – A Positive Pregnancy and Birth Outcome with Multiple High-Risk Labels with EBB Childbirth Class Parent, Angela Jones
• EBB 187 – Advocacy for Postpartum Medicaid Extension Coverage with Dr. Monica McLemore and Dr. Jamila K. Taylor
• EBB 188 – Birthing a Posterior-Positioned Baby with EBB Childbirth Class Parent, Kathryn Remivasan
• EBB 189 – Why Black Lactation Matters and the Importance of Black Breastfeeding Week with IBCLC, Janiya Mitnaul Williams
• EBB 191 – Cultural Awareness in Birth and Postpartum Work with Community Doula and EBB Instructor, Marnellie Bishop
• EBB 192 – Raising Awareness and Advocacy for Sickle Cell Anemia Families with Advocate and Intuitive Womb Worker, Carissa Hunter
• EBB 193 – Evidence on Essential Oils During Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum
• EBB 194 – Nutrition and Real Food in Pregnancy with Lily Nichols, RDN
• EBB 195 – Grief and Healing Through Pregnancy and Infant Loss with Full Spectrum Doula, Rose Rankin
• EBB 196 – Pelvic Biomechanics and Movement in Labor with Brittany Sharpe McCollum
• EBB 197 – Addressing Perinatal Mental Health for Communities of Color with the Co-Founders of the Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color, Divya Kumar, Jabina Coleman and Desirée israel 
• EBB 198 – Evidence on Eating and Drinking During Labor 
• EBB 199 – Writing about Racism’s Effects on Pregnancy and Birth with EBB Research Associate, Ihotu Ali
• EBB 200 – Taking a Stand Against White Supremacy and Creating Solidarity in Birth Work with EBB Founder, Dr. Rebecca Dekker
• EBB 201 – Bridging the Gap Between Evidence and Human Rights with Perinatal Nurse and Nurse Educator, Paula Richards
• EBB 202 – A Fast First-Time Birth Experience with EBB Childbirth Class Graduate, Haley Grachico
• EBB 204 – Refuting the Spread of Misinformation Online about COVID with Board Certified Physician, Dr. Stacy De-Lin
• EBB 205 – End of Year Wrap Up with Team EBB: Rebecca, Erin, Ali, Mystique, and Cat
• EBB 206 – Evidence on Perineal Tears and the Importance of Avoiding Episiotomy with EBB Founder, Dr. Rebecca Dekker
• EBB 207 – Gender-Affirming Birth Work and Education with Full-Spectrum Doula and Childbirth Educator, Moss Froom 
• EBB 208 – Advocating for Your Rights in Birth with EBB Childbirth Class Graduate, Cheyanne Saenz
• EBB 209 – Providing Unbiased VBAC Access and Support with VBAC Facts® Founder, Jen Kamel
• EBB 210 – Evidence on Warm Compresses and Hands-on vs. Hands-off for Protecting the Perineum
• EBB 211 – Supporting Expectant Families Through Birth and Lactation with Birth Doula and EBB Program Team Assistant, Rikki Jenkins
• EBB 212 – A Rainbow Baby Birth Experience with EBB Childbirth Class Parents, Kaya and Jess Tuchsherer
• EBB 213 – Cultural Appropriation and Racial Healing in Birth Work with EBB Research Editor, Ihotu Ali
• EBB 214 – Supporting Pumping Parents in Lactation with IBCLC, Nichelle Clark
• EBB 215 – Debunking Reproductive Health Myths with OB Hospitalist, Dr. Jennifer Lincoln
• EBB 216 – The Evidence on Prenatal Perineal Massage for Preventing Tears in Childbirth with Dr. Rebecca Dekker
• EBB 217 – Disability Justice in Birth and Parenting with Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu
• EBB 218 – The Evidence on Perineal Massage during Labor with Dr. Rebecca Dekker
• EBB 219 – Life as a Student Midwife with EBB’s New Program Team Manager, Chanté Perryman
• EBB 220 – Fighting Bias in the Birth Room with Irth® App Founder, Kimberly Seals Allers
• EBB 221 – Evidence on Birthing Positions and Tried-and-True Midwifery Practices for Protecting the Perineum 
• EBB 222 – Navigating Induction and Pregnancy at 35+ with EBB Instructor and Birth Fusion Founder, Jennifer Anderson
• EBB 223 – An Empowering Hospital Water Birth Story with Samantha Parker and Justin Fontaine
• EBB 224 – Failure to Progress or Failure to Wait with EBB Founder, Dr. Rebecca Dekker, and the EBB Research Team
• EBB 225 – Trauma-Informed Childbirth Education with Mandy Irth, The Birth Nurse
• EBB 226 – An Emergency Cesarean Due to Bandl’s Ring with EBB Parent Mandy Childs and EBB Instructor Dana Patterson
• EBB 227 –  Amplifying the Need for Intersectional Birth Support for QTBIPOC Birthing People with Xian Brooks of the Dandy Doula
• EBB 228 – Uplifting Radicalized Birth Work with Anna, the Pocket Doula
• EBB 229 – Evidence on Doulas: Community-Based Models, the Pandemic, and Reimbursement with the EBB Research Team
• EBB 230 – An Inspirational Home Waterbirth Story with EBB Childbirth Class Parent Shelitha Owens
• EBB 231 – A Joyful, High Intervention Birth with EBB Childbirth Class Graduates Lisa Mangini and Anand Swaminatha
• EBB 232 – Advocacy, VBAC, and Becoming a Home Birth Midwife with Melek Öz  
• EBB 233 – Updates on Eating during Labor
• EBB 234 – Tackling Fatphobia in Lactation with Kristin Cavuto
• EBB 235 – Evidence on IV Fluids with Dr. Rebecca Dekker
• EBB 236 – An Unexpected Cesarean after an Unmedicated First Birth with EBB Parent Katie Kane
• EBB 237 – Infant Feeding and Meeting your Community where they’re at with Family Nurse Practitioner and IBCLC Nikki Hunter-Greenaway
• EBB 238 – Black Fatherhood and Fighting Anti-Black Racism with Brandon Diggs Williams, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
• EBB 239 – A Dream Preterm Birth Experience in Brazil with EBB Parents, Luciana Arreas & Jonathan Moyer
• EBB 240 – Top Five Most Surprising Findings from the Abortion Research Guide with Dr. Dekker & Doctoral Candidate Tyler Jean Dukes
• EBB 241 – The Updated Evidence on Birthing Positions
• EBB 242 – Empowering Nurses and Parents with the Founder of Bundle Birth, Sarah Lavonne
• EBB 243 – The Importance of Kick Counting for Preventing Stillbirth with Stephaney Moody, Health Equity Ambassador of Count the Kicks
• EBB 244 – Evidence on AROM, AVD, and Internal Monitoring
• EBB 245 – Evidence on Pitocin Augmentation, Epidurals, Cesarean
• EBB 246 – Debunking Infant Food Reactivity Myths with Dr. Trill Paullin, Molecular Biologist and Founder of Free to Feed 
• EBB 247 – Transition from Hospital Midwifery to a Home Birth Practice with Aiyana Davison, CNM, WHNP and Founder of The Vagina Chronicles 
• EBB 248 – Processing a Cesarean whioe Planning for a VBAC with EBB Childbirth Class Graduate Jencie Richtman 
• EBB 249 – The Joys and Challenges of Surrogacy with EBB Instructor Doula Scarlett Lynsky 
• EBB 250 – 2022 Year in Review
• EBB 251 – Naseema McElroy, Founder of Financially Intentional, Shares her Courageous Story of Speaking up as a Labor and Delivery Nurse
• EBB 252 – A Candid Conversation about Doula Advocancy with Doula and EBB Instructor Leslie Greene
• EBB 253 – Preparing for a 38-week Labor Induction due to Intrauterine Growth Restriction with Leah Bergan, EBB Childbirth Class Graduate
• EBB 254 – The Evidence on Group B Strep in Pregnancy: Part 1 
• EBB 255 – Teaching Girls What They Need to Know About Their Bodies with Laurisa Paul, RN, EBB Pro Member and Founder of Girls Who Know 
• EBB 256 – Top 3 Recommendations for Preventing Pelvic Flor Dysfunction after Birth with Dr. Sarah Duvall, Founder of Core Exercise Solutions 
• EBB 257 – The Evidence on Group B Strep in Pregnancy: Part 2
• EBB 258 – A Hospital Waterbirth Story with Cord Avulsion featuring EBB Childbirth Class Graduate, Samantha Reizs, PhD 
• EBB 259 – Cross-Cultural Experiences in Childbirth with Ruth Greene, Doula and Co-owner of Having a Baby in China Consulting Services
• EBB 260 – Midwifery, Community Birth Work, and Plant Medicine in Louisiana with Ms. Divine Bailey-Nicholas, the Founder of Divine Birth Wisdom