The Evidence Based Birth® Podcast
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 40 – Interview Traci Weafer
- 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 70 – Meet the EBB Team!
- 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?
- EBB 81 – Doula Part 3: the Emotional Journey of Birth
- 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