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"How do I know which interventions are really needed?" In this episode, Iâm answering a listener question, and the truth isâitâs not one-size-fits-all. But what works every single time, for every mom and every intervention, is getting informed. Tune in to learn how to make decisions based on you, your baby, and your birth goals so you can have a truly empowered birth.
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Nina went from being terrified of birth to a typical cascade of intervention experience with her twinsâleading to an unnecessary C-sectionâto achieving the unmedicated VBAC she was 100% committed to. With her husband stepping up as her biggest advocate and her own stubborn streak driving her forward, she got her unmedicated VBAC.
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How many of your friends wanted a natural birth but ended up getting an epidural?? We're breaking down why many moms say âyesâ to the epidural, what makes it so tempting, and how you can be more prepared to stay on track with your unmedicated birth plan. From long labors and Pitocin contractions to the hospital environment itself, weâll dive into the top reasons moms opt for pain relief and share the tools, strategies, and mindset shifts you need to manage labor without an epidural.
Episode 132 | Get informed on the epidural
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"I wish my birth looked like that" Here is the truth behind those birth videos on IG. When you see a mom so proud of her birth she is posting it on social, it's usually because of the work she put in before that video. Let's talk about what it takes to feel powerful, be empowered, get informed and have your best birth in 2025.
Feeling empowered vs BEING empowered
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The truth about unmedicated birth is it will be the most challenging, powerful, life changing thing you'll ever do. And it won't be easy. You'll need and want a variety of tools to help get you through to the end without an epidural. And having a variety of tools is even MORE important for hospital birth moms because the epidural is the hospital's tool of choice. To avoid the epidural for longer, the unmedicated girlies bring their own tools.
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Does your hospital offer nitrous oxide? AKA laughing gas, or sometimes gas & air. Unmedicated girlies love having nitrous oxide as an option because out of all of the medicated options, nitrous oxide supports physiology the most. Dig into the pros and cons of using nitrous oxide if your plan is to have an unmedicated birth.
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Get informed on the epidural
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Consider this the "most common mistakes" in getting educated, informed, and empowered for your birth. This is the DOs and DON'Ts for the unmedicated girlie who wants to do her birth differently.
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When Juliana prepared for her first birth she did it all, including hiring a doula. What she wasn't prepared for was her doula being denied access to the hospital with COVID policy changes in 2021. Even with a successful unmedicated birth with her first, she knew she could do birth even better and with her second pregnancy, she decided to prepare her husband to be her doula. Juliana's birth story starts with a spontaneous trip to the tattoo shop, Easter service at Church on Sunday morning, to catching her own baby (yes in the hospital!) on April Fool's Day.
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Did you hear that they took the BVO out of the orange drink, aka glucola?!! Thatâs great, but weâre still going to ask for an alternative, and hereâs whyâŠ
In this episode, youâll learn:
The 2 main reasons why women are declining glucola for their gestational diabetes screening. What a provider might say to you when you ask for alternatives to the glucose tolerance test How a GD diagnosis follows you through your pregnancy and can affect your birth planDownload the playlist & binge your birth ed
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You need to fit in your birth prep, you want to be an informed unmedicated girlie, but you donât have the time and just getting started is overwhelming. Get ready to go all in because today we are talking about three ways to get started (or go deeper into your birth education) without overwhelm.
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This is a must listen birth story! Academy mom Grace was due on Christmas day with baby 2 and was pressured to induce many times in her prenatal care. This drove her to practice her new advocacy skills, prepare her husband, and take assessing her risk into her own hands. She shares the differences between her first and second birth and how she was able to have a more empowered birth by taking her prep into her own hands.
Take Graceâs advice and letâs work together!
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You had your amazing unbelievable birth experience. Maybe it was at home maybe it was in the car maybe it was in the hospital. It doesnât matter where. It was truly the most amazing transformative experience youâve ever had. You're not ready to give birth again, but you're not ready to leave this birth bubble... here is the quickest (and easiest) way to start a birth business from home with your baby.
In this episode, I discuss...
Being a type A girlie and owning it. Why you should plan out your month and quarter today. Why I see my 75 Hard "failure" as a win and how it makes me mentally tough. Becoming an Academy Ambassador and how you can help more moms have better births and change the world.Download the U|G Playlist and binge the most informative episodes now.
Learn more about the Ambassador Program, then send me a DM @fiercelizzie
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Here is why you need to start your birth prep now instead of waiting til next month. Four reasons to get a head start on your birth education for all moms, but especially for November, December and January moms because of the higher rate of inductions around the holidays.
In this episode you'll learn...
The time frame it takes to get truly informed to have a boss birth your way and why that is necessary in the hospital setting. How your prenatal care can change in the final weeks compared to the early weeks of pregnancy where you hear "everything looks perfect, mama!" How to be prepared for the holiday induction.Join the other December moms and get educated, informed, and empowered to do birth your way.
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"First time mom here! What are the most surprising parts of an unmedicated birth?" From butt explosions to cervical checks gone wrong to the most amazing feeling EVER that makes natural birth addicting (and why we all keep coming back to it)... this episode has it all!
Everything you need to know about unmedicated hospital birth
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For the fourth year in a row the cesarean rate in the US has increased. And the greatest influence on if you have a vaginal birth is policy and rules put on birth. Here is what you need to know if you are planning an unmedicated VBAC (or for any mom planning for a vaginal birth!).
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A little history around the fluctuations in cesarean rate, why it was so high in 2009 and again in 2023. The four must haves as you plan for an unmedicated VBAC to increase your chances of a vaginal birth after cesarean. A comparison on using intermittent auscultation versus continuous fetal monitoring for a hospital VBAC.â Get your MUST HAVES for birthâ
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Hundreds of women have used the boss birth method to have the unmedicated birth of their dreams. First time moms, second time moms, even fifth time moms!! YOu can have a powerful birth where you feel prepared, informed, and empowered to birth YOUR WAY even in the hospital. And here are the four things you need to know to get your dream birth too.
Youâll learnâŠ
The most challenging part of having an unmedicated hospital birth and how the level of support can vary greatly from hospital to hospital. How the basic birth prep is not enough for the typical hospital birth mom, and my story of getting lucky with my first birth. Skip the trial and error of birth and instead prepare for your next birth to be the best it can be. The four steps to having a boss birth, exactly what you need to know and prepare to have an unmedicated hospital birth -
In my experience hospital staff tend to be more supporting of a natural, hands off birth in the first stage of labor. They may still push for pitocin or cervical checks, but they still tend to leave you to labor on your own. And all that changes once a mom hits transition or starts to feel pushy, then even the most hans off birth may turn intervention heavy.
You'll learn:
What it means to support physiology and how walking into the hospital disrupts natural labor. The stages of labor and the difference between interventions from beginning to end. The three things you must know to support physiology at any stage or birth.----
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Look it's not you, it's the hospital. The hospital routine medicalizes your birth and makes it really hard to support physiology. Which means it's really hard to have an unmedicated birth in the hospital. And the epidural rate proves it. The good news is, there is a way to have a hospital birth where you support physiology and you avoid unnecessary interventions.
You'll learn:
What really happens when you go with the flow is that you hand your birth over to the hospital's routine which usually includes an induction, pitocin, epidural, amniotomy, coached pushing, etc. How the hospital birth looks like birth because you meet your baby, but in reality it is not a physiologic birth at all. Statistics on inductions and statistics when you avoid an induction too. How birth education can improve birth for first time moms, second time moms, hospital birth moms, and moms with a doula.-----
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Your baby & body want an unmedicated birth, even if you are scared, even if you have a low pain tolerance, even if you arenât having a peaceful water birth in your living room. And that's because there are a ton of benefits that come with physiologic, unmedicated birth.
You'll learn...
How a recent client ended up with an unmedicated birth even though that wasn't her goal, and no her birth wasn't fast or easy. The cascade of interventions vs the overflow of positive outcomes and how unmedicated birth has benefits to you and your baby. The reason so many moms chose natural birth over and over again, even though it's the hardest thing they have ever done.Ready to go all in with your birth prep? Join the Academy
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Today's episode is inspired by the fact that I have had too many mom in my DMs concerned about their low lying placentas. A low lying placenta is totally normal at 20 weeks, so why are so many women worrying about it??
In this episode, I discuss:
The difference between a low lying placenta and placenta previa, and what it means for your birth prep. The overuse of technology causing doubt in our pregnancies. How our maternity care system infantilizes women by giving us minimal information and making decisions for women instead of giving them options.____
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