Stephanie Ondrack 7/24/21 Stephanie Ondrack 7/24/21

Failure to Progress: Tips to Fix or Prevent a Stalled Labour

Stephanie Ondrack 3/26/21 Stephanie Ondrack 3/26/21

Editorial: The High Caesarean Rate

The World Health Organization states that the Caesarean rate should ideally hover around 10%. Anything lower means parents and babies who might benefit from Caesarean births are not getting enough access, and anything higher means too many surgeries are being performed without any improvement in maternal or newborn outcomes.

Stephanie Ondrack 3/26/21 Stephanie Ondrack 3/26/21

Q: How do I know if I really need a medical procedure?

Q: How do I know if I really need a medical procedure? I’m worried about being subjected to unnecessary procedures, but also worried about refusing something I might actually need. How do we make these decisions?

Guest 3/26/21 Guest 3/26/21

Ecstatic Belly Birth!

In keeping with the Ecstatic Birth approach, Caesarean birth has the potential to be positive, empowering and ecstatic! How is this possible, you may ask? Having an Ecstatic Birth isn’t based on a particular set of circumstances, a specific outcome, or about birthing in a certain way. Ecstatic Birth is an invitation to turn our relationship to birth upside down and inside out to provide a pathway to feeling empowered, joyful and connected.

Guest 3/26/21 Guest 3/26/21

Childbirth-Related Trauma and PTSD

Being traumatized during childbirth is much more common than most people think. Unfortunately, trauma is one of the hidden costs of childbirth, a cost that women often bear in silence and without recognition or support.

Guest 3/26/21 Guest 3/26/21

Unexpected but Wonderful: My Caesarean Birth Story

I gave birth to a baby girl named Ellie on November 2nd, 2020. My birth story turned out a bit different then I had originally planned, and planned I did.