Welcome to the birthful podcast. I'm Adriana Lozada, and today's birth story is with Monica Drake,

who's had three very different birth experiences. We're going to hone in on the third one, which included weeks of predomal labor,

no time for an epidural, and immediate postpartum interventions to baby that may not have been

necessary and have required a lot of processing.

Stay tuned.

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The Birthful podcast. Talking to maternity pros and new parents to inform your intuition.

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