EBB 400 - Best of Evidence Based Birth®
Evidence Based Birth®
Rebecca Dekker
4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Happy EBB 400! In honor of this milestone, Team EBB is looking back on some of our and your favorite episodes of the EBB Podcast from the past nine years. From advocacy in birth and improving maternity care to exercise in pregnancy, postpartum support, Vitamin K, and upright birthing positions, this anniversary episode highlights the stories and evidence that have shaped the EBB community since 2017. Whether you've been here since episode one or just recently found the podcast, this episode is a celebration of evidence-based information and the families and professionals who make this work meaningful.
(07:04) Jennie Joseph on The JJ Way® and Improving Maternity Care
(12:56) JaMichael Perryman on Birth Advocacy and Supporting Your Partner
(18:26) Evidence on Birthing Positions and Protecting the Perineum
(23:51) Exercise in Pregnancy with MamasteFit's Gina Conley
(29:14) Cheyanne Saenz on Self-Advocacy and Knowing Your Rights in Birth
(33:15) Q&A: Pitocin and Postpartum Depression
(39:24) Updated Evidence on Vitamin K for Newborns
(44:56) Rebecca's Mom Shares Her Experiences with Twilight Sleep and Changing Birth Practices
(47:46) Looking Back on 400 Episodes and Looking Ahead to the Future of EBB
Resources
EBB 136 – Solutions for the Crisis in American Maternity Care
EBB 145 – Fatherhood and Advocacy in Birth with JaMichael Perryman
EBB 264 – Top 3 Tips for Exercise in Pregnancy with Gina and Roxanne of Mamaste Fit
EBB 208 – Advocating for Your Rights in Birth with EBB Childbirth Class Graduate, Cheyanne Saenz
EBB 304 - Q & A on PPD/Pitocin, Delayed Cord Clamping, Nubain, and Placental Encapsulation
EBB 347 - Updated Evidence on Vitamin K
EBB 75 - Birth in Twilight Sleep – the Experiences of Rebecca's Mom
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everyone. On today's podcast, we're celebrating 400 episodes of the Evidence-Based Birth Podcasts |
| 0:06.6 | with a special anniversary episode featuring some of the most popular episodes, as well as our team favorites. |
| 0:16.1 | Welcome to the Evidence-Based Birth Podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker, and I'm a nurse with my PhD and the founder of evidence-based birth. |
| 0:24.7 | Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based information into the hands of families and professionals around the world. |
| 0:32.6 | As a reminder, this information is not medical advice. |
| 0:36.2 | See eBbirth.com slash disclaimer for more details. |
| 0:41.3 | Hi everyone and welcome to today's episode of the evidence-based birth podcast. So reaching 400 |
| 0:48.6 | episodes of the EBB podcast feels surreal. When we started this podcast nine years ago in 2017, our goal was to make |
| 0:58.8 | evidence-based information on pregnancy and childbirth more accessible, compassionate, and |
| 1:04.2 | empowering for families around the world. Over the years, we've had the privilege of sharing |
| 1:09.1 | so many beautiful stories and conversations |
| 1:11.5 | with researchers, advocates, clinicians, and parents. |
| 1:15.9 | And this community of the Evidence-Based Bird podcast is grown beyond anything we imagined. |
| 1:21.8 | So for today's special anniversary episode, our team selected some listener favorites, |
| 1:27.2 | as well as some conversations that |
| 1:28.9 | have really stuck out to us on Team EBB to celebrate how far we've come together. |
| 1:34.3 | So whether you've been listening since the beginning or just recently found this podcast, |
| 1:39.3 | thank you for being here and helping us reach this incredible milestone. |
| 1:43.5 | And if you ever feel called to leave us |
| 1:45.5 | a review on your favorite podcasting platform, that would be super helpful. Before we begin, |
| 1:51.5 | our features of the most popular EBB podcast episodes, I wanted to start off by honoring |
| 1:57.6 | the memory of my dad, Vince DeYoung. For those of you who don't know, my dad passed |
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