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Episode Summary Robin and Hillary dig into what experienced birth workers actually do after they leave a birth, and why having a deliberate post-birth routine matters for long-term sustainability. This conversation covers everything from the first private moment in your car to sleep, food, family dynamics, and the anthropology of ritual itself. It’s honest, occasionally […]

Episode Summary Infant sleep is one of those topics where the gap between what we’re told and what the evidence actually supports is enormous, and Ann Grauer doesn’t dance around that. In this episode, Ann, a former DONA International president and postpartum doula trainer with 33 years of experience, breaks down why so much of

Episode Summary Prodromal labor gets called a lot of things in birth spaces, and most of them are wrong. “False labor” is the one that bothers me most, because the moment you attach that word to someone’s contractions, you’ve handed the people around them permission to stop paying attention. The contractions are real. The exhaustion

Episode Summary Life on Call — Introduction In this episode of The Birth Geeks, Dr. Hillary Melchiors and Dr. Robin Elise Weiss invite listeners into the nitty-gritty of life on call as a birth worker. Together, they reflect on how being on call shapes everything from family routines to daily decisions, and the less glamorous