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Dec 2022
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Ep189: Top Episodes of 2022

Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
About this episode

Welcome to the last episode of the year! As always I’m incredibly grateful that you are spending some of your time with me today. So in this episode I am sharing the most downloaded episodes of 2022 from each of the main categories of the show: birth stories, expert interviews, and solo episodes. I love producing this podcast because I not only get to share my knowledge with you but I actually get to learn and grow as an OB through these interviews.

Now I often do listener shoutouts and today I want to do a listener shoutout to YOU, to every single person who is listening to me right now. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all that you do to listen, support, and share the podcast. It just means the world to me. I love getting messages saying that you appreciate the show and what it has done for you, for your pregnancy,  and for your birth experience. It truly warms my heart and keeps me going during the times when this work gets challenging.

I hope you enjoy this episode and as always, don’t forget that you deserve a beautiful pregnancy and birth.

Here Are the Most Downloaded Episodes of 2022:

-Episode 154: Karrah’s Birth Story - Easy Pregnancy, Difficult Birth

-Episode 145: Crystal’s Birth Story - Laughing Through the Pain

-Episode 148: Taylor’s Birth Story - Easy Births Do Happen

-Episode 152: Fitness and Pregnancy with 9Round Exercise Specialist MacKenzie Rowand

-Episode 158: How to Prepare for Postpartum with Nicole Makowka of LOOM

-Episode 146: What Your Genetics Can Tell You with Genetic Counselor Ushta Davar Canteenwalla

-Episode 147: Let’s Talk About Due Dates

-Episode 160: 9 Tips for an Unmedicated (Often Referred to as “Natural”) Birth

-Episode 153: Breech Birth - Updated!

 

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