I’m joined today by Abla Benyahia, a Moroccan, London-based postpartum doula and birth educator. She is the mother of two children under two years of age, and she’s a postnatal depression survivor. Passionately supporting women during their postpartum journey, Abla helps them navigate through mental health challenges and mom’s guilt to reclaim their true ide ... Show More
Nov 13
455: Behind the Sessions: Perinatal Mental Health During the Holidays, Part 1-Infertility
Today’s episode marks the beginning of a four-part series on coping with specific holiday scenarios, including infertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and pregnancy loss. We will discuss tips and tricks that can also be useful at other times of the year when emotional challenges aris ... Show More
24m 33s
Nov 2020
Dina Ghandour: The World of Doulas, Births, and Babies
Dina Ghandour is a Dubai-based yogi and certified Doula. Through her work, she provides educational, practical, and emotional support to parents by offering childbirth education, assisting at the birth through hands-on comfort measures, and sharing postnatal support with regards ... Show More
51m 19s
Sep 2020
Postpartum Journey: Navigating Depression, Bridging the Generational Gap and Loving Our Bodies with Sara Ahmed
No matter how much time you take to prep the nursery, baby-proof your home or reread “What To Expect When You’re Expecting” - nothing will ever truly prepare you for what's to come.
In Ep. 29 of Season 2, we sit down with Sara Ahmed to talk about postpartum depression, the ... Show More
1h 22m
May 2024
Healing After Midwife Abandonment | Mindy's Story
<p class="p1">Mindy was a social worker, working in the labor and delivery ward of a hospital, when she became pregnant with her first child. She planned a home birth with a midwife with that first baby, but at 40 weeks and 4 days her midwife abandoned her care, leaving her with ... Show More
54m 48s
Oct 2023
Freebirth in the Peruvian Jungle
<p class="p1">In her former role as a newborn photographer, Laura had witnessed plenty of births before having her own. She intuitively felt that something about the experience, as it occurs for most women, was wrong.</p> <p class="p1">When it came time for her to have her own fi ... Show More
53m 2s
May 2024
Ep 258: Jodi’s Birth Story - Forceps With No Pain Medication
<p>For many parents, selecting where they’re going to give birth is an important part of the planning process. However, Jodi lives on a small island with only one hospital and didn’t have a choice in the matter.</p><p>Though she and her baby are healthy, the birth was intensely c ... Show More
55m 22s
Sep 2023
Giving Birth in a Midwife-Run Hospital
<p class="p1">Stephanie shares her two birth stories, both of which took place in a hospital staffed only by midwives, in rural Australia.</p> <p class="p1">Her first birth experience cracked her intuition wide open, and she says that it initiated her into the person she was mean ... Show More
1h 1m
Aug 2021
Motherhood, Miscarriage, & Loss: Tools to Strengthen Your Parenting Journey
<p>On Dear Gabby, we talk about the BIG stuff. In this episode, we bring voice to a conversation that is often pushed under the rug: fertility issues, miscarriage and postpartum depression. Whether you’re a parent who’s suffered from a miscarriage or a person who wants to learn h ... Show More
1h 1m