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Dec 2023
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Birth Story: Navigating Birth Together w...

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It's so important to have your birth partner on the same page as you. This week, we talk to a husband and wife who prepared together for birth. By preparing and educating themselves together, Brady was able to anticipate Alisha's needs when she couldn't verbalize them herself.

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