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Liberté Chan: After Birth

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Liberté Chan walks into Cedars-Sinai on all fours during contractions, ignoring security to get help.

This episode of the Informed Pregnancy Podcast features host Dr. Elliot Berlin reuniting with meteorologist and digital creator Liberté Chan to recount her recent birth experience and early motherhood. Dr. Berlin is a pregnancy-focused chiropractor, and Chan is a first-time mother returning to share her postpartum story. The conversation details Chan's labor beginning on the night of a lunar eclipse, March 14th, with contractions she initially mistook for Braxton Hicks. She describes following the 5-1-1 rule for contractions, her desire to work her morning show shift, and the intensifying pain that led her to Cedars-Sinai Hospital around midnight. Chan recounts parking difficulties, walking into the hospital alone during contractions, and being placed in a postpartum area due to room shortages. She received an epidural after a cervical check showed she was five centimeters dilated, following several hours of painful back labor. Chan's husband, Luis, helped by putting up inspirational boards she had created and offering support during contractions. The delivery involved an hour and a half of coached pushing before her daughter, Mila, was born weighing just under six pounds. Chan reflects on the immediate skin-to-skin contact and the emotional moment of seeing her daughter for the first time. A surprising insight was Chan's reframing of nighttime feedings, influenced by a friend's perspective that her morning show schedule trained her for newborn hours. The discussion reveals that pushing was more physically demanding than she anticipated, despite her fitness level. Chan also shares that she did not follow strict postpartum exercise restrictions, instead listening to her body for guidance. The episode includes a humorous and raw moment where Chan learns she pooped during delivery, which she was unaware of at the time. Dr. Berlin offers a biological perspective, suggesting this exposure benefits the baby's microbiome. The tone is conversational, supportive, and blends educational asides with a personal narrative style. Listeners who enjoy detailed, positive birth stories and honest postpartum discussions would appreciate this episode. Those seeking a highly clinical or critical analysis of medical interventions might find the conversation too anecdotal.

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A candid birth story that keeps pain, patience, and postpartum reality in view.

Liberté Chan comes back to talk about what birth looks like after the big moment has passed: pain, waiting, visualization, and plain exhaustion.

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If you want a straight-shooting birth story with real labor texture, press play.

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