Pregnancy & Postpartum Podcasts

Evidence Based Birth® reads numbers slowly. In EBB 393 - Evidence on Inducing at 41 Weeks or Later, the show walks through a Dutch trial of 1,801 people and pauses on an awkward detail: the median pregnancy in the induction group was only two days shorter. In a replayed conversation with Partner to Decide, a guest recalls her midwife citing a "three times higher" stillbirth risk. She answered with the absolute figures: three in a thousand versus eight in a thousand beyond 42 weeks. The show's free material is supported by a paid professional membership.

The Great Birth Rebellion, hosted by midwife Dr Melanie Jackson, is frank about limits. In Episode 172 - Do I have to consume raspberry leaf tea and dates? she says "there actually is not a lot to go off." She notes that one study's authors called its results null, possibly because it was underpowered, and she leaves the choice to intuition. Weigh that candour alongside the episodes' sponsor reads for a hypnobirthing course and promotion of her own guide to birth without pain medication.

Pregnancy Pearls has an obstetrician's case-file bluntness. In Pregnancy & Relationship Drama, Dr. Nicole Plenty covers partners who blame women for a small baby. She also lays out the workup after an injury with vaginal bleeding in pregnancy: blood count, type and screen, and RhoGAM for Rh-negative mothers. And she looks up the price of a paternity kit on air.

Story shows trade precision for time. Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond, made on Bundjalung Country in Australia, gives Reaping the rewards of deep preparation with Oni Blecher 89 minutes. That leaves room for a beach walk, a placenta pushed out standing over a towel and six weeks spent mostly lying down. Near the end, the conversation offers a frame for any choice: benefits, risks, alternatives, intuition, and whether to decide now or do nothing.

Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast, from Sarah and Matthew, is good on logistics. In A Home Birth Story of Challenges, Changes and Healing with Laura Hale, the guest learns at about 28 weeks that her birth centre won't take her insurance.

Free Birth Society, hosted by Emilee Saldaya, is about birth without medical attendants. In Leaving NHS Midwifery for Sovereign Birth, a former student midwife describes a hospital hierarchy with "women right at the bottom." Her account of how care felt deserves a hearing. It does not establish safety, and the show promotes its own paid course. For a counterweight, try Birth With Power's [POSTPARTUM POWER REPLAY] Healing After A Traumatic Birth. That conversation rejects the idea that moving birth out of hospital would solve birth trauma, pointing to high-risk births.

Postpartum audio is best on the unglamorous hours. In Episode 3 - The Aftermath, Test Tube Baby's Miranda and Tristan describe a couple of days in a curtained cubicle, one of eight, waiting for breastfeeding help from staff stretched so thin.

The Boob Group: Judgment-Free Breastfeeding Support takes on a subject its host calls a little taboo in Moms Who Can't Breastfeed: When Do You Stop Trying? There, dietitian and lactation consultant Christine Toth urges supporters to ask open-ended questions instead of offering another remedy. The Milk Minute- A Lactation Podcast, from midwives Heather ONeal and Maureen Farrell, is brisker and funnier. In Can I Trust My Baby? a sleepy baby's weighted feed shows only eight milliliters taken. Behind the Latch, by contrast, is made for lactation professionals.

Newborn Mothers Podcast turns attention to the mother. In From discarded to held: reviving the lost art of mother-centred care, postpartum doula Keturah recalls a client bursting into tears when offered a cup of tea. For the wider field, try the Women's Health guide, the Health & Fitness category guide and the Women's Wellness & Nutrition page.

Marathons for Miracles pairs Olly Brown's 39 marathons with conversations about baby loss and complex pregnancies. In Ep16: Special Guest Edition — Inside NICU with Neonatal Doctor, Leanne — Nottinghamshire, Leanne describes a family who brought cake every 12 hours to celebrate their baby's "half-day birthdays."

The Worst Girl Gang Ever, hosted by Bex Gunn and Laura Buckingham, lets guests stay unresolved. In S10 E7 - Marj's story, recurrent loss and secondary infertility, a speaker explains how hearing "at least you've already got kids" made her feel her grief belonged to others. For the years of trying behind some of these stories, see the Fertility & Reproductive Health page.