That's a wrap on Season 1! Stay tuned for Season 2, launching early 2025!

Margo's husband Marcello joins her to discuss his experience witnessing Margo bring their two children into this world. Once a home birth skeptic, the birth of their daughter Lucia has evolved his perspective to be that everyone should give birth at home. Listen in to hear about how parenthood has Marcello feeling "the most tired but also the most happy" he's ever been in his life.

5 Things I Wish I Knew

Marcello's Youtube Channel

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Before Jenny ever got pregnant, she was diagnosed with PCOS. Like so many of the 8-13% of American women with PCOS, she was not given a full picture of how this disorder would affect her fertility. She began her journey to motherhood in fertility clinics, and was one of the lucky women who can now share her story with a healthy baby in her arms.

Resources:

Expecting Better
The Mayo Clinic Guide to Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn

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Our co-host Margo is back to share the birth story of her daughter Lucia. Less than two years after her son’s hospital birth, Margo realized that she was being pulled to have a home birth. She dives into the difference in her prenatal care and labor experiences from her hospital and home births. Even though her first birth was positive, a shorter and more peaceful birth at home still felt like a redemption for her. You might just be convinced to have your next baby at home…

Notes on Arrival is a podcast for women to share their pregnancy and birth experiences. This podcast does not offer medical advice.

Resources:

Birthing from Within

The Informed Pregnancy Podcast

Manhattan Birth Midwifery

Sophia - Auspicious Beginnings

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Shortly after Ana passed the bar exam, she found out she was pregnant. She was entering her new career as a lawyer and soon found it tough to balance an ambitious career and her new growing family, and the baby hadn’t even arrived yet! After an appointment with a particularly painful cervical check, Ana's water broke while she was shopping at the Apple store. From there, a long and difficult birth process began which included a series of interventions that ultimately led to a birth outcome that she had very adamantly wanted to avoid. Tune in to Ana's story to learn how to identify some key questions to ask to your care providers to make informed decisions along your pregnancy journey. 

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Gwen's husband Gennaro joins her to share what it was like to become a dad. He talks about his experience learning about childbirth alongside Gwen as she prepared for her first birth, and how his role shifted to become her primary birth companion during the birth of their second child. Curious about how to involve your partner in your pregnancy and birth prep journey? Are you a dad-to-be who wants to hear from another dad about his experience witnessing his wife giving birth? Check out this episode for an intimate chat between Gwen and Gennaro.

Notes on Arrival is a podcast for women to share their pregnancy and birth experiences. This podcast does not offer medical advice.

The Business of Being Born

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Laura is the only person that we know who has four kids under two. That's right, she became a mom of four in the past two years by giving birth to two sets of twins. And unlike so many twin moms in our country, Laura had all of her babies vaginally. When her first doctor indicated that a twin pregnancy meant an automatic c-section, she began her search for a doctor who was skilled and confident enough to offer her the option of a vaginal birth for both of her pregnancies. Aside from carrying two babies, she also struggled with Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) during both pregnancies. This episode is filled with so much interesting information about twin mom life, overcoming extreme morning sickness and advocating for yourself even when you’re considered a high-risk pregnancy and birth

Notes on Arrival is a podcast for women to share their pregnancy and birth experiences. This podcast does not offer medical advice.

https://www.hyperemesis.org/

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