Enjoy a peaceful meditation with affirmations you can use for pregnancy and birth. Brought to you by Jasmine Sassack, doula and founder of The Birth Zone. More information at https://www.thebirthzone.com/

Today we're dispelling the myth that doulas only work at home births! For more info please visit https://www.thebirthzone.com/.

In this interview Sheen Watterson shares her experience getting a preventative prophylactic mastectomy just months after her wedding due to an increased risk for breast cancer. Sheena opens up about how this procedure affected her motherhood journey, and particularly her feeding choices when  she had her children. You can listen to Sheena's parenthood podcast at "And Then We Had Kids." You can learn more about The Birth Zone at https://www.thebirthzone.com/.

If you're planning on an induction for your labor or birth, you want to make sure you know these eight things beforehand. Brought to you by Jasmine Sassack, doula and founder of https://www.thebirthzone.com/

For my first birth I was induced at over 41 weeks pregnant. After 51 hours of labor I delivered my ten pound sunny-side-up baby! Here's what I wish I would have known then. More information available at https://www.thebirthzone.com/, or you can view the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_aCURqqWrw.

Enjoy a short five-minute meditation to enhance your pregnancy. Led by Jasmine Sassack of The Birth Zone. https://www.thebirthzone.com/

In this special episode Jasmine interviews Kristina, a three-time surrogate/gestational carrier. If you're interested in learning more about becoming a surrogate please visit https://share.conceiveabilities.com/jasmine. For more information about The Birth Zone please visit https://www.thebirthzone.com/.

Join Jasmine Sassack as she leads a short meditation and breathing exercise that you can use during pregnancy and labor. Jasmine is a birth doula, childbirth educator, and owner of The Birth Zone, a doula agency serving the Chicago and Milwaukee areas. https://www.thebirthzone.com/

Why are some labors so easy and comfortable, and others are so long and difficult? The answer probably isn't what you're guessing!