The Ordinary Doula Podcast

22:54

E139: Baby Minimalism

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2026/10/02

Send us Fan Mail The baby industry is loud, expensive, and really good at making normal new-parent nerves feel like a shopping emergency. We slow everything down and ask a calmer question: what does a newborn truly need to be safe, fed, and cared for, and what can you confidently skip without guilt? We talk through baby minimalism in a practical, real-life way, shaped by years of doula work with thousands of families. You’ll hear why marketing leans on emotions like fear, excitement, and vul...

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24:41

E138: What Happens In Immediate Postpartum Recovery?

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2026/09/25

Send us Fan Mail Labor gets all the prep, but the first hours after birth can be the biggest shock. We’re talking about that immediate postpartum stretch, the minutes and early recovery window when you’re holding your baby and everyone around you suddenly starts doing a whole new set of tasks. If you’ve ever thought, “Wait, I thought I was done,” you’re not alone. We break down what’s actually happening in the room: delivering the placenta, monitoring postpartum bleeding and estimated blood ...

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33:02

E137: C-Section Feelings

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2026/09/18

Send us Fan Mail A C-section can save lives and still break your heart a little and pretending that’s a contradiction is where so many parents get stuck. I’m Angie Rosier, and today I’m getting honest about the feelings we carry around cesarean birth: the fear, the disappointment, the relief, the gratitude, and the grief that can all show up at once. If you’ve ever wondered why one person says “Let’s do this” and another feels devastated by the exact same outcome, we unpack what’s underneath ...

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39:44

E136: The 50-Mile Birth Mindset

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2026/09/11

Send us Fan Mail Fifty miles on foot sounds like a birthday stunt until you’re deep in the dark hours, doing the mental math, managing fatigue, and realizing the hardest part is simply continuing. That’s why I’m sharing a personal story that surprised me: training for and attempting a 50-mile walk instantly brought me back to what my clients experience in labor, especially when they’re preparing for an unmedicated birth and trying to hold onto confidence when conditions are not ideal. ...

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25:04

E135: Pumping At Work

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2026/09/04

Send us Fan Mail If you’re heading back to work and trying to keep breastfeeding going, you already know the truth nobody puts on the checklist: pumping can feel like a whole second shift. We sit down and get specific about how to make pumping at work doable, including what to plan before your first day back, how to protect your milk supply during long separations, and how to handle the emotional mix of relief, grief, excitement, and guilt that can all show up at once. We walk through what t...

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14:06

E134: You Can Be Scared and Still Be Ready

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2026/08/28

Send us Fan Mail You don’t wake up one morning and casually run a marathon, so why do we expect ourselves to “just figure out” labor when it starts? Today I’m sharing a simple comparison that’s helped countless families in my doula practice: childbirth is a big physical event, and the way you prepare for it looks a lot like training for an endurance challenge. The goal isn’t to control every detail. The goal is to walk into birth feeling supported, informed, and steady, even when you’re nervo...

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23:24

E133: Birthplace Choices

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2026/08/21

Send us Fan Mail The loudest voices online will tell you there’s only one “right” way to give birth and that anything else is unsafe, uninformed, or unempowered. We don’t buy that. We want to slow the whole debate down and talk about what actually matters when you’re choosing a birthplace: safety, trust, support, and the kind of information that fits your real life. We walk through the full range of options in plain language, including free birth (unassisted birth), birth center birth,...

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E132: How To Use Insurance For Lactation Support

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2026/08/14

Send us Fan Mail You can do everything “right” and still end up dreading the next feed. Breastfeeding challenges like a painful latch, nipple damage, low supply worries, slow weight gain, engorgement, mastitis, pumping overwhelm, and bottle refusal can show up fast and knock your confidence sideways. We want you to know something simple and powerful: lactation help is often closer and more affordable than you think, because many insurance plans cover professional lactation services. We walk ...

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E131: How to Get Doula Services Covered By Insurance

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2026/08/07

Send us Fan Mail Most people assume a doula is automatically an out-of-pocket expense, and that assumption quietly blocks a lot of families from getting the support they want during pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum. We dig into what is finally changing, why it is changing, and how you can find out whether you already have doula insurance coverage through your employer, a private plan, or Medicaid. We walk through the real reasons insurance companies and employers are paying attention ...

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36:48

E130: Postpartum Hemorrhage Basics

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2026/07/24

Send us Fan Mail Postpartum bleeding is expected, but postpartum hemorrhage is a different conversation, and it is one every parent deserves to understand before they are tired, sore, and trying to figure out what “too much” even means. We walk through what normal blood loss can look like after birth, why it often appears worse than it is, and the real thresholds clinicians use when they are watching for danger. We get practical about the why: uterine atony (a soft, boggy uterus that is not ...

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E129: Postpartum Pelvic Floor Reset with Dr. Kasia Unes

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2026/07/17

Send us Fan Mail You get nine months to prepare, one day to give birth, and then a lifetime of “wait, is this normal?” questions. We sit down with pelvic floor physical therapist Dr. Kasha Unes from Reborn in Utah to make postpartum recovery feel clearer, more practical, and a lot less isolating. If you’ve ever wondered when you can start pelvic floor PT, what’s safe before the six-week visit, or why your body feels totally different after delivery, this conversation is for you. We dig into ...

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E128: Pelvic Floor Prep For Pregnancy with Dr. Kasia...

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2026/07/10

Send us Fan Mail Pregnancy can feel like a nonstop stream of “Is this normal?” and too many people get brushed off when they bring up pain, pressure, leaking, or pelvic heaviness. We sit down with pelvic floor physical therapist Kasha Unes to break down what pelvic floor physical therapy actually looks like during pregnancy and why it can help even before any symptoms show up. Think prevention through posture, body mechanics, breathing, relaxation, and strength, not just a quick fix when thin...

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28:57

E127: Understanding Epidurals

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2026/07/03

Send us Fan Mail Epidurals get talked about like a scoreboard, and that mindset can steal your peace before labor even starts. I want a calmer, clearer conversation one that treats pain relief as a tool, not a test of strength, and helps you build a labor pain management plan you can actually live with when things get real. From my lens as a doula with more than 20 years in a busy practice, we walk through what an epidural is (and how it differs from a spinal or a combined spinal epidu...

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E126: Hatched & Latched - What Can We Learn from...

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2026/06/26

Send us Fan Mail A business name change shouldn’t feel emotional, but this one does. After more than 20 years supporting thousands of families through pregnancy, labor, birth, breastfeeding, and postpartum life, I’m stepping into a new “face” for my work: Hatched and Latched. The name ties together the moment a baby arrives and the moment feeding begins, and it better reflects how families experience the transition into parenthood as one connected story, not a set of separate appointments. T...

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15:09

E125: Retiring My Old Birth Bag

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2026/06/19

Send us Fan Mail A doula bag is like a time capsule of real births: the tools that help, the “just in case” items you never touch, and the tiny comforts that keep you steady at 3 a.m. Today we’re doing something oddly emotional and surprisingly useful, retiring my oldest birth bag after hundreds and hundreds of births and unpacking what’s actually inside. I share the simple gear that supports labor in real life, not in a perfect checklist fantasy. We talk through the binder of prenatal hando...

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E124: Pregnancy Prep in the Age of Social Media

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2026/06/12

Send us Fan Mail Your pregnancy feed can make you feel prepared, or completely panicked, and the difference often has less to do with you and more to do with what the algorithm keeps serving next. We talk about how social media has changed childbirth education, from the genuinely helpful parts (free access to educators, visuals of labor positions, and support communities) to the stuff that quietly warps expectations (fear-based stories, extreme outcomes, and nonstop comparison). We dig into ...

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14:28

E123: Your Everyday Stress Response Shows Up In Labor

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2026/05/29

Send us Fan Mail Labor has a way of turning your everyday stress habits up to full volume. So before we talk about the “perfect” birth plan, we zoom out and ask something more revealing: when your day goes sideways, what do you actually do? I walk through two questions I use with my doula clients to quickly understand how a pregnant person and their partner respond to frustration, surprises, and uncertainty, because those default patterns often show up in the birth room. We start with the sm...

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23:01

E122: Your Body and Your Baby Communicate Through...

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2026/05/22

Send us Fan Mail Birth can look like a simple sequence of contractions and dilation, but underneath it all is a powerful hormone conversation between parent and baby. We pull back the curtain on the hormone dance of birth, focusing on oxytocin and cortisol, plus the adrenaline surge that shows up when labor gets real. With two bodies working as one system, the chemistry matters, and it explains so much about why labor can feel smooth one moment and overwhelming the next. We talk throug...

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E121: Mother’s Day: Childbirth Changes You Even When...

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2026/05/10

Send us Fan Mail Strength doesn’t always look like a highlight reel. Sometimes it looks like breathing through one more contraction, waiting through uncertainty, feeding a newborn on no sleep, or walking into the NICU with a body that’s still healing and a heart that’s carrying more than anyone can see. With Mother’s Day close by, we reflect on the deep, often invisible power of childbearing and motherhood. We talk about the kind of strength that isn’t loud or performative, but steady, groun...

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20:42

E120: What If Messy Breastfeeding Is Normal

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2026/05/01

Send us Fan Mail Breastfeeding can look like a sunlit photo shoot online and feel like a complicated midnight puzzle in real life. We’re naming that gap without shame. If you’ve ever wondered why it isn’t coming “naturally,” why your baby pops on and off, why you’re stuck in endless cluster feeding, or why you’re Googling in the dark with tears on your face, you’re not alone and you’re not doing it wrong. We dig into why so many parents in the United States don’t grow up seeing much breastfe...

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