Birth Words: Language For a Better Birth

Science Podcasts

Birth worker Sara Pixton draws on her backgrounds in applied linguistics and social work to explore the power of words during the childbearing season and how we can all come together to better care for and honor those who give birth.

Episodes

Rebroadcast of Spring: Reconceptualizing Due Dates

Advocacy: Reframing a Hot Button Birth Issue as Educating, Empowering, and Amplifying

Amazing: A Pandemic Birth Story with Ella Mink

Stories: Powerful Tools for Social Change

Unethical: How Ethics Fade from View in the Birth Space

Rebirth: Birth Words is Back for Season 2... With a Twist!

Narratives: What to Do When Someone Starts Telling a Birth "Horror Story"

Necessary: Talking About Pelvic Floor Health with Dr. Betty DeLass, DPT

Bonding: The Benefits of Talking to Your Baby in Utero!

Magical: A Conversation with Women's Health Coach Meredith Ashton Cohen About the Menstrual Cycle

Roots: Rebroadcast of Birth Words, Episode 1

Communication: Changing the Way You Speak to Fit Your Circumstances

Teacher: Learning Life's Lessons During an 80-Hour Labor, with Michelle Knight

Spring: Reconceptualizing Due Dates

Workshop: A Sneak Peek into the Birth Words In-Depth Workshop for Birthworkers

Unknown: An Interview with Birthing from Within Trainer Nikki Shaheed

Respect: Honorifics and the Circle of Support

Intricate: Kayte Gardner Tells Her Birth Stories

Conduit: Communication Isn't a Matter of Boxing Up Meaning

Exalted: A Conversation with Alisa Crawshaw about the Noble Work of Parenthood