Podcast: Birth Stories with Nechama Nerenberg, Doula

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foreign preventative health podcast hosted by the Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association we provide you with up-to-date information on health topics geared towards the Orthodox Jewish Community this podcast content is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice or as a substitute for the medical advice as a substitute for the medical advice of a physician foreign welcome to the Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association ajoma podcast I'm your host Elisa Minkin I'm a general pediatrician and proud drama member and tonight I'm really really honored and really excited to be here today with nahama Nuremberg who is a doula um she says I am a wife another of four Baruch Hashem she works as a doula for over 20 years she says she took courses over 20 years she says she took courses classes in breastfeeding emergency birth EMT neonatal resuscitation techniques on more efficient pushing brm which is called body ready method and body balancing which are techniques to quote alleviate pain during pregnancy and for easier births so I was really really excited about this interview um nahama was the one who had the viral audio going around um about her experience at Niagara Falls and I'm not going to say anymore because she's going to thank you so much for joining me tonight no problem I really appreciate I've been looking forward to this conversation for a long time and I have to tell you something cute I was talking to my daughter today and she said wow Mom just yesterday you said I don't know anything about Douglas and today you're the biggest Doula fan what happens birth is a topic that touches us all and we all a lot of us have what ifs and we always wonder like you know if I would have had a doula would things be different

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1. 0:00foreign preventative health podcast hosted by the Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association we provide you with…
2. 4:40stay home as long as possible just because um we you you wanna you wanna be…
3. 9:15um the weight of the baby doesn't pull on things in different directions they can cause…
4. 14:53client like I was had a few breaths and then I said no more um I…
5. 19:34letters healthy Mother healthy baby and there should be you know notes that there can be…
6. 24:08providers who say that if you get an epidural there is a bigger chance of a…
7. 28:42forever right right and I've given you a moment I want I I want your story…
8. 33:18I started thinking of champ for being alive and I could hear my daughter as I…
9. 37:52us and she's joking with us um so they put me into a room and I…
10. 42:30doula because I see such a clear message like I see the whole concept of birth…

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