Doula Support During Pushing by Dismantling Learned Compliance with Adriana Lozada
Pushing can often be the most dreaded and intense part of birth - but it doesn't have to be!
Adriana Lozada offers a paradigm shift in the way we approach pushing, a shift that just might make you and your clients look forward to pushing, instead of dreading it!
Have you found yourself standing by during the pushing phase of labor, watching the doula magic you wove throughout the hours prior slowly unravel? If we’re being honest, every doula has felt this way during their career! Adriana Lozada offers a paradigm shift in the way we approach pushing, a shift that just might make you and your clients look forward to pushing, instead of dreading it!
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Adriana Lozada, AdvCD(DONA), CSC, CEMC, CBP (she, her) is an advanced birth doula, a postpartum educator, and child sleep consultant. In the late 90’s she co-founded a newspaper and media company, a network of youth sites in Spanish, and was named one of CNN en Español’s 20 “Latin American Leaders of the Internet” in 2000. Then she gave birth. Adriana’s life can be defined as before and after being pregnant with her daughter. If you’re a parent, surely you can relate. Adriana believes in, and advocates for, the transformational power of giving birth. She’s gifted at helping others on their perinatal journeys, and brings her deep knowledge, practical expertise, curiosity, and respect for inclusivity into all aspects of her work. Adriana is an unabashed advocate for improving the perinatal health system for all.
Doula Alli Klever’s fantastic questions contributed to the outline of this episode.
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