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Rise: A Christian Birth Podcast
Rise: A Christian Birth Podcast is for pregnant Christian women who want to prepare for birth with confidence, wisdom, and trust in the Lord - especially if you desire a natural or unmedicated birth but feel unsure how to get there.
Hosted by Christian doula Mannah Liu of Rise Birth Services, this podcast offers encouragement, education, and biblical truth for birth without fear. You’ll learn how fear impacts labor, what’s happening in your body during birth, and practical tools to cope with pain, alongside Scripture-grounded perspective, prayer, and honest conversations about real-life birth.
Whether you’re a first-time mom, feeling torn between faith and fear, or hoping to approach labor with more peace and clarity, Rise will help you prepare your heart, mind, and body for birth so you can walk into labor informed, supported, and anchored in God’s presence.
Rise: A Christian Birth Podcast
7. What Happens Right After Birth: 6 Things No One Tells You
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Most birth preparation focuses on labor and pushing but very few parents are truly prepared for what happens immediately after the baby is born.
In this episode, we walk through the first minutes and hours after birth and talk about what is normal, what is routine, and where you may have options. For many moms, this phase feels confusing or overwhelming...not because anything went wrong, but because no one explained what to expect.
This is a practical, educational episode covering:
- Why birth doesn’t end when the baby is born
- The physiology and importance of immediate skin-to-skin contact
- What happens during the delivery of the placenta (the third stage of labor)
- Common sensations after birth, including shaking, bleeding, and exhaustion
- Fundal checks and why they’re done
- Newborn procedures and how to protect the “golden hour”
- The emotional whiplash that can happen after birth (and why it’s normal)
The goal of this episode is not to create fear, but to replace uncertainty with understanding so you can prepare for this phase of birth with the same intentionality you bring to labor.
Resources & Research Mentioned:
Cochrane Review: Strong evidence supports skin-to-skin contact after birth
WHO: Immediate skin-to-skin care for newborn survival
UNICEF: Research on skin-to-skin contact
Evidence Based Birth: The third stage of labor and Pitocin
Just getting started?
Use my free pregnancy and birth research checklist to jumpstart your learning.
Free roadmap to planning a natural birth:
10 Steps to Natural Birth
Want to feel more confident making decisions in labor?
Join the Autonomous Birth Workshop to learn how to advocate for yourself and navigate birth with clarity.
Free Scripture-Based Affirmation Cards
For encouragement and truth as you prepare for birth, download my Free Scripture-Based Affirmation Cards
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