Doulas Unhinged
Birth and parenting deserve more than recycled advice and outdated expectations. This podcast exposes the hidden influences shaping modern birth and parenthood- unpacking hospital culture, trauma, identity shifts, and the stories we're rarely encouraged to tell out loud.
Each episode challenges assumptions, amplifies lived experiences, and offers evidence- backed conversations that help you reclaim your voice, your choices, and your narrative.
If you've ever felt like the mainstream version of birth and parenting doesn't fit- you're not alone, and you're in the right place.
Episodes
20 episodes
Ep 19: What "They" Don't Tell You About Doula Work
In this week's episode Alex and Lacey pull back the curtain on how doula work impacts the individuals in the work. They offer insight and wisdom to new doulas entering the field. They openly discuss the implications to health, family, commitmen...
Episode 16: How Care Providers Can Empower or Traumatize- A client's Birth story
This week on Doulas Unhinged, Lacey and Alex dive into a powerful topic- Empowerment or Trauma surrounding birth. This is one of the biggest differentiators in how someone remembers their birth for the rest of their life. The same situation can...
Ep 15: How to Vet a Homebirth Midwife
All midwives are not created equal. In this brief episode, Alex and Lacey were inspired to discuss things families might want to look out for when vetting a homebirth midwife to help you find the right person to support you. Questions about tra...
Ep. 14 Postpartum Tips for Partners
Prioritizing your relationship in the early days of the postpartum period can make or break your future relationship. In this Episode, Alex and Lacey discuss many of the common pitfalls of the postpartum period and offer many tips for easy twea...
Ep 13: Cervical Checks
In this episode of Doulas Unhinged, Lacey and Alex get real about one of the most routine—and rarely questioned—parts of modern birth: cervical checks.Are they actually necessary? What information do they really give? And why do so many...
Ep: 12 Marley's Birth Story
In this episode of Doulas Unhinged, Lacey and Alex sit down with a powerful VBAC mama who shares her journey of choosing to birth again after a cesarean—and doing it unmedicated.She opens up about the fears, the pressure, and the moment...
Ep 11: Continuous Fetal Monitoring is Not Living Up To Its Promise
In this episode Alex and Lacey explore a New York Times article's report of the negative impact of constant fetal monitoring.Constant fetal monitoring is used in almost every U.S. hospital labor and delivery unit. Most people in labor ar...
Ep 10: When Policies Impact Support
In this episode Alex and Lacey discuss a new hospital policy that may impact patients at their local hospital- though these types of policies exist all over. They go through the document pulling apart the ways it could be used against the doula...
Ep 9: Boundaries...What boundaries? Postpartum Boundaries: Protecting Your Peace After Baby
In this warm, honest, and deeply supportive episode of Doulas Unhinged, hosts Alex Shaw and Lacey Morgan speak directly to new families navigating the tender postpartum period — a time when protecting your energy, space, and recovery is essenti...
Ep 8: Rolling With The Punches- When Birth Doesn't Go As Planned- An interview with Emmalee Bierly
Emmalee opens up about the birth of her second child whom she chose to invite into the world via induction at 39 weeks. She shares how her long, protracted process was joyful, encouraging, surprising, and ultimately successful with some creativ...
Ep. 7: Induction: When, Why & What to Expect
Induction of labor is one of the most common interventions in modern birth—but it’s also one of the most misunderstood. In this episode, we break down why inductions are offered, what the process typically looks like, and how to navigate the co...
Ep 6: GBS: What They Don’t Fully Explain at 36 Weeks
At around 36–37 weeks, almost everyone is offered a Group B Strep (GBS) test — and for many parents, that’s the first time they’ve ever heard of it.Suddenly there’s talk of “positive results,” IV antibiotics, hospital policies, and fear-...
Ep 5: Labor Progression
Labor isn’t just something that happens to you—it’s a dynamic process influenced by your body, your baby, your environment, and your mindset. In this episode, we break down how labor actually progresses and why it looks so different from one pe...
Ep 4: Birth Story: The Power of Being Witnessed
Today we hear from Chelsea Barbine, founder of Postpartum Better, a postpartum coaching program, host of the Postpartum Better Podcast and co-host of the Postpartum Better Expo. Hear her share about the difference between her typical first-time...
Ep 3: A Broken Hospital System, The Harm They Caused and Deets on ECV
In this episode, we unpack a client’s distressing induction experience that occurred at a local hospital—and use it as a springboard to discuss broader patterns of medical mismanagement we’ve repeatedly witnessed at this facility....