The Blow Up Tub, Ep. 3

April 4, 2025

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Dive into Arianna's intense and unexpected labor journey with her first child where she experienced prolonged and painful contractions, requiring support from her doula and midwife. Despite aiming for an unmedicated home birth, escalating pain and unforeseen complications force here into a hospital transfer. Will she get the VBAC she desired?


One Way or a Mother is an Informed Pregnancy Media original series. Season one is presented by Mahmee.
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Credits:
Elliot Berlin - Executive Producer, Creator, Host, Writer
Rose Hart-Landsberg - Producer, Writer
Natalie Pulvino - Producer, Writer
Nikola Tarabaovic - Audio Editor
Glenn Nishida - Sound Engineer
Guilherme Silva - Music Composition
Paul Greenberg - Consulting Producer
Mallory Edson - Story, Audio Editing, Sound Mixing
Olivia Trueblood - Copywriter, Art
Jawad Salimee - Main Series Art
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Featuring: 
Arianna Lasry

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