# Mailbag: Your Biggest Birth Questions, Answered

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Podcast: [Birth with Babylist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/birth-with-babylist-7667946)
Published: 2026-04-21T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.babylist.com/podcast/bonus-episode-1-your-birth-questions-answered
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## Resource

You've got questions about birth—and so does everyone else. In this mailbag episode, we answer the most common questions we hear from our community (and the ones OBs get asked every single day). Do you go to the hospital right away when your water breaks? How do you tell real contractions from false labor? What does an epidural actually do (and what does it not do)? We're clearing up the confusion so you can go into birth feeling more prepared and less anxious. Birth with Babylist brings together trusted experts and parents who’ve lived it to break down what happens before, during and after birth—without fear-mongering or shaming. Hosted by journalist, author and mom of three Jo Piazza. Featuring Abike T. James, MD, MPH, Jennifer Lincoln, MD, IBCLC (@drjenniferlincoln), Lo Mansfield, MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM (@thelabormama), Jillian LoPiano, MD and Laura Hanks, MD (@drhanks_at_ur_cervix).

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