Happy Homebirth
321 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 504 ratingsThe Happy Homebirth podcast is your source for positive natural childbirth stories, and your community of support, education and encouragement in all things homebirth and motherhood.
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Ep 264:The Opposite Of A Traumatic Birth with Regina Lowenfield
January 01, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBOnce you've experienced a traumatic birth, the best you can hope for from that point on is just-- a birth without trauma, right? It's best to just play it safe- not to push the envelope....? Regina has been married to her husband Miles for 11 years and mother to their 3 children. Currently the Lowenfields live in Southern Indiana where they are building an events venue on their 75 acres. Today we'll hear how Regina and Miles experienced trauma, tried to cope, and then went big with their mo...
Ep 263: VBA3C?! You’re Not High Risk Until You’re High Risk with Jan DeAngelo
December 28, 2023 05:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBYou can't have a homebirth after 3 c sections, pre-eclampsia and being a "geriatric pregnancy", can you? This week, we're speaking with Jan DeAngelo, 43 year old mother of 4 babies who changed EVERYTHING in between her third and fourth births. We'll hear how she took control of her care and her family's wellbeing, and gave birth with confidence to her most recent little one. Episode Roundup You're not high risk until you're high risk- Jan's midwife said this, and I find it such a beautif...
Ep 262: The Body-Mind-Birth Connection with Errika Horner
December 25, 2023 05:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBWhich is more important in birth preparation and birth itself? The body--or the mind? This week we're speaking with Errika Horner, a stay-at-home mom of 2 girls and blogger in her spare time, sharing healthy recipes and intentional homemaking inspiration on her website: thehomeintent.com. Episode Roundup As Errika's story demonstrated, it is possible to have a positive birth experience in the hospital, if that’s the option you feel you need this time around, keep this at front of mind, as ...
Ep 261: A Beautiful Shoulder Dystocia? With Coco Brown
December 19, 2023 05:02 - 1 hour - 78.6 MBWhen you imagine a beautiful homebirth, what comes to mind? Everything unfolds perfectly, or nearly perfectly, right? This week, we're speaking with Coco Brown. Coco is a mother, currently navigating the labyrinth that is postpartum using ancestral knowledge and intuition to guide her. She is a maternal health and nourishment advocate sharing her intimate journey through home birth, postpartum, intuitive motherhood and well being through her online presence in hopes to deeply connect women ...
Ep 260: A Failed Epidural and a Victorious Homebirth with Brianna Peters
December 19, 2023 04:56 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBWhen you've had a hospital birth but your epidural failed, why not bring it on home for baby #2? This week we're speaking to Brianna, who did just that-- decided to head home after the frustrating experience of a failed epidural. We'll hear how she was able to tap into her intuition and her primal instincts to make her homebirth a wonderful success. Episode Roundup: Brianna experienced the intensity of labor with her first birth, as her epidural migrated and failed. Because she had exp...
Ep 259: Responsive Sleep for You and Your Baby with Taylor Kulik
December 04, 2023 05:00 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MBSleeping with your baby-- we've probably all done it once or twice, but is it actually safe? This week we're speaking with Taylor Kulik. Taylor is an occupational therapist and holistic sleep and parenting educator who developed a passion for helping new mothers overcome their sleep-related fears and helping them get back to trusting in their intuition. She provides radical re-education about how babies and children should sleep, and offers holistic and responsive sleep support to parents w...
Ep 258: How To Turn Your Passion For Birth Into A Full-time Career As A Doula with Kyleigh Banks
November 27, 2023 05:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBExclusive Free Training: How To Turn Your Passion For Birth Into A Full-time Career As A Doula – So you can feed your soul AND your Family… even if you don’t want to be on call 24/7! Register here: Myhappyhomebirth.com/birthworker This Week's Sponsors: Araza Beauty: Code HOMEBIRTH for 15% off Informed Pregnancy+ Join The Homebirth Collective Join Happy Homebirth Academy Code PODCAST for 10% off
Ep 257: From Questioning Yourself to Questioning the Birth System with McKenzie Ulmer
November 20, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 91.8 MBWhat does it look like to take charge of your birth experience after a previously disempowering one? This week, we'll be speaking with McKenzie, a mother to two children and student from The Homebirth Collective--with two very different pregnancy and birth stories. We'll learn how McKenzie's first pregnancy and birth laid a groundwork for questioning herself, yet how that's absolutely not the end of her story-- and what she did to change her experience of pregnancy, birth and motherhood. ...
Ep 256: From Changing Care Providers to Midwife Continuity with Shayna Piva
November 13, 2023 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MBHave you ever felt like you were seeing a revolving door of different doctors throughout your pregnancy? HOW can you feel confident and comfortable with the provider if it just. keeps. changing? This week we're speaking with Shayna- a mother to two precious boys, one born in the hospital and one at home. We'll hear how Shayna dealt with switching doctors in her first pregnancy, and how a revolving door of doctors in her second pregnancy sent her seeking the continuity and CARE of a midwife....
Ep 255: Deep Familial Connection Through Homebirth with Anna Rivera
November 06, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 80.4 MBDid you know that you can use your birth to deeply unite your family unit? Today we're speaking with Anna, a mother of three precious children with a bend towards all things holistic. Anna and her husband decided to use their third birth experience as a catalyst for the entire family-- truly restructuring the way that they experienced parenthood and the culture that they wanted to present to their family. I can't wait for you to hear how this played out. Anna was a student inside of The H...
Ep 254: From Interventions to Undisturbed with Bree Darby
October 30, 2023 05:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBHas your perception of an event ever changed after a period of time? If so, how did that impact your future decision-making? And today we're speaking with Bree Darby. Bree is a mama of two girls, 4 years and 3 months, and a bonus mom of one boy, 11. She is a working/stay-at-home mom in the suburbs of Philadelphia who spends her time outside of work exercising, enjoying the outdoors, or spending time with her family. After a hospital birth filled with interventions, she was determined to hav...
Ep 253: Finding Joy While Experiencing Secondary Infertility with Shyla Brown
October 22, 2023 18:18 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBWhat happens when becoming pregnant goes from being quick and easy to long, emotional and difficult? This week, we're speaking with Shyla Brown, a mother of 4 babes- 3 of whom were born at home. We'll walk through Shyla's experiences of pregnancy, which range from fast and unexpected to long-awaited while she struggled with secondary infertility. Shyla will share what she learned from that experience and the pelvic therapy that made SUCH a massive difference for her. And for those of you wh...
Ep 252: Minerals, Lymph, Fascia, Oh My! With Margaret Barry
October 16, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBHow do we encourage optimal growth of our bodies and the bodies of our babies in pregnancy and birth? What are the foundational pieces to this? This week we're speaking with Margaret Barry. After a history of restrictive dieting and over-exercising, Margaret decided to seek out a better understanding of physiology that goes beyond the unsustainable diets and quick fixes commonly promoted in the women’s health world. After successfully resolving her digestive issues, hormonal imbalances, ...
Ep 251: A Deeper Understanding of the Transformative Power of Birth with Karey Hoffmann
October 09, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBHow can we lean into the primal nature of birth and experience it as the full right of passage that it was designed to be? Today we're speaking with Karey, a stay-at-home, soon to be homeschooling mom of three. In this episode, we'll uncover the work that Karey did, particularly between her second and third birth, that led to a deeper understanding of the transformative power that birth holds for those who seek. Episode Roundup We talk about communication being extremely important, and K...
Ep 250: Coming Into Your Own and Advocating for Your Dream Birth with Cortney Steffensmeier
October 02, 2023 05:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBWhen birth goes well in all of the physical ways, does that necessarily mean that it carried the emotional depth you desired? This week we're speaking with Cortney Steffensmeier. Cortney is the mother of 3 littles who ignited her passion for breastfeeding and maternal postpartum support. After working for nearly 10 years in western medicine, Cortney received a deeper calling to stay home with her babies while cultivating a network for her local moms. She is an IBCLC, postpartum doula, and...
Ep 249: Surrendering to Physiological Birth and Motherhood with Jessica Livengood
September 25, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBSurrendering to Physiological Birth and Motherhood with Jessica Livengood What does it mean to surrender to your birth experience? To surrender to motherhood? This week's episode, we'll be speaking to my friend and Homebirth Collective student Jessica about her experiences with surrender in birth and motherhood. This conversation is so deep and SO useful- I know you're going to gain amazing insight from it. Before we jump in, I want to share how deeply this concept relates to what we le...
Ep 248: Game-Time Birth Decisions with Katelyn and Thomas Fusco
September 18, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBWhat happens when you live and breathe homebirth, but you can't quite visualize how you want your birth to unfold. Today I (Katelyn) am sitting down with my husband Thomas to share the birth story of our precious son, Thomas Jr. For our previous birth stories: Lillian's Birth Janie's Birth This Week's Sponsors: Araza Beauty: Code HOMEBIRTH for 15% off Informed Pregnancy+ Join The Homebirth Collective Join Happy Homebirth Academy Code PODCAST for 10% off
Ep 247: Making Birth Choices From a Place of Empowerment with Leigh Anne McGiff
September 11, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBMaking Birth Choices From a Place of Empowerment with Leigh Anne McGiff How do we respond to the unexpected? We know we can't control all of the circumstances of life, but what do we do when we're faced with new choices that must be made? This week, we're speaking to my friend and Homebirth Collective student, Leigh Anne. Leigh Anne will be sharing about her two birth experiences and how she and her husband Colton were able to navigate "game time" decision-making in a way that led to a se...
Ep 246: Birth in Captivity to the Freedom of Homebirth with Esmeralda Carrillo
September 04, 2023 05:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBHow did your birth location make you feel during your birthing experience-- confined and imprisoned, or totally set free? This week, we're speaking to Esmeralda, a mother to 3 children, doula and homebirth shop owner. We'll hear how Esmeralda went from a confined hospital experience to absolute freedom in her homebirths. If you're looking to prepare for your homebirth and motherhood, and you find yourself aligning with the information that I share, I would love to have you inside of one o...
Encore: Birthing Instincts With Dr. Stu
August 28, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBThe wait is almost over, are you ready for the Fall2023 season of Happy Homebirth? Join me from your favorite podcast platform on September4 for our first brand new episode and mark your calendars for September 18, when my husband and I will be sitting down to tell all about our most recent birth experience. It is completely unlike our previous experiences, and you don't want to miss it. What do Obstetricians have to say about homebirth? Well, the one we're speaking to today certainly ...
Encore: Appreciating Rites of Passage, Releasing Fear, and Healing During Pregnancy
August 21, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBThe wait is almost over, are you ready for the Fall2023 season of Happy Homebirth? Join me from your favorite podcast platform on September4 for our first brand new episode and mark your calendars for September 18, when my husband and I will be sitting down to tell all about our most recent birth experience. It is completely unlike our previous experiences, and you don't want to miss it. What the heck is a rite of passage… and why does this matter in regards to birth? This week, we...
Encore: Homebirth and Chiropractic Wisdom With Dr. Courtney Kahla
August 14, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 77 MBLet’s say you’re a birth expert- you’ve been working with pregnant mothers for years, and you’re finally having the homebirth of your dreams. Is firm education enough, or will there possibly be unexpected tests in the emotional and mental aspects of birth? This week we’re speaking with the marvelous Dr. Courtney Kahla. Dr. Courtney is a nervous system centered chiropractor specializing in families. She is the owner of Our Well House: a multidisciplinary wellness center in Dallas, TX. Her mi...
Encore: Simplifying Birth, Simplifying Childhood with Ginny Yurtich
August 07, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBHave you ever been disqualified from something? Maybe you were in a swim meet and your feet touched the bottom of the pool. Maybe your scholarship essay was too short and you were taken out of the running…. But have you ever been considered disqualified in your birthing location? This week we’re speaking with an incredible woman, Ginny Yurtich, founder of 1000 hours outsideJih, and mother of 5 children with very different birth stories. In her first birth, Ginny’s pre-eclampsia “disquali...
Encore: Elizabeth’s Peaceful Surprise Twin Homebirth
July 31, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBWhat surprised you most about your homebirth? Was it… the way you vocalized during your surges? Or maybe it was how incredibly accomplished you felt afterward? Or… was it the number of babies that you gave birth to? This week we’re speaking to Elizabeth Parsons, who really brought the surprise factor to her fourth birth and first homebirth. Episode Roundup: Can you imagine that experience? The shock of thinking you’re pushing out a placenta, but then being handed a second baby? Abso...
Encore: Birth as a Rite of Passage with Dr. Rachel Reed
July 24, 2023 05:00 - 47 minutes - 43 MBToday's guest: Dr Rachel Reed is a midwife, academic, author, and international speaker who focuses on childbirth physiology, midwifery practice, and women's rights (and rites). She has provided midwifery care for many women and has attended births in a wide range of settings and circumstances. Rachel is the author of the award-winning blog MidwifeThinking and the co-host of The Midwives' Cauldron podcast. She has published widely in journals and magazines, and her first book Why Induction Ma...
Encore: Homebirth is a Team Sport
July 17, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBShow Notes: Christine and Andrew started their pregnancy journey traditionally with OB care. However, as the pregnancy progressed, they began feeling more and more frustrated about the fact that appointments were fast and shallow. There was not in-depth preparation for childbirth, and they felt there must be something missing. The couple decided to begin their own research, which led them to switch to midwifery care and homebirth. Their commitment to giving birth at home grew as they beca...
Encore: Emily Catches Her Own Baby
July 10, 2023 05:00 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBDid you know that you could be so intimately aware of what's going on in your labor that you could be the one to reach down and catch your own baby? I sure didn't with my first daughter, and there's absolutely no way I would have been able to take the death grip off of my husband to do any such thing. But Emily... Emily planned and prepared for a mindful homebirth, and her goal was to catch her own baby (her first birth!). She was a founding member of Happy Homebirth Academy, and I'm so ...
Encore: Real Food for Pregnancy (and Postpartum!) With Lily Nichols
July 03, 2023 05:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBPregnancy and postpartum. Many of us strive to maintain a healthy diet during these pivotal times, but what does a healthy diet look like? Should we stick to the guidelines? Enter Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE. Lily is an expert on all things nutrition pertaining to the pregnant mother. She is the author of two books: Real Food for Gestational Diabetes, and Real Food for Pregnancy. Lily sheds light on what it looks like to eat nutrient dense foods, how our food choices affect ourselves and o...
Encore: How Did We Get Here?! The History of U.S. Maternity Care
June 26, 2023 05:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBHave you ever been on a drive and say 15 minutes in you think to yourself, “Woah, how did I get here? You realize you’ve lost your way and you need to turn it around and go back to the start. In this week’s episode, we’ll be taking a look at the past, the history of midwifery and women’s care as it pertains specifically to the United States, and delving into some of the reasons that compared to many other westernized countries, women and babies in the US have abysmal outcomes. We’ll be sh...
Encore: Leah and Her Midwife Handle a Complication
June 19, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBShow Notes: Leah is a registered nurse engaged to a UFC fighter, Brandon Davis. They have just grown their family with a new baby! She had a homebirth with her first baby. When asked how she decided to have a homebirth, she said she’s always been fascinated with it, but she doesn’t have any friends or family members who had had homebirths previously. That being the case, it took a large amount of research on her part to come to the decision and know for certain she wanted to give birth at ...
Encore: From Valley to Mountain: Laura’s Spiritual, Pain-Free Birth
June 12, 2023 05:00 - 45 minutes - 41.1 MBPain-free childbirth is a myth.... right? Laura is a mother of 3, and she and her husband were newly married when they became unexpectedly pregnant. They had recently moved, and found themselves moving back into Laura's parents' house as they got their finances in order. Because she had never spent time around babies, Laura took a nannying job for a newborn during her pregnancy. When he napped, she would read books. A family member gave her Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, and at 35 wee...
Ep 232: A Primal First Time Homebirth with Sara Middleton
June 05, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBFirst births: You don't know what's going on with your body, they're long, and mothers enter them feeling uncertain and needing reassurance.... right? This week we're speaking to Sara, who lives in Travelers Rest, South Carolina with her husband Rob, their first child and son, Charlie, and their two big all american mutts, Captain and Bucky. Sara and her husband Rob strive to live a gospel-centered and holistic/ancestral lifestyle to create the best and safest environment for their children...
Ep 231: Reclaiming Primal Movement to Improve Your Family’s Wellbeing with Paris Latka
May 29, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBWhat does your posture communicate to yourself, your baby, and the world? Perhaps it seems unimportant or insignificant, but as you'll learn today-- there is SO much to the way in which we hold ourselves. This week we're speaking with my incredible friend, coach and mentor Paris Latka. Paris is the founder of her business IAM Health, which stands for Intelligent Alignment Movement Health. It is her greatest passion to support people feeling fantastic in their bodies, connected to their hea...
Ep 230: Finding Freedom in Motherhood with Naomi Reyes
May 22, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBMotherhood-- It has a way of bringing up the things that we thought were stored deep, deep down... it pulls 'em right to the surface. How can we find freedom in motherhood, be the most loving version of ourselves and heal our families at the same time? This week, we're speaking with my dear friend Naomi Reyes. Naomi is the creator of Finding Freedom Collective where she leads Mothers to transform their lives from exhausted to empowered. Naomi is a Transformation Coach and MINDSET expert. Sh...
Ep 229: Have an Informed Pregnancy with Dr. Elliot Berlin
May 15, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBWhat does it mean to be truly informed regarding your pregnancy and birth? This week, we're speaking with Dr. Elliot Berlin, who is an award-winning prenatal chiropractor, childbirth educator, labor support bodyworker, and co-founder of Berlin Wellness Group in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Berlin graduated Summa Cum Laude from Life University of Chiropractic in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Atlanta School of Massage. His separate schooling in massage therapy, bodywork, and chiropractic form...
Ep 228: Midline (R)evolution: Evolution of The Lip and Tongue Tie with Michale Chatham, Dr. Molly and Natalie Healy
May 08, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 66 MBTongue and lip ties... are they a nothing-burger, all-important, or perhaps misunderstood? This week we're speaking with Michale Chatam, the clinical mystic, Dr. Molly of Living Adjusted and Natalie Healy, IBCLC. This conversation was recorded... a YEAR ago... and was somehow lost... I have searched for it so many times and couldn't find it, and suddenly, I found it... and I can't help but thinking that this is being released right on time. We'll be discussing the lens-changes that make a...
Ep 227: Similar Births Internalized Differently with Lauralee Kirkland
May 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBWhen you have fast, uncomplicated births, does the location really even matter at that point? This week, we're speaking with Lauralee Kirkland, a mother to 3 babies earthside and one in heaven. We'll hear how Lauralee's decision-making has changed with each new birth, and how she's been able to step into both labor and motherhood more confidently each time. Before we jump in, I'm going to give a little spoiler alert. Lauralee shares about the benefit of truly preparing for the birth exper...
Ep 226: Balancing Hormones in our Childbearing Years with Leisha Drews
April 24, 2023 05:00 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBWhen it comes to postpartum periods, what can we do to encourage healthy cycles? And... what do our cycles tell us about our health status? This week, we're speaking with Leisha Drews, a holistic hormone coach, and host of the podcast Happily Hormonal. Leisha is going to help us understand how our hormones postpartum will affect the return of our cycle, and what we can do to support those hormones, and thus support our entire health and wellbeing. And once you're finished with this episod...
Ep 225: Supporting Your Body Through Physiological Postpartum With Kela Futrell
April 18, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBWe speak a lot about physiological birth around here- but how do we prepare for and experience a physiological postpartum? What does that even entail? This week, we're speaking with Kela Futrell, a postpartum wellness doula with three babies of her own. Kela has had one hospital birth and two homebirths, and she's had quite an array of postpartum experiences between her three children. Today we'll hear her stories and glean from her wisdom. Before we jump in, I want to remind you that if ...
Ep 224: A Beautiful Birth and a Stretching Postpartum with Caitlin Cooper
April 10, 2023 05:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBWhat happens when birth goes well, but postpartum throws you for a loop? This week, we're speaking with Caitlin Cooper, a first time mom to her 4 1/2 month old son named Luke. Caitlin and her husband and I have been married for 5 years and they live in Hagerstown, MD about an hour and a half away from DC and Baltimore. Caitlin will be sharing the rawness of her pregnancy, labor, and deeply important to her, her postpartum experience. We CAN prepare. We DESERVE to have access to this ty...
Ep 223: Jacy’s Grief of Stillbirth and the Redemption That Followed
April 03, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBWhen we've experienced tragedy, how do we heal and maintain a positive outlook? This week, we're speaking to Jacy, a teacher-turned-homeschooling mom of four living children and a daughter in Heaven. After four very different hospital births (including a stillbirth), Jacy unexpectedly became a homebirth convert. Her fifth baby was born healthy at home in August, which was an incredibly healing experience for her. As you can tell, this birth story is going to cover some extremely sensiti...
Ep 222: A Honeymoon Baby and Homebirth with Kelly Benner
March 20, 2023 05:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBWhen you get pregnant on your wedding night and thrown into prenatal decision-making a little sooner than expected, what kinds of decisions do you make? And this week we're speaking with my friend and student, Kelly Benner. We'll learn about how Kelly and her husband Ian were thrown straight out of wedding prep and straight into baby prep. It was such a joy and an honor to work with Kelly inside of The HBC-- where we dig so much deeper into preparation than simply looking for coping te...
Ep 221: Exploring Matrescence with Anisha Patel
March 13, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBWhat is matrescence and how do we prepare for it? This week, we're speaking with Anisha Patel, published author, speaker, postpartum coach and founder of MasalaMommy.com. Anisha has a heart for supporting women in their transition into motherhood, and she's going to be sharing her understanding of Matrescence and Ayurveda with us today. I've got a free gift for you-- The Achieve Your Empowered Homebirth Mini Course. This course helps break down where we're having breakdowns in terms of pr...
Ep 220: Aimee Uses Homebirth to Reclaim Her Motherhood Journey
March 06, 2023 05:00 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBWhen your first birth leaves you feeling the victim, and when that feeling pervades into your experience of motherhood-- is that it for you? How do you recover? This week, we're speaking with my incredible friend Aimee Rowden. Aimee is the wife of Ben and mother of Benjamin & Ivy. She and Ben are working towards a more sustainable future for their family. Aimee enjoys time with her family, a strong cup of coffee, and living life unconventionally. Aimee took part in The Homebirth Collectiv...
Ep 219: Katelyn’s Third Trimester Update
February 27, 2023 05:00 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBThis week I'm sharing all of the updates! From pregnancy to family to business... I want to give you a peek of what's going on in my world. ⚡FLASH SALE⚡ This week only- 40% Savings on The Homebirth Collective & Happy Homebirth Academy: Join The Homebirth Collective Join Happy Homebirth Academy
Ep 218: Surprise Pregnancy Brings Healing to Old Traumas with Amanda Lopez
February 20, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 82.3 MBWhen you found out you were pregnant, what emotions ran through your brain? Excitement? Thrill? Joy? Or did you experience fear, shame, or a resurgence of old traumas? This week, we're speaking to Amanda Lopez. A mama to 3 children, two of whom were born to her while Amanda was still a teenager. We'll be discussing Amanda's experiences as a teen mother, and how her most recent homebirth brought incredible healing to her previous perceptions of pregnancy and birth. I have a free gift for y...
Ep 217: Michelle’s Very Similar, Very Different Births!
February 13, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBTwo births: One at home and one in the hospital-- the exact same situation arises in both scenarios-- do you think they'll be handled the same or differently? This week, we're speaking with Michelle, owner of Alma Aesthetics, wife and mother of two precious children. Michelle and her husband experienced both hospital and homebirth, and we'll hear how similar some events were in both births. We'll also hear how they were handled in each setting. I have a free gift for you! The Achieve Your...
Ep 216: Made for This Birth with Mary Haseltine
February 06, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBDo you know-- that you were made for this birth? This week, we're speaking to my friend and birth colleague Mary Haseltine. Mary is a doula, author, and birth educator for 10 years; She has had seven full term babies - 5 born at home, 2 in the hospital and one home miscarriage; Her births include had 2 precipitous births, 1 vaginal breech, 4 babies in water, 1 unintentionally unassisted, 1 home birth with a doctor and 3 different midwives for the others. She has experienced it ALL. Before...
Ep 215: An Unpredictable Homebirth with Miriam Kleynerman
January 30, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBWhich birth story was your birth like? Did you hear an experience that was similar to yours as you prepared, or was your experience totally different from anything you'd imagined? This week, we're speaking to Miriam. Miriam is a first time mama to a 9 month old baby girl, Noah Ivy, a social impact consultant and Brooklyn transplant turned aspiring homesteader. Once she decided on homebirth, she prepared thoroughly, listening to audiobooks and podcasts, reading stories... and yet... we'll he...
Ep 214: Managing Gestational Diabetes and Achieving Homebirth with Cassidy Lilly
January 23, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBIs Gestational Diabetes a birth-ruiner, or is there more to the picture than just a label? This week, we're speaking to Cassidy Lilly, a mother to 3 babies, born 3 very different ways. Today we'll hear Cassidy's story of cesarean, then medicated vbac, and finally an incredible homebirth. We'll learn about how she was diagnosed with GD in her third pregnancy, and how she chose to manage that experience. As you'll hear in Cassidy's story, the way that we enter motherhood can truly play a ro...