E100: A Conversation with My Four Daughters

Send us Fan MailA hundred episodes felt like the right moment to gather around the kitchen table and pull back the curtain on what it’s like to grow up with a doula mom. Angie sits down with her four daughters for an honest, funny, and moving conversation about family culture, witnessing a home water birth, and how open dialogue turned birth from something to fear into something to understand. If you’ve ever wondered how advocacy actually plays out in labor, or what kids absorb when birth is normalized at home, this one hits close.We talk about the on‑call lifestyle and the teamwork it demanded—older siblings stepping up, dad filling the gaps, and a community ready to drive, cook, and cheer. The daughters describe how using clear language for bodies and birth gave them confidence to support friends, ask better questions, and process hard birth stories with empathy. They share vivid details from their brother’s birth, from quiet living room light to the rush of first moments, plus the often overlooked truth that immediate postpartum procedures can feel tougher than the last contractions.The conversation also looks forward: unmedicated birth goals, skin‑to‑skin, breastfeeding, and the crucial role of well‑prepared partners who can advocate when words are hard to find. We tackle social media myths, dwindling birth rates, and the narrative that motherhood is only sacrifice. Instead, we offer a grounded perspective: informed choice, compassionate support, and flexible plans can transform experiences in hospitals, birth centers, or at home. Along the way, there’s humor—uterus mugs and an unforgettable frozen placenta—because normalization thrives on warmth as much as facts.If you care about birth, postpartum support, or simply want to hear how family culture shapes health literacy, press play. Then share this episode with someone who needs a reframed, hopeful take on labor. Subscribe, leave a review, and tell us: what’s one belief about birth you’d like to rethink?Visit our website, here: https://hatchednlatched.com/Follow us on Facebook at Hatched & LatchedFollow us on Instagram at @hatchenlatchedShow CreditsHost: Angie Rosier Music: Michael Hicks Photographer: Toni WalkerEpisode Artwork: Nick Greenwood Producer: Gillian Rosier FramptonVoiceover: Ryan Parker