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Happy Homebirth — 334 episodes
Ep 334: "I Did It Scared": An 11-Pound Unmedicated Home Birth
Ep 333: The Midwife Who Told Her She Didn't Need a Midwife
Ep 332: 42 Weeks and Learning to Wait
Ep 331: From Cesarean Grief to a Healing Homebirth
Ep 330: Why This Labor Nurse Chose Homebirth
Ep 329: This Story Does Not Belong to Fear: Lydia's Homebirth Story
Ep 328: One Contraction at a Time: Faith's 47 Hour Homebirth
Ep 327: Rebuilding a Family Legacy Through Birth and Parenthood
Ep 326: Trusting God with Her Baby's Life: Sarah's Micro Preemie Birth
Ep 325: From Infertility to Birth in her Own Home
Ep 324: From Monitoring to Trusting: A Nurse’s Birth Transformation
Ep 323: How One Mother Reclaimed Trust in Birth
Ep 322: Scars Redeemed--Surrendering Fear and Embracing Trust through a Home Birth
Ep 321: Rethinking Pelvic Floor Health for Pregnancy and Postpartum with Whitney Sippl
Ep 320: A Mobile Birth: Twins Born Precipitously!
Ep 319: What Are You Creating? A Birth and Motherhood Story
Ep 318: Pregnancy After Loss and Learning to Trust Again
Ep 317: Choosing the Unmarked Path: Navigating Limited Options in Care
Ep 316: Holding the Plan Loosely: Pamela’s Birth Story of Trust and Change
Ep 315: From Hyperemesis to Homebirth
Ep 314: An 11 Pound Baby and the Importance of Trust
Ep 313: Presence Over Perfection: Madeline Murray on Birth and Growth
Ep 312: Trusting the Process: Kaylee Matthews’ Mountain Homebirth
Ep 311: Midwifery Care Documentary: The Birthing Revolution Project
Ep 310: When Strength Runs Out: Finding Grace in Birth with Jamie Krstev
Ep 309: Peace in the Presence: Paige Schwickerath’s Faith-Filled Home Birth
Ep 308: First time Peaceful Homebirth as a First Time Foster Mom with Alexis Meisenholder
Ep 307: Surprise Pregnancy Brings Healing to Old Traumas with Amanda Lopez
Ep 306: From Addiction and Homelessness to Hope and Homebirth with Gabrielle Manier
Ep 305: A Primal First Time Homebirth With Sara Middleton
Ep 304: Cross-Country Homebirth
Ep 303: The Gillespie Approach: How Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Can Optimize Health For Your Infant
Ep 302: Teen Pregnancy, Threats From the Hospital, Home Miscarriage and a Rainbow Homebirth
Ep 301: Birth is Medicine: Courtney Valdez Steps into Sovereign Motherhood
Ep 300: 🔥 Refinement Through Fire: Rachael Nalley’s Story of Faith and Redemption
Ep 299: The Birth That Rewrote Her Story: Alicia’s VBAC at Home
Ep 298: Entering Motherhood with Homebirth and Storytelling
Ep 297: From Darkness to Sunrise: A Freebirthed First Baby
Ep 296:When Birth Becomes Unpredictable: A Beautiful Homebirth with Complications
Ep 295: When Prayer and Mental Preparation Lead to a Dream Birth
Ep 294: The Root Cause of Your Painful Pregnancy Symptoms
Ep 293: What it Means to Be a Midwife- to Be With Woman- with Janelle Alier
Ep 292: Husbands weigh in - supporting postpartum healing, nutrition & homebirth w/ Eric Stein of Restorative Roots
Ep 291: Postpartum Healing & Nutrition with Holly Stein of Restorative Roots
Ep 290: Unmedicated Birth, Unfiltered Business: Lisa’s “Loudmouth” Journey
Ep 289: Lessons in Surrender and an Unattended Homebirth
Ep 288: How to Prepare for a VBAC Outside of the Hospital with Meagan Heaton
Ep 287: Held By Heaven with Ivana Burbage
Ep 286: Birth Can Be Beautiful From the Beginning: Facing Fear and Surrendering to God’s Design
Ep 285: One Way or A Mother with Dr. Elliot Berlin
Ep 284: How a Twin Breech Birth Led to a Thriving Home Birth Community
Ep 283: Homebirth Healed Her Pelvic Floor!
Ep 282: Experience Pelvic Floor Freedom!
Ep 281: Long Labor Turned Surprise Breech Homebirth
Ep 280: Embracing Your Intuition in Birth and Motherhood
Ep 279: Holding Fast with an Open Hand
Ep 278: Intuition: When You Know Deeper Than Mere Logic
Ep 277: An Unexpected Medical Diagnosis Mid-Pregnancy
Ep 276: A New Perspective on Birth: Labor Through Dad's Eyes
Ep 275: From Midwife to Motherhood
Ep 274: Birth Can Bring You Full Circle
Ep 273: Marching to the Beat of Your Own Drum: Nuance in Midwifery Care
Ep 272: When Ultimate Surrender Leads to Ultimate Redemption
Ep 271: Giving Birth in a Midwife Desert
Ep 270: First Time Homebirther and Hospice Nurse Shares Paralles of Welcoming Life and Concluding It
Ep 269: A (Re)Introduction: My Story and What’s Next with Happy Homebirth
Ep 268: Emotional and Physical Healing From a Hospital Transport, and a Healing Second Birth with Michelle Varela
Ep 267: Letting God Be Big in Your Birth with Rachel Petersen
Ep 266: Finding the Stubborn Root Cause to Your Child’s Mystery Ailments Through The Gillespie Approach
Ep 265: Striking the Balance Between Success in Business and Motherhood with Kyleigh Banks
Ep 264:The Opposite Of A Traumatic Birth with Regina Lowenfield
Ep 263: VBA3C?! You’re Not High Risk Until You’re High Risk with Jan DeAngelo
Ep 262: The Body-Mind-Birth Connection with Errika Horner
Ep 261: A Beautiful Shoulder Dystocia? With Coco Brown
Ep 260: A Failed Epidural and a Victorious Homebirth with Brianna Peters
Ep 259: Responsive Sleep for You and Your Baby with Taylor Kulik
Ep 258: How To Turn Your Passion For Birth Into A Full-time Career As A Doula with Kyleigh Banks
Ep 257: From Questioning Yourself to Questioning the Birth System with McKenzie Ulmer
Ep 256: From Changing Care Providers to Midwife Continuity with Shayna Piva
Ep 255: Deep Familial Connection Through Homebirth with Anna Rivera
Ep 254: From Interventions to Undisturbed with Bree Darby
Ep 253: Finding Joy While Experiencing Secondary Infertility with Shyla Brown
Ep 252: Minerals, Lymph, Fascia, Oh My! With Margaret Barry
Ep 251: A Deeper Understanding of the Transformative Power of Birth with Karey Hoffmann
Ep 250: Coming Into Your Own and Advocating for Your Dream Birth with Cortney Steffensmeier
Ep 249: Surrendering to Physiological Birth and Motherhood with Jessica Livengood
Ep 248: Game-Time Birth Decisions with Katelyn and Thomas Fusco
Ep 247: Making Birth Choices From a Place of Empowerment with Leigh Anne McGiff
Ep 246: Birth in Captivity to the Freedom of Homebirth with Esmeralda Carrillo
Encore: Birthing Instincts With Dr. Stu
Encore: Appreciating Rites of Passage, Releasing Fear, and Healing During Pregnancy
Encore: Homebirth and Chiropractic Wisdom With Dr. Courtney Kahla
Encore: Simplifying Birth, Simplifying Childhood with Ginny Yurtich
Encore: Elizabeth’s Peaceful Surprise Twin Homebirth
Encore: Birth as a Rite of Passage with Dr. Rachel Reed
Encore: Homebirth is a Team Sport
Encore: Emily Catches Her Own Baby
Encore: Real Food for Pregnancy (and Postpartum!) With Lily Nichols
Encore: How Did We Get Here?! The History of U.S. Maternity Care
Encore: Leah and Her Midwife Handle a Complication
Encore: From Valley to Mountain: Laura’s Spiritual, Pain-Free Birth
Ep 232: A Primal First Time Homebirth with Sara Middleton
Ep 231: Reclaiming Primal Movement to Improve Your Family’s Wellbeing with Paris Latka
Ep 230: Finding Freedom in Motherhood with Naomi Reyes
Ep 229: Have an Informed Pregnancy with Dr. Elliot Berlin
Ep 228: Midline (R)evolution: Evolution of The Lip and Tongue Tie with Michale Chatham, Dr. Molly and Natalie Healy
Ep 227: Similar Births Internalized Differently with Lauralee Kirkland
Ep 226: Balancing Hormones in our Childbearing Years with Leisha Drews
Ep 225: Supporting Your Body Through Physiological Postpartum With Kela Futrell
Ep 224: A Beautiful Birth and a Stretching Postpartum with Caitlin Cooper
Ep 223: Jacy’s Grief of Stillbirth and the Redemption That Followed
Ep 222: A Honeymoon Baby and Homebirth with Kelly Benner
Ep 221: Exploring Matrescence with Anisha Patel
Ep 220: Aimee Uses Homebirth to Reclaim Her Motherhood Journey
Ep 219: Katelyn’s Third Trimester Update
Ep 218: Surprise Pregnancy Brings Healing to Old Traumas with Amanda Lopez
Ep 217: Michelle’s Very Similar, Very Different Births!
Ep 216: Made for This Birth with Mary Haseltine
Ep 215: An Unpredictable Homebirth with Miriam Kleynerman
Ep 214: Managing Gestational Diabetes and Achieving Homebirth with Cassidy Lilly
Ep 213: First Time Peaceful Homebirth as a First Time Foster Mom with Alexis Meisenholder
Ep 212: From Mothering Struggle to Success with Blythe Hoerr
Ep 211: Becoming the Decision-Maker of Your Birth Experience with Courtney Paba
Ep 210: Opting Out of the Hospital and into Homebirth with Jamie Murphy
Ep 209: I Wanted to be the BEST Mother. Here’s How Homebirth Prep Helped!
Ep 208: ”But What If I Fail?” - 3 Ways to Overcome Your Homebirth Fears
Ep 207: From Addiction and Homelessness to Hope and Homebirth with Gabrielle Manier
Ep 206: Raising Children While Healing Your Inner Child with Greta Zukoff
Ep 205: Free Your Family From Harmful EMFs (and 2 freebirths!) With Courtney Taylor
Ep 204: Conscious Conception and Conscious Protection of Our Families
Ep 203: From Hormone Healing to a Happy Homebirth with Amanda Montalvo
Ep 202: Birth is Medicine: Courtney Valdez Steps into Sovereign Motherhood
Ep 201: Navigating Birth with Power
Ep 200: Giving Birth on the Go: Shelby’s Baby is Caught by Jenna in the Car!
Ep 199: LaDaiju’s Dream Homebirth After Cesarean
Ep 198: 3 Ways a Successful Homebirth Sets You Up for a Successful Postpartum
Ep 197: Here’s How to Heap on the Joy
Ep 196: If You’ve Read Ina May’s Guide...
Ep 195: Preparing for Birth Holistically with Tanya Grazione
Ep 194: Husbands! 5 Things to Watch Out For with Childbirth Education
Ep 193: Preparing for Birth When Plans Change Last Minute
Ep 192: Pelvic Floor Problems? Here’s how to “Tighten Your Tinkler”
Ep 191: From Elective Cesarean to Homebirth Mama: Jorda’s Big Shift
Ep 190: Birthing Instincts with Dr. Stu
Ep 189: Birth lessons of an RN turned Homebirther
Ep 188: Healing the Nervous System for Birth & Motherhood with Theresa Piela
Ep 187: Jocelin’s Road to Homebirth
Ep 186: Recognizing Birth Trauma with Christie Sheffer, CPM
Ep 185: The 3 Pillars of Motherhood with Jessica Lorion
Ep 184: Kati’s Homebirth Hesitancy Turns to Confident Success
Ep 183: Here’s How We Swap Anxiousness for Peace About Our Homebirth in 12 Short Weeks
Ep 182: 4 Warning Signs to Re-Prioritize HB Prep
Ep 181: Remove Anxiety From Your Homebirth Preparation
Ep 180: Increase Attachment With Baby Prenatally
Ep 179: The 3 Reasons You’re Not Feeling Confident About Homebirth
Ep 178: Here’s the Unexpected Secret for How to Have a Peaceful, Empowering Birth Experience
Ep 177: The Intimacy of Homebirth: Using Birth to Strengthen Connection
Ep 176:The Midwife’s Visit: How to Involve Your Children in Pregnancy and Birth With Kelly Jenkins, CPM
Ep 175: The Gillespie Approach: How Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Can Optimize Health for Your Infant
Ep 174: An Interview with a Homebirth Convert, Becky Zale
Ep 173: Is Homebirth Still Safe After a Diagnosed Disability?
Ep 172: The Ring of Fire
Ep 171: Parenting and Birthing Gently with Caitlyn Doerksen
Ep 170: Cross-Country Homebirth
Ep 169: Homeopathy for Pregnancy, Birth and Motherhood with Jenna Dodge
Ep 168: Birth on the Road: A Missionary’s Birth Experiences
Ep 167: ”What if it’s painful?” Getting Comfortable with Discomfort
Ep 166: Uncharted Euphoria: Rose’s 3 Homebirths
Ep 165: Homebirth on Historic Family Land
Ep 164: How to Release Your Fears of Transporting
Ep 163: Kelsea’s Fast First Time Homebirth & Empowering Second Homebirth
Ep 162: Homebirth and Chiropractic Wisdom from Dr. Courtney Kahla
Ep 161: How to Process a Homebirth Cesarean and a Negligent Provider
Ep 160: Advocating for what you need when the mainstream says “NO”
Ep 159: When Your Midwife Choices are Limited
Ep 158: Farmhouse on Boone: Lisa’s Homebirth Journey
Ep 157: Communicating With Your Birth Team About Expectations and Desires
Ep 156: A ”Stale Crunchy” Homebirth
Ep 155: Healing Birth Trauma: 4 Places to Start
Ep 154: What Does Birth Feel Like?
Ep 153: How to Keep Your Birth Space Sacred
Ep 152: Tough Births Can Be Empowering, Too!
Ep 151: A Labor Nurse Has a Freebirth
Ep 150: Birth in the Church...Bathroom?!
Ep 149: Conscious Conception with Loren de la Cruz
Ep 148: Hurricanes and Homebirths: The Calm After the Storm
Ep 147: Preparing for a Positive Birth, and Big Babies Born at Home
Ep 146: The Value of Homebirth and Unexpected Hospital Costs
Ep 145: Leslie and Kevin‘s Birthing Journey
Ep 144: Birth Uprising with Dr. Sarah Leahy
EP 143: Healing Bodywork for Babies
Ep 142: Kelsey Improves Her Intuition Through Birth
Ep 141: An Aloha Homebirth
Ep 140: From Reluctant to Triumphant: Kelli’s Happy Homebirth
Ep 139: Simplifying Birth, Simplifying Childhood with Ginny Yurtich
Ep 138: Trusting Your Gut and The Importance of Care Provider Selection
Ep 137: Girls Who Know with Laurisa Paul
Ep 136: Erin’s Essential Lessons in Homebirth
Ep 135: Assessing Your Risk Tolerance in Birth
Ep 134: A Reluctant Homebirth?!
Ep 133: Elizabeth’s Peaceful Surprise Twin Homebirth
Ep 132: Influencing Your Own Hormonal Responses in Birth and Breastfeeding
Ep 131: Fertility and Freebirth with Noelle Kowalski
Ep 130: Home is Where the Birth is with Talise Homebirth Queen
Ep 129: Healing Trauma Mamas: How Trauma Can Impact Pregnancy and Birth and Why We Must Heal
Ep 128: The Importance of Mindset and Language in Birth
Ep 127: Maple Syrup and Two Sweet Homebirths
Ep 126: HBACS and Healing Your Metabolism
Ep 125: Brittany’s Untouched Birth Works Best
Ep 124: A Tokyo Homebirth
Ep 123: A Secret Homebirth After 2 Cesareans
Ep 122: Appreciating Rites of Passage, Releasing Fear and Healing During Pregnancy
Ep 121: Mama Midwife: When Your Midwife is Your Mother
Ep 120: Navigating Homebirth While Being Youtube Famous
Ep 119: A Homeschooling Mama's Seventh Pregnancy and Supported Homebirth
Ep 118: A Last Minute Homebirth, A Heartbreaking Loss, and a Rainbow Baby
Ep 117: Fixing Your Period
Ep 116: Unexpected Pregnancy, A Husband's Deployment, and Reframing Birth
Ep 115:Covid Positive at 37 Weeks... Where Will Kate Give Birth?
Ep 114: Pivoting in Birth and Preparing for Postpartum with Pure Motherhood Co.
Ep 113: Homestead Homebirths: A Long Labor and A Precipitous Birth
Ep 112: A Homebirth Not in Your Home: Kadie's Airbnb Birth
Ep 111: Nicole Attempts a Homebirth After a Previous Hospital Transport
Ep 110: From Fearful to Fearless: Franchesca Overcomes Anxiety and Gives Birth at Home
Ep 109: Prepare Your Partner for Homebirth with The Paternal Partner
Ep 108: Labor logistics in the Home vs. the Hospital with Julia Pelly
Ep 107: Ready to Unpop! Two Homebirth Stories and An "Unpopular" Book with Tori Smith
Ep 106: Preparing Your Relationship for Postpartum
Ep 105: Teen Pregnancy, Threats from the Hospital, Home Miscarriage and a Rainbow Homebirth with Alissa Otto
Ep 104: Birth as a Rite of Passage with Dr. Rachel Reed
Ep 103:Emotional Midwifery Support, Homebirth Childbirth Education, and a More Intense Second Labor
Ep 102: A Thoughtful Approach to Conception, Pregnancy and Homebirth
Ep 101:The Importance of Community Birth and Creating More Birth Workers
Ep 100: Homebirth is a Team Sport
Ep 99: From Obstetrical Bullying to Compassionate Care
Ep 98: Kyleigh's Out-of-the-Box Homebirth Preparation
Ep 97: A Generational Baby Catch at Home
Ep 96: Twin Sisters Experience Pregnancy and Homebirth Together
Ep 95: From Postpartum Psychosis to Postpartum Bliss
Ep 94: The Social Influencer's Happy Homebirth
Ep 93: The Fertility Awareness Method and Understanding Your Cycle
Ep 92: Learning That There's Something To Learn About Birth
Ep 91: Preparing for a Homebirth in a Time Crunch!
Ep 90: The Story Behind The 3 Pillars of a Happy Homebirth
Ep 89: Homebirth.com and a Homebirth Story!
Ep 88: Lindsey's Thoughtful, Meditative Birth
Ep 87: Gentle Hands Get the Job Done
Ep 86: From Valley to Mountain: Laura's Spiritual, Pain-Free Birth
Ep 85: A Midwife's Homebirth
Ep 84: Shared Decision Making With Dr. Brad Bootstaylor
Ep 83: Graduation and a Baby!
Ep 82: The Business of Midwifery
Ep 81: Bonding Interrupted: A Mother’s Persevering Love
Ep 80: A Sister's Virtual Birth Support During Covid-19
Ep 79: Plus Size Does Not Equal High Risk
Ep 78: Why Healing Your Pelvic Floor Matters!
Ep 77: Accepting the Realities of Birth
Ep 76: When Braxton Hicks Visits Too Early
Ep 75: Recovering After a Careless Care Provider
Ep 74: The Power of Preparing for Birth
Ep 73: Emily Catches Her Own Baby
Ep 72: Student Success Story- Amy's Mindful Birth
Ep 71: From 3 Inductions to a Beautiful Homebirth
Ep 70: Homebirth on the School Bus
Ep 69: Oxytocin Changes Everything
Ep 68: The Mysteriously Missed Birth
Ep 67: Real Food for Pregnancy (And Postpartum!) with Lily Nichols
Ep 66: Drawing Strength From a Community of Women
Ep 65: Birth After Loss: Coping with Grief, Hormones and Helping Other Mothers
Ep 64: How Did We Get Here?! The History of U.S. Maternity Care
Ep 63: A Medical Professional Couple Chooses Homebirth
Ep 62: From Not Wanting Children to Having Homebirths
Ep 61: Wild Pregnancy, Wild Freebirth
Ep 60: Crazy Labor Patterns With Two Homebirth Babies
Ep 59: "But What if Something Goes Wrong?"- How Midwives Handle Emergencies at Home
Ep 58: Homebirth after Hospital Trauma
Ep 57: A Recovering Superwoman's Experience with 3 Under 3
Ep 56: My Mother's Births
Ep 55: Dad Chats with Thomas: A Look Back on Janie's First 3 years
Ep 54: The Woke RN's Journey to Homebirth
Ep 53: Bring a Beginner's Mind to Birth
Ep 52: How to Have a Liberated Birth
Ep 51: 7 Mistakes Many Mamas Make When Planning Their Natural Birth… and How to Avoid Them!
Ep 50: Juliana Takes Charge of Her Birth Choices
Ep 49: Believe in Midwifery's Guide to Sustainable Practice
Ep 48: A Midwife's Long Labor
Ep 47: Switching Care Providers Later in Pregnancy
Ep 46: Should You Have a Hospital Birth With Your First Baby?
Ep 45: This is The Birth I Wanted
Ep 44: Jessica's Snowflake Births
Ep 43: Fertile Minds, Fertile Bodies
Ep 42: Elizabeth Achieves a Mindful Birth
Ep 41: Giving Birth to Twins... at Home
Ep 40: Shayla Has an Empowered Freebirth
Ep 39: The Heart of Postpartum Together
Ep 38: A Look at Irish Prenatal Care and Homebirth with Emer
Ep 37: Alexa Chooses Homebirth With Her First Baby
Ep 36: The Transformative Nature of Birth
Ep 35: When Pregnancy Becomes High Risk...Twice
Ep 34: GlowbodyPT's Guide to a Fit Pregnancy and Post-Pregnancy
Ep 33: Jasmin Struggles with Stalled Labor
Ep 32: A Cultural Look at Postpartum Healing With Adilah
Ep 31: All Kinds of Motherhood: Sydney’s Journey as a Bio Mom, Homebirth Mother, and Surrogate
Ep 30: Katelyn's Peaceful, Undisturbed Birth
Ep 29: Rachael Births at the Birth Center... Before it was Cool!
Ep 28: MaternityWise's Anne Croudace Shares Her Birth Stories
Ep 27: Doing it at Home with Sarah Bivens
Ep 26: Katelyn's Blessingway & Pregnancy Update
Ep 25: Mia Advocates for Herself and Baby During Transport
Ep 24: Leah's Midwife Handles a Serious Complication
Ep 23: Believe in Midwifery with Madeline Murray
Ep 22: Birth Photographer Kendra Miller is Inspired to Have a Homebirth After Attending One
Ep 21: Dear Darby Sisters Share Their Birth Stories and New Brand
Ep 20: Carrissa Chooses the Birthing Location That's Best for Each of Her 6 Births
Ep 19: Wise Traditions From a Mother of Grown Children
Ep 18: Sarah's Search for a Certified Midwife
Ep 17: Homebirth 101: Midwife Carrie LaChapelle Craft Explains Midwifery Care at Home
Ep 16: Megan's Pattern-Breaking Labor
Ep 15: Nutritional Therapist and Author Jenny McGruther's Healthy Homebirth
Ep 14: Victoria and Steve's Unexpected Unassisted Homebirth
Ep 13: Exercise Physiologist Stephanie Sibbio's Healthy Homebirth
Ep 12: Kerry Tuschhoff Introduces and Explains the Hypnobabies Program
Ep 11: Suzzie's Birth Trauma Overcome By Homebirth After Cesarean
Ep 10: Rebecca's Struggle With Infertility, Hospital Transport, and Eventual Homebirth
Ep 09: Kelley's 5 Back-to-Back Homebirths, and Her Struggle With Postpartum Healing
Ep 08: Molly Escobar Explains How Birth Is a Marathon- And How Doulas Can Help!
Ep 07: Pregnancy Update- Week 20
Ep 06: Samantha's Surprise Breech Homebirth
Ep 05: Christina and Ryan's Harry Potter Homebirth
Ep 04: Hailey's Transition From Hospital Birth to Homebirth
Ep 03: Anne Margolis Shares Her Personal Story From Hospital to Homebirth and Nurse to Midwife
Ep 02: Neely's Story of Two Quick Homebirths and How Hypnobabies Helped Her Cope
Ep 01: Katelyn's Very Slow, Then Very Fast Labor
Pilot Episode: An Introduction to Happy Homebirth