446: Choosing Home Birth from an Academic Perspective and the Power of Women with Isis Rose (DIAH Classic)
Are you the type to research and look for evidence and information to support your decisions when it comes to your birth? In today’s episode, we’re chatting with Isis Rose, a PhD student, doula and mama to baby Xena. Isis shares her journey to home birth, which first entered her awareness during a doula training. […]
445: How the Letdown of a Hospital Transfer Can Shift to Magic and Gratitude with Cadyn S. (DIAH Classic)
How do we cope with the parts of our birth that didn’t go the way we envisioned? In today’s episode we chat with Cadyn about her birth experience. She and her husband planned a home birth, because (in her words) of “how special we consider our home and surrounding space to be, and that this […]
444: When You Find Out You’re Pregnant and Don’t Know What to Do Next with Brittney Seitz (DIAH Classic)
What did you do the moment you found out you were pregnant? What was going through your mind? How were you feeling? We talk about that in today’s episode with our guest Brittney. Brittney actually reached out to us within the first few hours of discovering she was pregnant, and it opened up a beautiful […]
443: Home Birth for Second Baby After a Hospital Transfer with First Baby with Thea Robnett (DIAH Classic)
What happens when the news and experience of your pregnancy isn’t all sunshine and rainbows? We’ve talked about this once or twice on the show and we know it’s more common than culture and society would have us convinced of – that sometimes there is confusion, reticence, frustration and even guilt around getting pregnant. For […]
442: 6 Children, 4 Home Births, Circumcision and the Inner Work with Amelia Page (DIAH Classic)
Why home birth? This is a question we ask most guests on the podcast. Today we dive into that with Amelia Page, mama of 6. We chat about her first two births and the influence that moved her towards home birth for her remaining 4 children. We touch on the topic of circumcision (respecting all […]
441: Lessons in Surrender, Gratitude and Strength During Home Birth and Postpartum with Katie McCormick Part 2 (DIAH Classic)
We welcome back Katie McCormick to the show today! She joined us back in episode 73 where we talked about her and her husband Ryan planning a home birth in their cottage in West Cork, Ireland after leaving life in Portland, Oregon. Since talking with Katie McCormick, we spoke with another Katy – Katy Drew, […]
440: An Expat Planning a Home Birth in Ireland with Katie McCormick (DIAH Classic)
What is it like planning a home birth as an expat in a new country? Well, Katie McCormick has some stories to share about that! Katie and her husband Ryan decided to leave their life in Portland, Oregon – quit their jobs and travel across Europe. They decided to settle in Ireland, eloped and got […]
439: When You Livestream Your Home Birth on YouTube with Lindsey Drury (DIAH Classic)
In this episode we chat with Lindsey Drury: photographer, activist and mama extraordinaire who is very involved in her community in Chattanooga, TN (check the links in our show notes for more details). When I was connected with Lindsey through a mutual friend, I was so excited to talk to her. Mainly because Lindsey livestreamed […]
438: How to Create Something Different After an Unpleasant Birth Experience with Angela Johnson
Today’s episode takes its root in episode 36: So What Happens After Your Home Birth? – where we chatted about an article from Romper.com by the lovely Angela Johnson, who now joins us for this episode number 65! The article, titled 7 Things That Happen After You Give Birth At Home breaks down some of […]
437: Mother’s Day Special Edition: We Interview Our Own Moms! (DIAH Classic)
In today’s super special episode of the Doing It At Home podcast, we are interviewing our own moms about our birth stories! In this show we interview tons of moms and families on their home birth stories, and so we thought we’d switch things up a bit for Mother’s Day and hear about how each […]