376: 45 Hour Hospital Birth and 4.5 Hour Precipitous Home Birth with Jazmin and Ben Marshall (DIAH Classic)
Enjoy this DIAH Classic today, featuring a brand new bonus segment at the beginning of the episode – a short interview with listener Malina and her mother Char. What inspired your journey to birth empowerment? For today’s guests, Jazmin and Ben, their journey began in 2017 in Seattle following an ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage. It […]
375: Pregnancy Loss at 21 Weeks and the Grief Process with Katy Drew
Today we welcome back previous guest Katy Drew, who originally joined us in 2017 to talk about future planning for home birth and why “non-moms” are important in birth conversations. When Katy and her husband Nick became pregnant in September 2021, they planned for a home birth with the assistance of a group of midwives […]
374: Birth as a Rite of Passage: Messages for Birthers and Birth Workers with Blyss Young, LM, CPM
Where will you hear about home birth story details, the difference between modern and traditional midwifery, what to do when you are inspired to enter birth work and the connection of birth with sexuality and spirituality? This episode of the podcast! We’re joined by Blyss Young, LM CPM. Blyss is a home birth midwife, teacher, […]
373: IUGR Misdiagnosis That Almost Disrupted Home Birth Plans with Rosa Clemens
What if a questionable diagnosis was threatening your plans to have a home birth? In today’s home birth stories, Rosa Clemens shares about the birth of both of her children. Her first pregnancy included a misdiagnosis of IUGR (intrauterine growth restriction) which presented some interesting hurdles regarding planning for home birth and the doctor’s initial […]
372: Postpartum Hemorrhage and a Safe, Successful Hospital Transfer with Janette Silberman (DIAH CLASSIC)
What if…? Probably the biggest question that comes up around the choice to have a home birth. Whether you ask it to yourself, your birth team, or you have other people ask you – it comes up. As today’s guest Janette puts it – “Things did not go to plan, birth never does.” We talk […]
371: Holy Castor Oil! From a Marathon Hospital Birth to a Sprint Home Birth with Nicole Ashkar
How does it feel to go from a marathon of a birth for your first, to a sprint race for your second?! In today’s home birth story, Nicole shares about why she switched to a home birth plan for her second birth, after having a hospital birth for her first. We also talk about choosing […]
370: A Doula Learns About Fetal Ejection Reflex The Hard Way with Kaitlin McGreyes, founder of Be Her Village
Today we’re chatting with Kaitlin McGreyes about the birth of her 3rd child, which was her first home birth. After a cesarean and then a hospital VBAC for her first two births, she decided to have a different experience for her third. Kaitlin was a doula for 2 years before her home birth. And interesting […]
369: A Peaceful Birth Followed by PPD and PTSD with Jamie Lazzeri
Today’s home birth story features Jamie Lazzeri, an Ayurvedic Wellness Practitioner, DONA Trained Birth Doula and Holistic Pregnancy Coach. Jamie talks about her obsession with birth before becoming a mother, her doula work and how that all influenced the kind of birth she wanted to have for her and her baby. She also shares a […]
368: First-time Mom and Doula at 22 with a Positive Home Birth Story with Katherine Ward (DIAH CLASSIC)
What is intuitive birthing? It can look different for each of us. But the general philosophy of allowing for the process to be what it is for you in your own unique way is a beautiful concept that comes up in our interview today. Katherine Ward shares her home birth story of her daughter Remi […]
367: Planned HBAC Turned Emergency Hospital Transfer and C-Section with Andrea Sidun
“Home birth is not all about just the “birth” part.” – a well stated concept from today’s guest Andrea Sidun. Andrea talks to us about her 3rd birth – her first planned home birth, and the sequence of events throughout the experience that led to a hospital transfer. She also walks us through some of […]