276: HOME BIRTH STORY – From an Unplanned Cesarean to a Planned, Unassisted HBAC with Sarah Leahy
Can birth be redemptive? We often hear on the show how different birth experiences bring the opportunity to heal and take back your power. This is an element of our conversation with Sarah Leahy. Sarah shares the varying aspects of her two birth experiences. Her first, an unplanned cesarean with multiple interventions, left her feeling […]
275: HOME BIRTH STORY – Birth As A Healing Process with Dr. Vanessa Gale and Dr. Dave Bell (LIVE in our home!)
How can we approach birth as a healing process? This is a great theme that comes up in today’s interview. We had our friends Dr. Vanessa Gale and Dr. Dave Bell come to our home to record their birth story in person! Their daughter Rosalie and our daughter Maya are friends and schoolmates. We’ve had […]
274: HOME BIRTH STORY – Plan for the Success of Your Birth and Lean Into Your Vision with Angela Potts-Mang’andah
What are you focusing on the most when it comes to your birth? As you prepare for your home birth, there are obviously many factors and considerations. Are you truly allowing yourself to envision the success of the experience, whatever that looks like for you? Today’s guest, Angela Potts-Mang’andah, walks us through her home birth […]
273: HOME BIRTH STORY – Getting Baby in the Proper Position Plus Dealing with Unexpected Events After Giving Birth with Nicola Poole
How active can labor and birth be? Sometimes you hear about mothers moving around a lot during their births. Other women prefer to stay still. Gotta love the variations of normal. For today’s guest, Nicola Poole, she shares the story of her 36-hour labor home birth with her daughter Gabrielle. During those 36 hours, Nicola […]
272: HOME BIRTH STORY – An Unplanned Unassisted Home Birth and Planning for the Fourth Trimester with Marlee Robinson
How do you prepare for a birth, after you’ve already experienced one? This can be an interesting headspace to be in. Because on one hand, you’ve given birth – so you might have ideas of what to expect. But on the other hand, you know things this time around that you didn’t know before and […]
271: HOME BIRTH STORY – Being Hands-On with Your Home Birth Plus Tantric Breathing Techniques with Sofia Ashley of the Happy Vagina Project
What’s your favorite part of home birth? For our guest today, Sofia, she shares how much she enjoyed the hands-on aspect. With the idea for home birth originally coming from her husband Daniel (You don’t hear this all the time, which is why we love this detail. Daniel’s first child from a previous relationship was […]
270: HOME BIRTH STORY – Freebirth, Fetal Ejection Reflex and Feeling Pushy with Catherine Muskox
What if you and your partner don’t agree on home birth? This is a really great question and I’m sure it comes up for a lot of us, especially when home birth isn’t a first obvious option or even something you’ve never heard of. It’s a conversation that comes up in today’s episode with Catherine […]
269: HOME BIRTH STORY – Natural, Holistic, Spiritual Approach to Birth, Plus Dealing with IUGR with Amy Zhou
How do you prepare for birth beyond the physical factors? Today’s guest is Amy Zhou, a certified Health Coach and Medicine Woman who specializes in teaching women (and men) how to heal their body, mind and spirit naturally at home. She’s also a new mama to her son Nathaniel, who is three and a half […]
268: If You Are Switching from Hospital to Home Birth
Are you switching from a hospital birth to a home birth or find yourself new to the option of home birth and are exploring? In today’s episode we’re sharing a resource we put together for the DIAH community – particularly those who might be new to the space. We’ve gathered about 40 episodes together and […]
267: HOME BIRTH STORY – Breech At Home At 37 Weeks With Nona Djavid
If baby is breech, does that automatically mean you can’t have a home birth? That depends on each situation and of course where you live and your care options. In today’s episode, we chat with Nona Djavid about both of her pregnancies and home birth experiences. Both involving breech position at different points in time. […]