216: HOME BIRTH STORY – Infertility, Foster Care and a Miracle Baby with Lynnea Krall
What do you think it would be like to grow from a family of 2 to a family of 5 in just under a year? Well, you’ll hear a little bit about that today in our interview with Lynnea Krall. Lynnea is an RN turned doula who believes in the power of supporting women and […]
215: HOME BIRTH STORY – Ironman Athlete and First-Time Mama at 40 with Stephanie Dunne
Have you heard the term geriatric pregnancy? (Matthew hadn’t before this interview). Any pregnancy after the age of 35 is actually technically considered a geriatric pregnancy. But in our conversation today with Stephanie Dunne, we’re shifting that narrative and dropping age as a defining factor in pregnancy and birth. Stephanie shares her birth story of […]
214: HOME BIRTH STORY – Training for the Marathon of Birth with Brooke Cates, Founder and CEO of The Bloom Method
Can you train for the experience of birth? We’ve often heard birth compared to a marathon. Most people have a lot of intense and focused training when it comes to their marathons. So how can a woman prepare for the marathon of birth? In today’s birth story we’re chatting with Brooke Cates, the founder and […]
213: HOME BIRTH STORY – Fearless First Time Mom at 38 with Tammy Williams (Rebroadcast)
If Tammy could, she would shout from every rooftop about how awesome her home birth experience was and how every woman can give birth without fear. Since finding every rooftop would take some time, having her on our “podcast rooftop” will suffice for now. Unsure of whether or not she’d be able to get pregnant, […]
212: HOME BIRTH STORY – When Loss Leads You to Birth Work with Sarah DiMarco
What inspires birth workers to do what they do? In today’s episode, we’re chatting with Sarah DiMarco, a birth and bereavement doula and a mama of a blended family of 7. She shares both her experience as a doula as well as her birth stories. Following her first birth, which was in a hospital, and […]
211: HOME BIRTH STORY – When You Plan For Home Birth Before Becoming Pregnant with Bailey Calvin
Did anyone create their birth plans before becoming pregnant? In today’s episode, we chat with Bailey Calvin about her birth story with her daughter Riley Jo. Bailey planned to have a home birth before becoming pregnant. She had just always envisioned a home birth for when she had babies. It did take a little while […]
210: HOME BIRTH STORY – Proving Doctors Wrong with an Empowering HBAC with Ruth Sufrin
Did any naysayers try to convince you that you couldn’t have the birth you wanted? It can be very challenging to process and deal with the feedback we get from people around us, especially care providers. In today’s episode we’re chatting with Ruth Sufrin about her HBAC journey. After an unplanned c-birth with her son […]
209: HOME BIRTH STORY – Two Different Home Births in Two Different Countries with Lindsay Wolff
Any mamas out there who have birthed in multiple countries? Today’s guest, Lindsay Wolff shares her two home birth experiences with us. Her first with her daughter Isla was in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and her second daughter Marin was in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Both times Lindsay and her husband Jeremy had to navigate entirely […]
208: HOME BIRTH STORY – When Your Own Births Inspire You to Become a Birth Worker with Cayla Adkins
Birth workers: what inspired you to start? Today’s birth story is packed full of awesome conversation. We chatted with Cayla Adkins about her 3 different birth stories: hospital with an epidural to a precipitous hospital birth to a home birth. Cayla walks us through the differences in these experiences as well as her evolution into […]
207: HOME BIRTH STORY – Dual Prenatal Care with an OB and a Midwife with Ruby Pontbriand
Would you consider having dual care providers for your prenatal and birth prep? In today’s episode we’re chatting with Ruby Pontbriand, who shares with us her birth history and decision to have dual care for her second pregnancy. She attended appointments with her OBGYN as well as visits with her midwife. All while planning to […]