186: HOME BIRTH STORY – A Pediatric Intensive Care Nurse, Myths of Home Birth and a Posterior Delivery with Elise Kuehner
How do you address the fears related to home birth when you work in a hospital? For Elise Kuehner, a self-proclaimed planner and researcher, she went down the rabbit hole of content to explore for herself and work through any disempowering thoughts. I could explain the rest, but honestly, she says it best in her […]
185: HOME BIRTH STORY – Two Mamas Welcome Their Baby with Caitlin Thompson and Sho Selby
Were you surprised when your labor started? For mama Caitlin Thompson, she shares that even though she felt somewhat ready, there was still a part of her that didn’t expect it. Today’s home birth story is a followup to our interview with Caitlin back in episode 126 when we spoke to her about the emotional […]
184: Mum of 16 Plus Creating Your Home Birth Plan
In today’s episode Sarah reads listener emails and talks about creating a home birth plan. How should you approach your home birth plan? Links: Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vJcPmU DIAH website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/ DIAH Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv DIAH Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingitathome/ DIAH YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pzuzQC DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/ DIAH Merch: https://bit.ly/3qhwgAe Give Back to DIAH: […]
183: HOME BIRTH STORY – 23 Years After Home Birth with Mimi Adeogba
Why home birth? That’s typically a question we ask every guest in some form or another. For today’s guest, the response circled around family and culture. Because when you were born at home and your father helped deliver you and all your siblings, as was custom in his home in Nigeria, it will probably influence […]
182: Preconception Home Birth Planning (Listener Email)
Do you have questions regarding your home birth planning process? Like where and how to find midwives and how to choose your birth team? Why not email us with some of your questions?! We are NOT medical professionals and will not even attempt to give you formal medical advice of any kind. However we do […]
181: HOME BIRTH STORY – 3 Home Births and Pregnant with Baby Number 4 with Postpartum Wellness Practitioner Maranda Bower
Did anyone else forget about preparing for postpartum? Sometimes we get so focused on pregnancy and birth (which makes a lot of sense!) that we neglect the transition and experience that comes after baby arrives. In today’s interview, we’re chatting with Maranda Bower, a postpartum wellness practitioner and mama of 3 (soon to be 4!). […]
180: How We Organize Working from Home with Childcare (Listener Email)
What’s your childcare and work schedule like? This is a question we received from a beloved listener as she navigates her own journey of entrepreneurship and raising a child. So we took to the mic and did what we do! We break down the facts for you on how we make our weekly schedules work […]
179: HOME BIRTH STORY – Building Confidence and Support for an HBAC After 2 Cesareans with Erin Holohan
How do you build the confidence and support to prepare for an HBAC after 2 cesarean births? Our guest in our latest birth story, Erin Holohan, is an example of this. After moving through 2 disappointing birth experiences with a lot of recovery and healing to do, she was determined to have her home birth […]
178: HOME BIRTH STORY – Home Birth for Baby #3 with the Help of an Enema During Transition with Alyssa Reeves
Would you consider using an enema during the labor process? In today’s birth story, we’re chatting with Alyssa Reeves, wife to Kirk and mama to twin boys Sam and Niko and daughter Zooey. And while there’s a lot more and totally magical elements to Alyssa’s story, she’s the first mama on the show to share […]
177: Maya and Doing It At Home Celebrate A Birthday
Today is a special day, so we have a special episode 🙂 It’s September 11, 2018, and that means it’s Maya’s 2nd birthday! Not only is Maya turning 2 today, but the Doing It At Home podcast itself is turning 2! So in today’s special episode we recap what the past two years have been […]