136: HOME BIRTH STORY – 5 Home Births, Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Seeing Your Challenges As Gifts with Jennifer Griffin
How can we view our challenges around pregnancy, birth and parenthood as gifts? Take trying situations and circumstances and turn them into lessons of empowerment and gratitude? This is part of the discussion on the podcast today with our guest Jennifer Griffin. Jennifer has a background in counseling psychology that she has brought into her […]
135: Why Are You Choosing Home Birth?
Why did you choose home birth? Or any of your birth plans? There are usually a collection of motivating factors that go into creating the birth vision you have in mind. So after talking to a lot of amazing mamas on the show and reflecting on some of our own intentions for our birth, we […]
134: A Maternity Concierge and Doula Shares How to Pamper Yourself During Pregnancy with HeHe Stewart
Have you ever thought about pregnancy being a time to pamper yourself? It’s not something I would typically think about. I mean, you plan for birth, buy all the baby gear, take the classes, etc. But what about a time to give yourself that self-love and care, and even make it a luxurious process? Well […]
133: HOME BIRTH STORY – A Home Birth Story and Challenges in Postpartum and Breastfeeding with Kristina and Chris Porter
Was anyone blindsided by the postpartum experience? This is a home birth story with conversation on what can happen after baby arrives and how you can use your empowering birth experience to support you in challenging postpartum times. In this episode we’re chatting with Kristina and Chris Porter, parents to baby Madeline. Fun fact: Madeline […]
132: World Doula Week 2018: Serving and Advocating for Women in Pregnancy and Birth with Sharon Randolph
How awesome are doulas?! It’s a trick question – because they’re so awesome it’s almost impossible to put into words how awesome they are. We’re celebrating World Doula Week this year by sharing some powerful conversations with doulas in different parts of the country and with different journeys into doula work as well as in […]
131: A Powerful Chat with Mom of 7 (Including 2 Sets of Consecutive Twins), Doula, Co-Director of Carriage House Birth and Author, Lindsey Bliss
Who are some of your heroes in the birth world? We got to chat with one of ours in this episode. Lindsey Bliss, also known as @doulabliss on Instagram – mom of 7 (including 2 sets of consecutive twins), doula, doula trainer, co-director of Carriage House Birth and the author of “The Doula’s Guide to […]
130: What is Empowered Birth?
What does it mean to have an empowered birth? Bottom line – it’s up to you – you make it your experience and mean what resonates most with you. In this episode we share some of our ideas on the elements that contribute to an empowered birth, and how you can empower your birth at […]
129: Changing Our Culture Around Postpartum with The Fourth Trimester Podcast’s Esther Gallagher
Why do we expect women in our culture to get everything back together right after she has a baby? Whether it’s her body, work or anything resembling her lifestyle before motherhood, there is a lot of misconception and skewed conversation around the postpartum period. But podcasts like the Fourth Trimester Podcast, hosted by Sarah Trott […]
128: How Multiple Cesarean Births Inspired a Family Business Centered on Postpartum Healing and Recovery with Bellefit’s Carolina Suarez-Garcia
How many mamas have felt that sensitive belly and jumbled organs feeling after giving birth? It’s not a great feeling right? You’ve just had a baby and are learning to navigate that whole new journey, but your physical body is also in a very significant and intensive healing and recovery process.
127: Birth Roundup: Royal Home Birth, Birth Photography and Just Being Our Goofy Selves
What’s new in the birth world? What’s the latest and greatest? Or to quote a classic film of our time (Mean Girls) – “What’s the 411? What has everybody been up to? What’s the hot gossip? Tell me everything.” This is a very fun, goofy, chill and laid back episode. Matthew and I are just […]