126: HOME BIRTH STORY – The Emotional Journey of Multiple Inseminations and Planning a Home Birth for Two Mamas with Caitlin Thompson
How do you stay in a space of trusting your body and the process when getting pregnant presents an emotional journey of challenges? This was Caitlin’s reality when she and her wife, Shona decided to start a family. We’re so honored to share their story on the podcast in our first episode with an LGBTQ […]
125: My Home Birth Postpartum Experience (Rebroadcast)
Today’s episode is a rebroadcast of episode 19 where Sarah shares her postpartum story. Enjoy! — Hey all, Sarah here. In this episode I’m solo and talking all about my home birth postpartum experience. I’m currently almost 4 months postpartum, and it’s been quite the journey for me.
124: A Talk About Birth and Boobs with Badass Breastfeeder’s Abby Theuring
If you were a part of a Facebook group for breastfeeding mamas, would you be surprised to be kicked out of the group for sharing a photo of yourself breastfeeding in public? Probably…right? Well, so was Abby Theuring when that happened to her. So she turned that surprise (and a mix of other emotions – […]
123: HOME BIRTH STORY – Replacing Tension, Anxiety and Negativity Around Your Home Birth with Affirmation and Positivity with Lizzy Ward
How do you deal with fear, anxiety and negativity that might pop up during pregnancy and planning for a home birth? For Lizzy, it was a process of “reprogramming” those thoughts and beliefs that were holding her back from trusting and surrendering to the possibility of a peaceful and joyful birth experience.
122: Sex After Having Kids: How We Keep Our Sex Life Hot As New Parents
Does your sex life have to change for the worse after kids? We know of course the answer is “No, it doesn’t”, but how do you keep it from turning stale? How do you keep the fire burning for your partner after you’ve had a kid or two? Today we’re excited to bring you another […]
121: Education, Empowerment, Support and a Home Birth Story with Yukie McGregor, Founder of Dallas Birth Guide
What do you do when you become so passionate about birth that you are essentially compelled to dive into the work and make it part of who you are? Yukie McGregor answers that question for us in today’s episode. And for her – that looked like starting Dallas Birth Guide, an online and local resource […]
120: What We’ll Do Differently for Our Second Home Birth
So what are our plans for a future baby and birth? This episode is inspired by another listener question – how we’re going to plan for future births and babies. What would we do differently? What would we keep? We break it down for you – starting with our timeline for expanding our family. And […]
119: Creating A New Paradigm In Birth: A Conversation With Indie Birth Creator Maryn Green
In today’s episode we’re talking to an amazing woman, mom, entrepreneur, midwife, and all around powerhouse — Maryn Green. Maryn is the creator of Indie Birth (yes, THAT Indie Birth!), and together with her business partner and friend Margo, has grown that brand into an amazing resource and community for moms and women everywhere.
118: HOME BIRTH STORY – 11 Births, An 11 Pound Baby and A Male Midwife with Danyel Filipovich
What do you do when you’re 41 plus weeks pregnant and your doctor is pressuring to induce and you don’t want to? For Danyel, that answer was to switch to home birth! For her, she felt “like a caged bird in a hospital” in her previous births, and took this as an opportunity to experience […]
117: How to Deal with Fears and Anxieties of Something Going “Wrong” in Your Home Birth
“But what if something goes wrong?” Does this sound familiar? It might to many home birth mamas and families. It’s a common thing that pops up, across many sources of feedback and advice and for a multitude of reasons. In this episode we are covering a listener-requested topic/question – “How do you deal with the […]