076: Why Non-Moms are Important in the Home Birth Conversation with Katy Drew
We have a fun and little different kind of episode for you today. Katy emailed us after her great friend and fellow DIAH mama Katie McCormick (from episode 73) shared the podcast with her. Katy thanked us for what we’re up to with the show. As a “non-mom” (though she plans to be in the […]
075: HOME BIRTH STORY – Using Fitness, Nutrition and Mindfulness to Prepare for Your Home Birth with Becky Diaz
In today’s episode, we’re talking with Becky Diaz. Becky is a personal trainer, nutritionist, and placenta encapsulator who used fitness and nutrition to help prepare for her most recent home birth. Becky and her husband Hugo live in Los Angeles, California and have 3 children: Riley, Juilan and River. Her first was born in a […]
074: A Few Updates, Beyonce and Jay-z’s Home Birth and Word Association Games
In today’s episode, you get a little bit of a glimpse of our wacky world and Matthew’s and my silly banter. Heads up on the audio for this episode: we know it’s not the most awesome thing ever. We’re kinda snobs about our audio quality (well, Matthew definitely is!), so it was quite irritating when […]
073: HOME BIRTH STORY – An Expat Planning a Home Birth in Ireland with Katie McCormick
In today’s episode we’re talking with Katie McCormick, an American ex-pat living in Ireland who is choosing home birth to welcome her baby into the world. Katie and her husband Ryan decided to leave their life in Portland, Oregon – quit their jobs and travel across Europe. About a year ago, they decided to settle […]
072: HOME BIRTH STORY – 5 Home Births Over the Course of 20 Years with Melissa Rae Irish-Miller
In today’s episode we chat with Melissa Rae Irish-Miller about the home birth of her 5 children. I’m not even really sure with where to begin with this episode or what to tell you as far as the highlights…because there are too many! Melissa is a mother of 5. And all 5 of her children […]
071: Special Birthday Episode – Matthew’s Birth Story
In this episode we are rebroadcasting a portion of our Mother’s Day special — Matthew’s birth story. Today, July 22nd, is Matthew’s birthday! And we thought what better way to celebrate on the podcast than to play the story of Matthew’s birth 31 years ago. Back on Mother’s Day of this year, both Matthew and […]
070: HOME BIRTH STORY – A Fairytale Pregnancy and Home Birth After 2 Years of Infertility with Sam Peters
In today’s episode we’re talking with new mama Sam Peters about her truly amazing and inspiring home birth story of her son Brooks. Sam reached out to us via email a few months ago, thanking us for doing the show and spreading the empowering conversation around home birth. She opened up and shared part of […]
066: SPECIAL INTERVIEW – Preparing for Home Birth Before You’re Even Pregnant with Kim and Tim
Today’s episode has a nice twist to it! It’s an interview, but not typically like the ones we do on the show. We’re kinda the ones being interviewed! Here’s some context and background: we received an awesome listener email from Kim. Kim is engaged to Tim. Yes, Kim and Tim. Kim and Tim are a […]
065: HOME BIRTH STORY – How to Create Something Different After an Unpleasant Birth Experience with Angela Johnson
Today’s episode takes its root in episode 36: So What Happens After Your Home Birth? – where we chatted about an article from Romper.com by the lovely Angela Johnson, who now joins us for this episode number 65! The article, titled 7 Things That Happen After You Give Birth At Home breaks down some of […]
064: HOME BIRTH STORY – When You Livestream Your Home Birth on YouTube with Lindsey Drury
In this episode we chat with Lindsey Drury: photographer, activist and mama extraordinaire who is very involved in her community in Chattanooga, TN (check the links in our show notes for more details). When I was connected with Lindsey through a mutual friend, I was so excited to talk to her. Mainly because Lindsey livestreamed […]