Birth Journeys Podcast

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Marayla shares her journey of how she chose homebirth after two hosptial births and how she preferred the home birth experience more, despite experiencing a postpartum hemorrhage. 

This episode covers hospital birth, natural birth, midwifery care, home birth and postpartum hemorrhage. 

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Jamie shares her second birth story and how some aspects were similar to her first but how her immediate postpartum experience felt like redemption compared to her first. 

This episode covers PCOS, gestational diabetes, induction, hospital birth, and anxiety. 

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Jamie shares her story through PCOS, unexpected pregnancy, miscarriage and finally her first pregnancy and birth that didn’t go as planned and left some birth trauma.

This episode covers PCOS, miscarriage, gestational diabetes, premature rupture of membranes, induction, hospital birth, NICU stay, Necrotizing Enterocolitis diagnosis, and anxiety.

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Sari shares how she chose an unmedicated birth with hospital midwives for her second birth and how things didn’t go exactly as she had imagined it.

This episode covers hospital birth, unmedicated birth, midwifery care, and shoulder dystocia. 

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Ashley from Episode 2 returns to tell her most recent birth story and how she felt empowered to trust the intuition God gave her for her birth. 

This episode covers midwifery care, pregnancy after loss, and homebirth. 

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Joani shares how a preeclampsia diagnosis led to an unplanned induction and later how she processed the grief of not having the birth she dreamed of. 

This episode covers preeclampsia, induction, cesarean birth, and healing from birth trauma. 

Join us today on the Birth Journeys as Tricia shares how an unexpected preeclampsia diagnosis and induction for her first birth helped her make different choices for her second, even though it required a second induction due to preeclampsia again. 

This episode covers preeclampsia diagnosis, induction, epidural birth, and epidural-free induction birth.

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Shandi shares how her massage therapist encouraged her to get her thyroid  checked out and how that led her down a path to advocate for her health. She went on to have an uneventful pregnancy and a beautiful birth that was followed by continuous thyroid issues in her postpartum. 

This episode covers Hashimotos, thyroid issues, midwifery care, birth center birth, natural birth, and postpartum anxiety. 

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Sharla shares how each birth gave her to confidence to make different birth choices and trust her body to bring her baby earthside. 

This episode covers hospital birth, epidural birth, midwifery care, natural birth, and miscarriage.

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Tasha shares how along her journey she had to make choices that brought her and her family peace and rest even if it went against what she thought she’d ideally choose. 

This episode covers hospital birth, epidural birth, homebirth, midwifery care, missed miscarriage, chemical pregnancy, pregnancy insomnia, low iron and pumping.

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Kelli shared her journey through IVF and all of the things she learned on that journey. She also shares how a procedure she had in her 20’s had an impact on her birth years later.

This episode covers IVF, Induction, LEEP procedure, emergency d&c postpartum, and blood transfusion.

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Dara shares how God healed her fears of childbirth and all He taught her along the way.

This episode covers miscarriage, homebirth, natural birth, and midwifery care.

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys Podcast as Brandy shares how her first two births, in the hospital, propelled her on a journey to choose homebirth and to unlearn a lot of the "norms" of today. 

This episode covers hospital birth, induction, cesarean birth, miscarriage, VBAC, obstetrical rape, midwifery care, homebirth, and natural birth.

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys Podcast as Renee shares how an unexpected diagnoses changed her original plan for birth but how she was able to have a positive birth despite the circumstances. This episode covers pre eclampsia, induction and breastfeeding struggles

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Rebecca shares her three natural births and what drew her to want those experiences.

This episode covers hospital birth, midwifery care, natural birth, inconsistent labor patterns, miscarriage, birth center birth

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Leona shares her journey through pregnancy, birth, and trusting God with the size of her family. This episode covers natural birth, hospital birth, cesarean birth, VBAC, induction, miscarriage, pregnancy after loss, and VBA2C.

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Stephanie shares her journey through infertility, pregnancy, and learning to support her body for birth after two hospital transfers. This episode covers infertility, homebirth, hospital transfer, episiotomy, natural birth, and postpartum rage.

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Kayleigh shares her journey through trusting God's leading for her birth choices and how He even cares about our births. This episode covers hospital birth, home birth, midwifery care, and natural birth.

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Katelyn shares her journey through growing her family, positive hospital births and dealing with tongue and lip ties. This episode covers gestational hypertension, epidural, lip tie, tongue ties, miscarriage, and pregnancy after loss. 

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Emarie shares her story of how a traumatic first birth led her to choose different options for the next time and how she hopes women know they have choices. This episode covers medical abuse, hospital birth, miscarriage, and cesarean birth. 

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Ann shares how choosing the right support for pregnancy and birth can make all the difference. This episode covers natural birth, hospital birth, midwifery care, breastfeeding struggles, and homebirth.

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Allison shares her stories through a preterm birth, incompetent cervix diagnosis and inductions for pre eclampsia and all that she's learned along the way. This episode covers military spouse, preterm labor, NICU stay, incompetent cervix, cerclage, hospital birth, induction, and postpartum depression.

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Staci shares her stories and how she hopes to help women reframe the narrative surrounding birth. This episode covers hospital birth, midwifery care, natural birth, and home birth.

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Danielle shares how even though birth can be the hardest work, it brings forth the most rewarding experience. This episode covers miscarriage, pregnancy after loss, midwifery care, natural birth, VBAC, HBAC, and home birth.

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Amber shares how her freebirth hospital transfer was a positive experience despite not having the birth she envisioned. This episode covers miscarriage, PCOS, freebirth, natural birth, and hospital transfer.

Join us on this episode of The Birth Journeys as Kendra shares her precipitous labor stories and how sometimes babies come into the world differently than what we expect. This episode covers precipitous labor, natural birth, hospital birth, and midwifery care.

Join us on this episode of The Birth Journeys as Kate shares her experiences with natural birth both in the hospital and at home. This episode covers natural birth, hospital birth, medical bullying, midwifery care, and homebirth.

Join us on this episode of The Birth Journeys as Jess shares how God carried her through a traumatic birth experience and how she hopes her story will allow others to see God's goodness in dark times. This episode covers cesarean birth, uterine rupture, postpartum hemorrhage, and hysterectomy.