Birth Journeys Podcast
By Birth Journeys Podcast
Birth Journeys PodcastOct 30, 2023
Christa’s Journey: Trusting The Birth Process
Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Christa shares how she desired to have a homebirth after experiencing birth in the hospital.
This episode covers hospital birth, miscarriage, midwifery care, shoulder dystocia, and homebirth.
Resources:
Birth Without Fear: https://www.instagram.com/birthwithoutfear?igsh=MXY2cGZkeG9weDU4
Spinning babies: https://www.spinningbabies.com
Marayla’s Journey: Trusting Your God-Given Intuition
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.
Shianne’s Journey: Endometriosis, A Surprise Pregnancy, and Quick First Birth
Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Shianne shares how being diagnosed with endometriosis left her fertility in question but surprisingly got pregnant quickly after she got married. She also shares how her birth went differently than she expected and her struggles with breastfeeding due to oral ties.
This episode cover’s endometriosis, hospital birth, natural birth, and oral ties in baby.
Resources Shianne Shared:
The Bradley Method: Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way: Revised Edition https://a.co/d/g7g6LV8
Lynn Schulte: Institute for Birth Healing
Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Lynn Schulte of The Institute For Birth Healing and Center for Birth Healing, shares how she found a common pattern that shows up in the pelvis after birth and how she learned to release these patterns effectively. Lynn holds a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from St. Louis University, St. Louis Missouri and is on a mission to improve postpartum care worldwide.
This episode covers pelvic floor therapy, healing from birth trauma, postpartum, and bodywork.
Find Lynn Here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InstituteForBirthHealing?mibextid=dGKdO6
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@instituteforbirthhealing-l520?si=UskwIKAyjAB1zbHO
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/instituteforbirthhealing?igsh=MXNseHE1OWtteTVpcQ==
Website: www.instituteforbirthhealing.com
Jamie's Journey: A Redeeming Second Birth (Part 2)
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.
Jamie’s Journey: PROM, Induction, and a NICU Stay (Part 1)
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.
Sari's Journey: An Unmedicated Birth with a Shoulder Dystocia
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.
Ashley's Journey: Trusting Your Intuition and Being Your Own Authority in Birth
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.
Joani's Journey: A Positive Perspective During an Unexpected Induction
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.
Gina's Journey: A Parent's Guide To A Safer Childbirth
Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Gina shares how her work as a childbirth attorney led her to see the common interventions that led to the tragic outcomes that required her services.
This episode covers cesarean birth, and information from a childbirth attorney.
Find Gina and her book here:
A Parent's Guide to a Safer Childbirth: Expecting the Best: Using the Power of Knowledge to Help You Deliver a Healthy Baby https://a.co/d/ci3pONs
Instagram: @GinaMundy
Tricia's Journey: You Can Do Anything For 90 Seconds
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.
Shian's Journey: Utilizing Interventions When Needed
Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Shian shares how having to be unexpectedly induced, still left her being able to advocate for herself and resulting in a positive outcome. She also shares a spontaneous, unmedicated second birth story.
This episode covers induction, hospital birth, epidural birth, and unmedicated birth.
Resources:
Karyn's Journey: Birth Is Such An Ordinary Thing
Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Karyn shares her homebirth stories and how she trusted in the Lord to be her care provider and lead her in her births.
This episode covers midwifery care, home birth, freebirth, and miscarriage.
Reach Karyn Here:
Karyn’s Book: Why We Eat https://a.co/d/5YvViVh
Shandi’s Journey: Thyroid Issues, Hashimotos and the Power of the Mind
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.
Karissa's Journey: Building Your Faith Through Pregnancy and Childbirth
Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Karissa shares how early on, God spoke to her about trusting Him with her womb. After that encounter, she trusted God through all of her pregnancies and birth and saw His hand on every experience and situation He led her to.
This episode covers hospital birth, episiotomy, epidural birth, miscarriage, NICU stay, homebirth, wild pregnancy and freebirth.
Resources:
Be Fruitful and Multiply by Nancy Campbell
Be Fruitful and Multiply: What the Bible Says about Having Children https://a.co/d/eaA6Kgo
Pain Free Childbirth by Nissa Andrew’s
Pain-Free Childbirth: Every Woman's Blessing In Jesus https://a.co/d/7Sph3xj
Follow Karissa Here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecollinskidsfamily?mibextid=LQQJ4d
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecollinskids?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
Cat's Journey: Protecting Your Birth Space
Join us today on the Birth Journeys as Cat shares how her births were effected by who she allowed into her birth space and the impact those choices made.
This episode covers midwifery care, natural birth, unassisted birth and a CPS investigation.
Reach Cat Here:
Instagram: @Kingdombirth
Victoria's Journey: Everything Works Out How It’s Supposed To
Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Victoria shares how her planned homebirth turned into a hospital transfer, an unexpected diagnosis for her baby and all that transpired afterwards. She also shares about her second birth that ended up being a redemptive experience even with unexpected changes again.
This episode covers midwifery care, homebirth transfer, cerebral palsy diagnosis, NICU stay, exclusively pumping, external cephalic version (ECV) and induction.
Resources:
Real Food for Gestational Diabetes: An Effective Alternative to the Conventional Nutrition Approach https://a.co/d/9shnyLW
Real Food for Pregnancy: The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition https://a.co/d/0fdxLov
Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation https://a.co/d/cnObWuj
Reach Victoria here:
IG: https://instagram.com/victorialynnprince?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Sharla's Journey: The Confidence to Give Birth
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.
Tasha’s Journey: Choosing the Path that Brings You Peace
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.
Cassie's Journey: Birth Doesn’t Have To Be Traumatic
Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Cassie shared her stories of empowering home births, healing from abortion trauma and preparing for a freebirth.
This episode covers abortion, homebirth, midwifery care and freebirth prep.
Resources:
A Heavenly Welcome
Childbirth in the Glory:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k_4y2cTIWfvL9S94eRyhWDRgsm-ImqNl0&si=QAGkAkPaAMrCqBU5
Reach Cassie here:
Bearfoot Parenting Podcast:
https://open.spotify.com/show/3t81f04tZ8wYssxmZEuPmU?si=60MgbZitTG-PP0GHI8sZBQ
Diana’s Journey: An Emergency Cesarean and a Redeeming Homebirth
Join us on this episode of Birth Journeys as Diana shares how a homebirth hospital transfer ended in an emergency cesarean due to the classic cascade of interventions. She shares how that experience gave her a passion for women to heal from birth trauma and how she eventually went on to have a beautiful, redeeming second birth.
This episode covers homebirth, hospital transfer, midwifery care, natural birth, VBAC, and HBAC.
Resources:
International Cesarean Awareness Network- https://www.ican-online.org
Reach Diana Here:
IG: @Healingbirth
Kelli's Journey: Holistic Mindset, IVF, and Homebirth Transfer
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.
Dara's Journey: Inviting God Into Your Birth
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.
Rebecca’s Journey: Birth Can Be A Wild Ride
Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Rebecca shares her two quick hospital births and the twists and turns along the way.
This episode covers natural birth and hospital birth.
Resources:
Evidence Based Birth: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/evidence-based-birth/id1334808138
Mommy Labor Nurse Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mommy-labor-nurse/id1481120045
Mickaela's Journey: Taking Full Responsibility for Your Own Birth
Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Mickaela shares how she was drawn to birth before she was ever pregnant and how that shaped her view early on to take radical responsibility for herself and her baby and birth at home without the assistance of a midwife.
This episode covers natural birth, homebirth and freebirth.
Reach Mickaela Here:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/reclaiming.motherhood?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Homebirth On Your Own Terms: https://www.heatherbakermw.com/product-page/book-home-birth-on-your-own-terms
Real Food for Pregnancy: The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition https://a.co/d/foL16sp
Brandy's Journey: Always Be Willing to Learn and Unlearn (Part 2)
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.
Resources:
Christian Hypnobirthing: www.christianhypnobirthing.com
Sister Birth: www.sisterbirth.com
Homebirth on Your Own Time: www.heatherbakermw.com
Reach Brandy Here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildandfreebirthwellness/?igshid=NzZhOTFlYzFmZQ==
Brandy's Journey: Always Be Willing to Learn and Unlearn (Part 1)
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.
Renee's Journey: Preparing Your Mind For The Best Outcome
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
Rebecca's Journey: Hard Doesn't Mean Bad
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
Wendy's Journey: We are Created for Physiological Birth
Join us on this episode of The Birth Journeys as Wendy shares her journey through many different birth experiences that shaped her and molded her into the passionate birth worker she is today.
This episode covers birth trauma, hospital birth, vacuum extraction, epidural, placenta previa, cesarean birth, VBAC, HBAC, home birth, natural birth, unassisted birth, and birth on the mission field.
Connect with Wendy: birthkeeper14@gmail.com
Jordan's Journey: Hospital Birth, Homebirth, and Mental Health Struggles
We are so excited to bring a brand new season of Birth Journeys to you!
Join us on this episode of The Birth Journeys as Jordan shares how after her first birth she had some major mental health struggles that led her to being committed in the hospital and her healing process through that. She also shares her second birth and how God led her to have a homebirth.
This episode covers hospital birth, epidural birth, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Anxiety, Midwifery Care and Homebirth.
Resources: www.AHeavenlyWelcome.com
Jacqueline's Journey: Doing the Research for the Birth You Want
Join us on this episode of The Birth Journeys as Jacqueline shares how she did research to choose which birth option was best for her and her baby. This episode mentions natural birth, birth center, birth, and midwifery care.
Ina Mays Guide to Childbirth: Ina May's Guide to Childbirth "Updated With New Material": https://a.co/d/68N0Qm0
Just the Inserts: https://www.justtheinserts.com
After Ease: https://www.wishgardenherbs.com/products/afterease-after-birth-pains
Leona's Journey: Trusting God with the Size of Your Family
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.
Abby's Journey: Trusting God Through Foster Care, Adoption, Pregnancy, and Birth
Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Abby shares how God called her and her husband into foster care, adoption and later to grow their family with a biological child. This episode covers foster care, adoption, post-placement depression, natural birth, and birth center birth.
Reach Abby Here:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/abby_bertram
Facebook: www.facebook.com/abby.estola
Painfree Birth Course: www.painfreebirth.com
Beginning Your Breastfeeding Journey with Kimberly Jerest, IBCLC
Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as International Board Certified Lactation Consultant Kimberly Jerest answers my questions about common issues, misconceptions, and how to find support for your breastfeeding journey. This episode covers breastfeeding.
Reach Kimberly Here:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/embracinglactation
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kimberlyembracinglactation
Website: www.embracinglactation.com
Stephanie's Journey: Infertility and Supporting Your Body for Birth
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.
Kayleigh's Journey: God Cares About Your Birth
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.
Katelyn's Journey: Have All The Kids You Want
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.
Emarie's Journey: No Experience is Wasted
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.
Ann's Journey: Preparing for the Birth You Want
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.
Andrea's Journey: Let It Happen How It's Going To Happen
Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Andrea shared her story of choosing homebirth for her first baby and how it allowed her to have the freedom of choice in her care and her birth. This episode covers midwifery care and homebirth.
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Amy's Journey: Be Prepared Early
Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys where Amy shares how she unexpectedly went into labor early with her pregnancies and her experience with natural birth in the hospital. This episode covers Arvigo massage, hospital birth, and natural birth.
Podcasts mentioned by Amy:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wine-about-birth-podcast/id1494063129
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-birth-hour-a-birth-story-podcast/id1041801905
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/evidence-based-birth/id133480813
Allison's Journey: Preterm Birth and Pre Eclampsia Inductions
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.
Staci's Journey: Birth Doesn't Have To Be Scary
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.
Danielle's Journey: The Hardest Work of My Life
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.
Amber's Journey: A Positive Freebirth Hospital Transfer
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.
Jemma's Journey: A Natural Monochorionic Twin Birth
Join us on this episode of The Birth Journeys as Jemma shares how God led her to have a beautiful and empowering natural birth with monochorionic twins. This episode covers hospital birth, natural birth, midwifery care, and monochorionic twin birth.
Resources:
A Modern Woman's Guide to a Natural Empowering Birth:
https://a.co/d/bqN93Gq
https://www.calmbirth.org
Draw the Circle:
https://a.co/d/3Q2RuRj
Praying the Names of God:
https://a.co/d/fuTMjB7
Kendra's Journey: Your Body is Capable
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.
Kate's Journey: It's Not Always About Being Comfortable
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.
Jess' Journey: Experiencing God's Hand Through Birth Trauma
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.