Pregnancy & Birth Made Easy

As parents, you are more than capable of taking control and having a more comfortable birth. On this episode of the Pregnancy & Birth Made Easy podcast, you're going to receive an evidence-based guide along the journey from pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care. All along the way we'll be sharing important details to help you feel more confident, capable, and empowered as you progres...

The role a doula plays in childbirth is beautiful and sacred. A doula will offer her assistance, her guidance, and her loving support to a mother from pregnancy to birth to postpartum. Not only will she provide physical help, but she will also aid the parents mentally and emotionally. If you are wanting to hire a doula, or become one yourself, then this episode of the Pregnancy and Birth Made Easy...

“Have you ever wondered what males really know about pregnancy and birth?” The My Essential Birth podcasting team does an incredible job every week of filming, recording, and editing this podcast. They’re also primarily men. As you can imagine, they knew very little about pregnancy, the birthing process, and how women’s bodies function. This episode, my rockstar team of editors will share the epis...

Today we dive further into one of the 3 free exercise that we give to you on our website, that will prepare you and your body for giving birth. The forward-leaning inversion is an exercise that creates room in the uterus and allows the baby's head to be positioned correctly. Tune in to learn more about how to give your baby the room it needs to be in an excellent position for birth that will...

If you've ever wondered what the very best birthing positions for easier labor and delivery are, we've got you covered! And by "we," I mean my husband and I...so get ready! We’re going to go in-depth to these different positions and discuss how to find the one that works best for you, because we know that every birth is as unique as your baby and deserves care and attention tai...

This week on My Essential Birth, I welcome Serial Entrepreneur, Chiropractor, and Doctor Brandie Nemchenko. Brandie is the Founder and CEO of Experience Chiropractic, Clinical Director of Bloom at Experience, and Developer of the Bloom Philosophy. On top of all these accomplishments, she is the author of What You Don’t Expect When You’re Expecting , a brilliant book for helping expectant mothers f...

This week, on My Essential Birth, I delve into the natural ways to induce childbirth, answering questions about the processes and methods, their risks and benefits, and the options available to you. We’ll dive down the rabbit hole to understanding prodromal labor, its symptoms, and how you can cope. From there it’s Curb Walking 101, a simple exercise with giant benefits. In addition, we’ll cover t...

Today’s guest is Taylor, a new mom and student of My Essential Birth, who recently gave birth to the first baby in her family. In spite of rough symptoms in the first trimester, Taylor had an extremely positive experience being pregnant. As the life grew inside of her, she experienced a wide array of emotions, symptoms, and cravings (most strongly that of watermelon). Though visits to a chiropract...

Are you prepared for the very first step of the postpartum period? This week on the podcast, I talk about the golden hour—that crucial first 60 minutes following your baby’s birth. I’ll be going through why the golden hour is so important, how to get it (if it’s not immediately offered to you during your care), and exactly what you and your partner should be doing during that time. Tune in and enj...

Do you know what to look for to know it’s labor time?! This week on the podcast, I talk about what those things are but also give you some detail on how they can show up for moms because, let’s be honest, some moms may see certain signs and still wait a week or two before hitting active labor. Tune in and enjoy! Don't forget to follow me on Instagram @myessentialbirth and for even more great...

This week I had the pleasure of having  incredible home birth midwife, Angie, LM, CPM,  join me on the podcast. Angie, from the Long Beach, CA area, gives us some insight into what the process of taking care of a mother during pregnancy and birth is like as a home birth midwife. We also went a little deeper into birthing during a pandemic as well as the importance of informed consent. Informed con...

I can't wait for you to listen to this inspiring birth story with Anne, a My Essential Birth Course mama, who takes us through her journey from conception, pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum. It is a perfect story about what it's really like to walk through everything pregnancy, birth, and postpartum for the very first time. Her and her husband did an excellent job preparing and sup...

You’ve had the baby, now what? This has now become a 24 hour responsibility. In this episode, I walk you through what happens from the time you give birth, until you reach home, and even some tools that can be useful once you've brought baby home and start to manage your everyday life. My husband also share's his dad perspective of what it was like for him when welcoming our children hom...

Since it's the simple things that can trip us up the most when it comes to trying to create the birth experience we’re really aiming for, I want to throw a few "obvious" but not so obvious lies you will likely believe if you hear them during your pregnancy. I’m hoping as I give you some more details about each of these three lies your mind will start to sort through all of the infor...

It's true that we love telling you all of the ways to have an easier, more comfortable, confident and empowered birth experience, but we decided to switch things up and get a little sarcastic so you can join us in some laughs while we give you all the top tips on what will cause more pain during labor.  Maybe you already know that being flat on your back and not having great support will leav...

I sat down with Dr. Nate Fox, once again, and I got to ask him all of YOUR questions about twins! Birthing one baby comes with its fair share of challenges, but for mamas birthing two babies in one shot, well, there's some things you'll want to know. Thankfully, Nate talks us through some of the different things you can expect during the pregnancy, birth, and some postpartum. Not only do...

On this weeks podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting with one of the members of the My Essential Birth Course, and talking about her most recent birth experience. Erica is a mother of three, and due to previous births that were less than she had hoped for, she decided to explore a different option for her third pregnancy. She talks about her provider experience - what needed to change for this bir...

This week’s episode is going to focus on all of the ins and outs of prodromal labor. 2020 changed a lot of things for birth, including causing a ton of prodromal labor for expecting mamas. In this episode,  I walk you through exactly what prodromal labor is, what the risks are, if there are any benefits, how to prevent it, what to do for yourself (and baby) if you end up experiencing it, and what...

Women are being forced into unnecessary inductions which makes me pose the question, do women’s bodies need to be forced into labor as much as they are being right now, and if there is a medically-necessary reason for this, how can we make it an excellent experience? In this episode I want to discuss what would constitute some medical reasons for inductions AND what you can do when an induction be...

If your partner is thinking that there's really no point in having a doula because that's kind of taking over their job, or they don't think it's worth the financial investment, or they just literally have no idea what a doula does, they're not alone! This episode is going to walk you through our (my husband + me) journey to discovering what a doula was, why she might be b...

This is another extra special episode because I am here with my sister. If you have been following along for a while you know I said I hoped to have her on the podcast one day and I’m really excited for all of you to listen in to her story. It is one of strength, courage, and resilience. She talks about her many obstacles and wins throughout her pregnancy, different ways in which she advocated for...

I can't believe I get to be here with you for the 100th Episode of this podcast! With my many years of experience, professionally and personally, I thought this would be the perfect time to gather together the very most important things for pregnancy and birth. These are things, time and time again, that help mothers to have the births that they desire. These are things that will make the big...

If you're considering cloth diapering, I may just firehose you (in a good way) on this episode so I apologize, and you're welcome. It's a ton of information and I hope you give you a better idea of what you are in for. I cover everything from the benefits for baby and parents, what the upkeep looks like, what's not so great about cloth diapering, and onto how to care for them a...

The partner's point of view can be kind of a mystery and I've had a lot of women asking me what their partner should know and do. Well, you're welcome...and I'm sorry. This week I brought my dear husband on the show and I truly hope you get something good out of it as we laugh our way through pregnancy, birth, marriage, love, and parenting. We talk about what it was like to sup...

Birth stories are a window into the powerful work we do as women to get our babies earthside and Eryn's story is no exception. She was a student of mine when she was preparing for her very first birth. Her and her husband worked hard together to prepare for this task of birth ahead of them and when they came back to share their story, after they had their sweet baby, I was amazed at the detai...