Birth with Hope

Emily found out she was pregnant again a couple of months after going through a miscarriage with her first pregnancy. Emily and her husband hired the only homebirth midwife in their North Carolina town, where homebirth midwives practice in a legal gray area.  Emily’s labor started in the middle of the night. When she knew things were really happening, she called her midwife. Then she called her ag...

Kayleigh has had a wide range of experiences with pregnancy and birth, including several losses. She’s had two hospital births, one birth center birth, one home birth, and lastly a healing, unassisted hospital birth.  When Kayleigh was pregnant with her daughter, she felt the impression that her daughter was going to be born in the hospital. Kayleigh however, wanted another home birth, so she foug...

When Emma found out she was pregnant she was so excited, but she couldn’t tell her husband yet because he was away on a river rafting trip. She was so overjoyed that she decided to share the news with her coworkers. When Emma was exactly at her 40 week guess date, she started to have some cramping but it went away towards the end of the day. Then, Emma was awoken at 2 AM to some consistent crampin...

In this episode, Madison shares the epic story of her daughter’s conception followed by her empowering home birth. During her pregnancy, Madison was labeled as high-risk due to having a hip labral tear. She had planned to have surgery on it and was hesitant to take herself off the surgery list, because so many of her friends had experienced miscarriages. Eventually she felt that she had a strong a...

In this episode, I share my own story about realizing I was pregnant for the first time, and choosing to give birth at home with a midwife. I also share my intentions and hopes for the podcast. You can Follow the Podcast on Instagram @BirthwithHopePodcast