Birth As We Know It ™️-Birth Stories and Experiences

Send Kiona a Text Message! In the episode, you will hear Valerie talk about her 3 birth experiences. She goes into detail about how challenging her first pregnancy and birth were and how medical bullying played a huge role in her NICU experience. She then goes on to talk about what it felt like to finally have a baby that stayed on her chest without issue after giving birth to her son.  birthaswek...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Morgan shares her preterm birth experience with her son Josiah as well as her birth center birth experience with her son Noah. Both babies ended up in the NICU for different reasons. She also dives into how being an adoptee has impacted how she envisions herself as a mother to her own biological children. birthasweknowitpodcast.com/70   Disclaimer: This...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Nicole shares her experience with loss through miscarriage as well as diving into her two very different birth experiences with her son Baker and daughter Sophia. She goes into detail about how different it was for her to birth in the hospital and then chooses a last-minute homebirth during the prime time of the Covid-19 pandemic. birthasweknowitpodcast....

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Mandy shares what it was like to be pregnant for the first time with her daughter Brooke. She dives into detail about a choroid plexus brain cyst scare that happened midway through her pregnancy as well as how her birth went quicker than expected. We end our interview by talking about her current pregnancy at the time of recording.   birthasweknowitpodca...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Elliott shares her two preemie birth stories of her daughter Adelaide and her son Brennan. She talks about how being a midwife was both a pro and a con while pregnant and how she learned about her special bicornuate (heart-shaped) uterus.  birthasweknowitpodcast.com/67 Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only with no intention o...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Kelli talks about her struggles with infertility that led her to the option of IVF. With her first round of IVF failing she turns to adoption and the way she finds a family is not how you would expect. Kelli also shares what it was like to find out she got pregnant naturally by surprise. birthasweknowitpodcast.com/66   Disclaimer: This podcast is intende...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Angela talks about her struggles with conception through IVF due to her late diagnosis of stage 4 endometriosis. She also talks about her micro preemie birth experience with her son Bennet at just 25 weeks gestation in addition to some of the details of how having a tiny sick baby in the NICU was impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic.  birthasweknowitpodcast...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Melissa shares her two personal birth stories of her three boys. She talks about what it was like to give birth for the first time while being induced and then going on to have a precipitous vaginal twin birth the second time around.  birthasweknowitpodcast.com/64   Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only with no intention of g...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Tessa and Jeff share their conception journey with IVF and talk about the two birth stories of their daughters Maisie and Rosie. Let’s just say that both ended up being accidentally unassisted because Tessa utilized hypnobirthing techniques.  birthasweknowitpodcast.com/63   Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only with no intent...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Allison dives into how her first birth with her daughter was traumatic and how it led her to become a birth doula. She also shares the the details of how she felt when she was unexpectedly pregnant with her son after being adamant of “one and done” in addition to sharing about her redemptive home birth. birthasweknowitpodcast.com/62   Disclaimer: This po...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Karin shares her experience with ectopic pregnancy, trusting her intuition, and dives into the details of the two birth stories of her sons. We also talk about what inspired her to write the memoir, The Ins and Outs of My Vagina .   birthasweknowitpodcast.com/61   Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only with no intention of giv...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Meg talks about her three miscarriages and what eventually led her and her husband to the road of IVF. She then goes into detail about what it was like to give birth to her daughter Romy after experiencing some health issues during her pregnancy. birthasweknowitpodcast.com/60   Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only with no in...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Abrianna speaks on what it's like to support clients in the hospital while still working full-time as an ER nurse. She also touches on the importance of preparation for birth and how strength training, with a professional coach, can help you meet your goals.  birthasweknowitpodcast.com/59   Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purpos...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Kayla shares 3 personal birth stories as well as how experiencing a precipitous unplanned home birth led her to have a planned homebirth the third time around. She also touches on the breastfeeding challenges she experienced with her first two kiddos and the decisions she made to shift her experience when she breastfed her third.  birthasweknowitpodcast....

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Lori shares her quick birth experience with her son Sebastian and the lengths her family went through to be by her side. She also dives into the importance of preparing for postpartum during or before your pregnancy and how her personal experience led her to birth work.  birthasweknowitpodcast.com/57   Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Kirsten talks about getting pregnant in her last year of grad school and how after she gave birth her school was very strict and provided very little accommodations to support her new family. She also talks about what it was like to get pregnant while running a chiropractic business with her husband to then find out the world is shut down by COVID 19 lea...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Kaitlin shares her first birth experience which ended up in an unexpected cesarean even though the care from her team was amazing. She then talks about her redemptive VBAC that led her to a tougher recovery than her first birth in addition to talking about how she ended up working with postpartum families as a postpartum doula. birthasweknowitpodcast.com...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Anni speaks on what it was like to have an unexpected cesarean and then dives into the details of what it was like to find out her unborn child in her second pregnancy was diagnosed with Trisomy 18 leading to her and her husband Chris, to make the extremely hard and sad decision to terminate the pregnancy. She then ends her episode by sharing a very posi...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Angela talks about what it was like for her to experience her miscarriage and how that impacted her excitement for her future pregnancies. Including the emotions she carried with her as she found out she was unexpectedly pregnant with her third child. She also touches on what it was like to be cared for by out-of-hospital midwives while being considered...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Katie goes into detail about her 3 personal birth experiences. She talks about how even though you plan for specific things, they may not always end up that way. She also talks about how her births help guide her as she supports clients as a birth doula, especially since she experienced an unplanned non-emergent cesarean.  birthasweknowitpodcast.com/52  ...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Rachelle educates us on what Uterus Didelphys is, when she first learned about it for herself, and how it impacted her conception, pregnancy, and birth journeys. She also goes into detail about both of her birth experiences, one of which was a really wild precipitous vaginal footling breech birth.  birthasweknowitpodcast.com/51   Disclaimer: This podcast...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Bri dives into all the details of her 6 personal birth experiences. We discussed how her cervix was considered “incompetent” leading her to need a cervical cerclage for 4 out of 6 of her pregnancies. She also talks about her different experiences in the NICU and about how important bilirubin checks truly are.  birthasweknowitpodcast.com/50   Disclaimer:...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Carrie shares how giving birth to her very first son at the young age of 19 inspired her to become a birth worker, how her other two births didn’t go as planned, and how her philosophy around how to practice as a birth doula has changed over the years.  birthasweknowitpodcast.com/49   Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only wit...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Kelly shares how her determination to get the birth she desired led her to choosing a birth location that was 1 hour away from her home, leading to a difficult decision during her labor. She also discusses the importance of being informed on how interventions that happen during the birthing process can have an impact on your breastfeeding experience.  bi...

Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Christina shares she was unable to birth vaginally due to being born with hip dysplasia leading her to have 6 cesarean births. She shares some of the details for each of those births which includes a breast cancer scare with her 2nd pregnancy, in addition to talking about the importance of being human with and in front of your children to ensure they too...