Birth Journeys Podcast

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Natasha shares how getting pregnant during the craziness of covid led her to make some different decisions for her life and birth. She was able to have a positive first birth experience in her own home and is now a strong advocate for home birthing. This episode covers midwifery care, homebirth and postpartum hemorrhage.  Resources: Wish Garden Herb...

Join us on this episode of the Birth Journeys as Kaitlyn shares how her first birth didnt go as she imagined due to a cholestasis diagnosis. She shares how she went on to have a totally different birth experience the second time around and how both births have given her a unique perspective on birth and a passion to share with other moms. Resources Podcasts: Holy Wild Birth - https://open.spotify....

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

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 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...

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 postpa...

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 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: Ginamundy.com A Parent's Guide to a Safer Childbirth: Expecting the Best: Using the Po...

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 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: www.measuretheplacenta.org

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: Shalombirth.org Karyn’s Book: Why We Eat  https://a.co/d/5YvViVh

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...

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 freebir...

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:  Itscatherineprice.com   Instagram: @Kingdombirth  https://instagram.com/kingdombirth?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==

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, N...

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 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 http://aheavenlywelcome.com Childbirth in the Glory: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k_4y2cTIWfvL9S94eRyhWDRgsm-ImqNl0&a...

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, nat...

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.