Birth Story Podcast

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Meet Gail , a mother who is finally ready to share her harrowing birth story 10 years after the fact. Heidi sits down with Gail to learn about Hashimoto Thyroiditis Disease and discuss Gail's frustrating fertility journey that ended with two beautiful fraternal twins being born prematurely at 26 weeks. Gail's favorite baby products are the Little Giraffe Blanket and the Baby Briefcase . Looking fo...

In this episode of Birth Story Podcast, we learn that sometimes we can do all of the "right" things throughout our pregnancy but still have to make alterations to our birth plans. Carrie never went into labor after 42 weeks and 3 days of gestation and ended up having an unplanned C-section. The hits kept coming when she learned that because her breast tissue never fully developed in puberty she wa...

Sarah and Rachel are the hilarious mother-daughter duo you did not know you were missing out on. With every detail recounted from their eerily similar and rapid birth stories you will be in stitches. You might need tissues for this episode but only to wipe away your tears from laughter. Sarah and Rachel's favorite baby products are the Squatty Potty , The Birthing Ball , ChickPea Sherpa Swaddle ,...

This episode of Birth Story Podcast is coming to you from Heidi's beautiful home of Charlotte, NC, and highlights 3 of the Queen City's best and brightest doulas. Dive deep behind the scenes of being a doula with Heidi, Helen , and Sarah , and hear straight from these highly experienced women about the continuity of care for the pregnant mom. Looking for a Virtual Doula to create a custom birthing...

Katie opens up to honestly discuss her long, arduous fertility journey trying meds, surgeries, IUI, and how it felt to have a successful pregnancy with twins result in 6-weeks of hospital bedrest with preeclampsia. Two and a half years later Katie finds out she was naturally pregnant with identical twins again! She also speaks about how Zoloft helped change her life and what her experience was wit...

This is one of the most important episodes of Birth Story Podcast you can listen to. In this segment Heidi travels to Asheville, NC during Black Maternal Health Awareness Week to sit down and talk with Maggie and Cindy , two representatives of MAHEC (Mountain Area Health Education Center), Mothering Asheville , and the SistasCaring4Sistas Doula program, about the disparity of maternal and infant m...

Heidi sits down with Sarah and Derek , a family she was the doula for, to talk about their first unplanned pregnancy and what that meant for their new and rocky marriage at the time. These two discuss how growing their family helped to heal their marriage and mom Sarah explains her experience utilizing an epidural for pain management due to cervical scarring. The couple's favorite baby product is...

Kristen is back to talk about her birth story with baby Georgie. After suffering a miscarriage, a subchorionic hemorrhage, and a 30+ hour first labor she decided she was ready for another baby. She talks to Heidi about suffering from SPD (symphysis pubis dysfunction) and her ever-present churning nausea with Baby #2 and what did and didn't work for curbing it. Kristen's favorite baby product is th...

Meet Amy , a mother of 3 whose birth stories grow wilder with each child, who walks Heidi through each thrilling tale and ending with how she ended up delivering a VBAC baby, in the car, at Costco . Amy also talks about her love of acupuncture and Moxi . Amy's favorite baby products are the Ring Sling and the Tula Wrap . Looking for a Virtual Doula to create a custom birthing experience and guide...

Welcome to the first Birth Story Podcast Daddy Bootcamp episode featuring Derek , Garin , and Wells , 3 dads with stories to tell and secrets to share. Heidi sits down with the boys to talk parenting shop and hear their versions of the birth of their children. The dads all agree that their favorite baby product is a velcro swaddle . Looking for a Virtual Doula to create a custom birthing experienc...

Meet the wisest and most experienced midwife in Charlotte, NC, Sage Brook . She immersed herself with midwifery for 34 years before retiring in 2018. Join Sage as she recounts her own birth stories and some notable births from her long and rewarding career. Looking for a Virtual Doula to create a custom birthing experience and guide you through your journey to parenthood in the United States? Cont...

Rachel Coley , a pediatric occupational therapist and the CEO of www. CanDoKiddo.com , shares with Heidi and Birth Story Podcast listeners the evolution of her birthing journey from a Bradley method user to having 3 epidural births in 3 and a half years. She speaks frankly about how the unexpected twists and turns of labor challenged her in ways she had never anticipated. Rachel's favorite baby pr...

Johnathon and Blair share with Heidi their beautiful love story that spans over 17 years and two different adoption processes. These two dads begin their tale walking Heidi through the private adoption process, the deep connection they fostered on the spot with their first son's birth mother, and the process of adopting out of the foster care system. If private adoption is something you have been...

On this installment of Birth Story Podcast Heidi interviews her longtime friend, the creator of the popular Instagram page The Art of Letter Writing, and one of the most beloved professors at Queen's University in Charlotte, NC, Shawn , about her surprise identical twin pregnancy and the differences between maternal healthcare in the United States versus Costa Rica, where she elected to have her f...

Meet Kristen , a mother who inspires all who hear her story of battling a rare condition called a subchorionic hemorrhage. Get ready for tears, laughs, and for your heart to absolutely swell as she recounts moving at 7 months pregnant, switching healthcare providers, and her very long labor. Kristen's favorite baby products are Quick Zip sheets. Enter BIRTHSTORYPODCAST at checkout for 15% off of y...

Tory Jones is a remarkable woman. Not only is she the CEO of Ixchel Triangle , a bag company she developed while working in Guatemala, she is also an incredible advocate for the normalization of breastfeeding and home birthing. Tory's favorite baby products are the baby hammock and the ring sling . Looking for a Virtual Doula to create a custom birthing experience and guide you through your journe...

Meet Sam, Heidi's big sister, who loves on and teases Heidi in equal measure in this heartwarming episode of Birth Story Podcast. Listen in to hear about how stress can impact your fertility as well as a slew of natural induction techniques you may or may not have heard of. Sam's favorite birthing product was the birthing chair . Looking for a Virtual Doula to create a custom birthing experience a...

Meet Heidi, the intrepid host of Birth Story Podcast and highly experienced Charlotte, NC based doula of 15 years (and counting!). She bears her heart to you and shares her special personal birth story of her son Jagger Kai in this inaugural episode as well as goes over some harrowing birth data, explains exactly what a doula is and why every mom needs one and talks about her book, Birth Story: Pr...