Birth Story Podcast

Heidi chats about her trip to Colorado and camping with a Mama Moose and her new baby Moose and Heidi's reflections on nature, being mammals and how the world treats us in the postpartum period. She takes a deep dive into the postpartum guide and breastfeeding guide available through Birth Story Academy.  It's not too late to join Birth Story Academy....even if you are due next week! Join today fo...

Heidi sits down with Gina Conley from MamasteFit on her current pregnancy, her miscarriages, her births, and her IG platform.  On her first, she was delivering at a military hospital and her sister, Roxanne, was a labor and delivery nurse who was planning to help her. She talks about how that birth went sideways and how it informed and shaped the rest of pregnancies and births and how she decided...

Hey parents! Here are some affirmations from Michelle Smith of the Birth Ease Podcast that will help you stay relaxed and calm. Lay down, put in your air pods and enjoy some self care for 20 minutes during nap time.  XOXO Heidi If you would like to join me in Birth Story Academy! Use code BIRTHSTORYFRIEND for $20 OFF at BirthStory.com  

Heidi is LIVE on Fireside (aka no editing) with Jenna to discuss her 4 very different birth stories. Check out Jenna's blog at parenthoodandpushups.com and her IG at instagram.com/parenthoodandpushups If you are still searching for the best online childbirth education to take to prepare you for a hospital birth, use code BIRTHSTORYFRIEND for $20 OFF of Birth Story Academy at BirthStory.com  

Jenna is one of Heidi's doula clients and a mom of 4. She is also a popular blogger with Parenthood and Pushups where she puts out clean content on fitness and parenthood in a funny way.  Jenna sits down with Heidi and they share about what to register for and what not to register for as well as some awesome parenting gold tips! Enjoy. And if you are looking for really good childbirth education th...

Queer Visibility Series Story 3.  In Part 2, AK and Steph talk about their shared birth story experiences from both birthing person and partner perspectives. Steph talks about SNS feeding after AK had some struggles. This story packs in a ton of advice on having doulas, surrendering to high blood pressure, enduring a 4 day long induction, and power of midwifery care in avoiding a C-section. Their...

Queer visibility series. This is the third couple in the Birth Story visibility series. Amy Kate and Steph share about their fertility journey in this episode. All of the details on meeting with a social worker, the laws, insurance, and all the steps involved in an IUI to IVF journey with 2 egg retrievals as a same sex assigned at birth couple.  Stick around for their Birth Story in Part 2 and how...

Heidi talks about Station, Position, Effacement, and Dilation and why you need to ask for 5 markers in this 4 letter acronym every single time you consent to a vaginal exam.  To join Birth Story Academy for your childbirth education, use code BIRTHSTORYFRIEND for $20 OFF. XOXO- Heidi Hope to see you in our private Facebook group when you join BSA!

In this episode, Heidi vulnerably shares with her audience the side of many abortions that a doula sees that the rest of the world may not know about.  www. BirthStory.com

Amy and Emily share their fertility journey in episode 134 so start there! This episode is part 2 where we continue on conversation through their birth stories after transvaginal insemination and IVF.  If you are interested in reaching out to Amy she can be reached at orbitfit@gmail.com Please enjoy $20 OFF Birth Story Academy at BirthStory.com where you can get AWESOME childbirth education self p...

In the second story of this queer visibility series, Heidi interviews Emily and Amy about their love story, fertility journey and uterine rights. They discuss deciding on transvaginal insemination, directed donor vs. cryo bank, IUI, IVF, fertility profiles and who would carry with the appropriate amount of hilarity and seriousness. This is part 1, and their birth stories are told in part 2. So, tr...

Don't forget to grab your FREE guide to the enneagram and what your type says about the kind of labor support that you need from your birth team at BirthStory.com. Be sure to share this episode with your birth partner too! Heidi teamed up with Liz Orr, an enneagram practictioner from instagram.com/rudeassenneagram to bring you today's episode and 9 amazing memes for each enneagram type. If you are...

This is the sequel to the Jess and Katie story -their birth story! Please listen to Part 1, episode 130 for their fertility journey and to learn more about the laws for fertility and same sex couples with having to adopt their own child! This is the first couple of 3 that I am showcasing for a visibility series on fertility and same sex assigned at birth couples regardless of gender.  I would love...

Listen to the foreword to the Birth Story Pregnancy guidebook + journal on what in the world a doula is and why Heidi is a doula! And, HOW Heidi became a doula and finally listened to her calling.  Join Birth Story Academy today with code BIRTHSTORYFRIEND for $20 OFF using code BirthStory.com Use code BIRTHSTORYPODCAST for $5 OFF the book!  

Jess and Katie kick off a 6 episode series on visbility of same sex assigned at birth couples. In this episode, we share their love story, fertility journey, IUI procedure, buying sperm and all things legal BS about being a Queer parenting couple.  This is Part 1, stick around for Part 2 where Jess and Katie share their birth story of their daughter Lillie.  I would love to have you in Birth Story...

In this weeks Doula Diaires, Heidi publishes the foreword to her Audiobook (available on Audible ) Birth Story Pregnancy Guidebook + Journal- A 42-week Discovery Into Your Pregnancy. Use code BIRTSTORYPODCAST for $5 off at BirthStory.com if you are in the continental US.  This story is about a redemptive VBAC on Amy's 3rd birth. Her pregnant belly is on the cover of the Birth Story book, and this...

This week I tell the story around the famous IG post of the abandoned car outside of the hospital.  Enroll in Birth Story Academy today by using code BIRTHSTORYFRIEND for $20 off at BirthStory.com XOXO- Heidi

In this episode, Heidi discusses the pros and cons of scheduling cesareans vs VBACs, how to write a killer Birth Plan for a Cesarean Section and she shares her C-Section Recovery Guide that all of her past doula clients, over 17 years, helped her write who had cesareans! Please share this episode with someone you know that may be scheduling a cesarean (C-section).  You can download Heidi's FREE ce...

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It's 2-22-22 my Abuela passed away this morning. Minutes later, 2 of my clients went into labor. This episode is about the circle of life and how locking eyes with my Abuela in her final moments reminded me that I had seen that same look 1000 times before in childbirth. This episode is processing how transition labor mirrors the death transition.  Please join me for my premier online childbirth ed...

HeHe of the Birth Lounge is back! Heidi rapid fires HeHe (Instagram.com/tranquilitybyhehe) with real life "What if" scenarios on how to handle things you may hear from your doctor, midwife, or nurse during your pregnancy and/or labor and delivery. HeHe pretends to be the birthing person and shares with everyone how she would tackle hearing things like, "We don't let you eat in labor." This episode...

This week Heidi chats about all the different types of prolapses birthing persons can have after childbirth. Cystocele (bladder) Rectocele (rectum) Enterocele (small bowel) Urethrocele (Urethra) Descensus (uterine) and the importance of exploring your body before during and after pregnancy and childbirth. And, what is the answer to prevention? Pelvic floor therapy. Listen this week to learn about...

In this episode, Heidi chats with Aleca live on Fireside (unedited) about her labor and delivery and her husband not making it. With 3 doulas in play including, Heidi,  Aleca was covered. Sh,e is fierce. This episode is the hallmark of nothing goes according to plan EVER, you can do anything, our bodies are amazing, and parenthood is about surrendering and letting what will be, just be. It is what...

In this episode, Heidi digs into expectant management (aka doing nothing) and induction when you experience PROM (premature rupture of the membranes). Heidi shares her doula advice partnered with the Hanah et al TERM PROM trial and the data. So, want to know what Heidi would tell you do if she was your doula and you experienced PROM? Take a listen. There are also some scripts you could use if this...

Heidi chats with Emilee LIVE on Fireside! No editing in this episode! This episode is about falling in love with a person with Cystic Fibrosis and what that means for fertility. We discuss male factor infertility, IVF, and delivering at a birth center. Enjoy! Birth Story Academy is Open. Join today at BirthStory.com. Use code BIRTHSTORYPODCAST for $5 OFF.