Birth Story Podcast

This is a re release of Episode 22: How to Naturally Induce Labor when you are past your "due date." This was the #3 most listened to podcast of all time on the BSP.   

This episode originally aired as Episode 30 and is the 2nd most listened to podcast episode of all time. 

originally aired on 1/31/19

In this episode, Heidi and her sister Abi recap the 2020 year with Heidi's doula statistics, the results of the COVID breastmilk experiment and a written guide to all of the parent's favorite baby products mentioned on the podcast in 2020 for parents to be in 2021 to consider. For your full downloadable Favorite Baby Products Guide-go to www.birthstory.com/the-workbook and type in your email addre...

Meet Afton Vechery. She is the CEO of Modern Fertility and she is taking on women's health globally at 31 years old. Afton lives in San Francisco with her fiancé Zach and her new puppy. She loves biking throughout the city and her favorite restaurant is Salumeria . Afton was featured in 30 under 30 and 40 under 40 after raising 22 million in private equity to build this company. Afton studied neur...

In this incredibly special 2-part series, Heidi interviews Bobby and Lesley , the couple who have fully embraced the Gender Creative Parenting movement in raising their child Sojourner Wildfire. In part two, Lesley and Bobby share stories about their childbirth experience, the difficulty of finding a vegan-friendly baby formula, and how utilizing a doula was part of their ideal birth story. Trigge...

In this incredibly special 2-part series, Heidi interviews Bobby and Lesley , the couple who have fully embraced the Gender Creative Parenting movement in raising their child Sojourner Wildfire. Part one discusses in-depth exactly what Gender Creative Parenting (also known as Gender Open Parenting) is and why Bobby and Lesley felt it so important to utilize it. Heidi's cohost today is Collin from...

Amy Baumgarten of Home Body Movement shares with Heidi the ins-and-outs of claiming your space, connecting with your soul's true self, and developing a new pattern for your life through prenatal and postpartum yoga. Amy coaches the listener through celebrating their postpartum body and developing a connection to their endocrine system. To get more in-depth and personal with Amy, connect with her o...

In the finale of this 2-part special, Kristy is back to talk to Heidi about the events that led to switching up her birth plan from utilizing a birth center to focusing on having a home birth while still using the midwifery model of care.  Kristy's featured pregnancy product is the TUSHY bidet. Looking for a Virtual Doula to create a custom birthing experience and guide you through your journey to...

In part 1 of this 2 part interview special, Heidi interviews Kristy Gauransky, stay-at-home warrior mom of the two boys she battled to bring into the world. After experiencing heartwrenching child loss and fighting infertility, Kristy was able to achieve her goal of motherhood and found so much healing in recounting her first of two birth stories. Kristy's favorite baby product is the Haaka breast...

Wrapping up this two-part special, Heidi and Jodi discuss the differences between domestic and international healthcare as it pertains to pregnancy and childbirth. After a successful and happy birthing experience and life in Colombia, Jodi and her husband decide to move their family back to America to be closer to their families. They decided that the best option for the birth of their second chil...

It is time for another international birth story! This episode is part 1 of 2. This week, Heidi interviews Jodi about her experience as an American birthing in Colombia, South America. After meeting her now-husband in university, the couple ventured to Bulgaria with the Peace Corps for a time before being married in Costa Rica. At this time, they decided to start their family abroad. After much tr...

In late 2019 when Brook found out she was pregnant, she had to decide where to birth since her trusted birthing center had closed. Little did she know that the coronavirus was about to impact this decision. Brook chose a hospital birth with her favorite midwives and hired a doula. As the pandemic spread, Brook made the secret decision with her husband to switch to a home birth. She received parall...

Brooke is one of my doula clients and she was featured in last week's episode (episode 55) when we visitied True Rest Float Spa to try out float therapy while pregnant. This episode was the very beginning of COVID. I was able to attend Brooke's birth in person, but then the world shut down. We opted for a Zoom postnatal and on a whim I hit record when she was retelling her birth story. She walks u...

I sit down with Dr. Alex Montgomery, CNM and Brook Craft, NP and the owner of True Rest Float Spa in Charlotte, NC Doug Centola. We talk about the safety of floating (in our professional opinions) and the research behind this amazing relaxation venue. Pregnant and interested in being weightless? Of course you are! All 3 of us were a unanimous DO IT after experiencing it ourselves. While we represe...

Imagine your ideal birth.  Where are you?  Who is with you?  In what position are you laboring?  Listen in to hear Katelyn's most recent birth story.  Her experience was "magical," as she was surrounded with exactly the right people in exactly the right time– it was a peaceful, undisturbed birth.  Katelyn set up her birthing space very intentionally and set her mind to the exact kind of labor she...

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This story is about birthing in Brooklyn and all New Yorkers who relate to having to take an Uber ride at the end of labor to the hospital.  Saxonny made the bold decision to preserve her fertility. But awhile later found herself pregnant naturally with her partner. She took preparing for labor as seriously as preparing for a major athletic event.  We learn all of her best tips and tricks for a he...

Heidi & HeHe sit down for an hour and chat all about the role of the doula and why HeHe started The Birth Lounge. What you can learn from this episode: How to seek out the best doula to fit your needs.

This episode is what happens when two birth geeks sit down and chat about birth stories. Meet Sam from the Carolina Doula Collective as she shares about her amazing births.

Heidi catches up with Sam from The Carolina Doula Collective about the state of birthing during COVID-19. Everything from last minute switches from hospital to home births to virtual doula services and everything in between. These two power doulas share all of their best tips for a safe and successful birth despite the restrictions being brought by the corona virus pandemic.

Today's episode is an episode SWAP from the amazing DIAH Podcast with hosts Matthew and Sarah Bivens In today's episode we chat with Melissa Rae Irish-Miller. I'm not even really sure with where to begin with this episode or what to tell you as far as the highlights...because there are too many! Melissa is a mother of 5. And all 5 of her children were born at home. And over the course of 20 years....

Wow! This power couple Matthew and Sarah Bivens are the hosts behind the Doing it at Home (DIAH) Podcast . I am so excited that they came on the Birth Story Podcast to share their journey from leaving the traditional OBGYN setting and adventuring into the world of home birth. They decided to document this big decision and revolutionize the way that parents plan and prepare for home births. This is...

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