Born Wild Podcast

Midwife Sophia Henderson interviews Isha on her pregnancy journey. They discuss Isha's plans to birth unassisted, to have a free birth as well as her breastfeeding struggles.

Join hosts Lea, Emma, and Sophia as they discuss witnessing traumatic experiences and the promise/challenge of not bringing fears into future birth spaces. They discuss placental abruption, resuscitation, trauma release, adrenal support, tearing and suturing. 

In this episode, we interview Lisa Rawson LM with Mountain Valley Midwifery, in Mendocino County, California. She has been a midwife for over two decades as well as an advocate for birth trauma and survivors. We touch on her background, her unique birth stories with her children, and dive into what rural midwifery care looks like.  Topics discussed in this episode include: Hyperemesis gravidarum,...

Home birth Midwife Sophia Henderson interviews Cassie about her birth experience with her first daughter and what led her to choose home birth for her second daughter. They discuss birth centers, extended pushing, transport, vacuum assisted birth, stealing her placenta, cranial sacral, and chiropractic care. Sophia then interviews Jedi, Cassie's partner, about his home births with his children, an...

Join your hosts Emma, Lea, and Sophia as they discuss waiting for labor to begin on its own after rupture of waters. They discuss GBS, colonization of babies microbiome, long labors, prenatal testing, and the safety of home birth. 

Come listen to our interview with Caitlin Ryvlin about body image, eating disorders, oppression, patriarchy, self loathing and self love, liberation, sexuality, and trauma release.  Radical self love is your birthright! Caitlin is a Postpartum Doula, Sensual Pole And Dance Teacher and Mom of two awesome kids. She passionately navigates this life by devoting herself to radical self love, for hersel...

Midwife Sophia Henderson interviews home birthing dad Zane Wheeler about his home birth experience. We talk about safety, money, blood, and his experience in general.   Zane Wheeler, Spiritual Life Coach: www.goldenroadalchemy.com

Join your hosts Lea, Sophia, and Emma as they discuss collaborative care with Doctors and other hospital-based Midwives. 

Alicia is an Orthopedic and Women’s Health Physical Therapist who specializes in working with women during pregnancy, postpartum and beyond the childbearing years.  Her treatment approach is a combination of orthopedic and pelvic floor to address the whole body of a mother. Join us as we discuss the return to sex after birth, back pain, sexuality, pelvic floor health, pole dancing and re...

Today we dive into Lea's Client Nicole's birth story with her daughter, Gemma. This was Nicole's second baby and her first home birth. It was a treat to hear her journey through her prenatal care experience in the home birth midwifery model versus that of a birth center with her first born. She shares a lot of sweet moments in this episode. We hope you enjoy! Stay Wild

Join your hosts, Lea, Sophia, and Emma as they discuss placentas....retained and not.

Real talk with Erika Wright about conscious conception, her workshop offerings, and her journey into parenthood.  https://erikawright.org/about-erika-wright/

Sophia Henderson, licensed Midwife and Radical Birthkeeper, is joined by Ashlee in this interview. They talk about Ashlee's first two hospital births and what led to her decision to birth her third child at home. Ted’s episode: https://anchor.fm/bornwild/episodes/Teds-Birth-Story---S1E27-e18vkqp

Vaginal exams in pregnancy or labor.....are they necessary or not and are we, as birth keepers, providing them for us or for them?

Welcome to the Born Wild Podcast! This is an introduction to the hosts Lea, Sophia, and Emma. Come hear about them and their reasons for starting this podcast.