Katelyn Fusco

Happy Homebirth

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The Happy Homebirth podcast is your source for positive natural childbirth stories, and your community of support, education and encouragement in all things homebirth and motherhood. This podcast takes a deep dive into the the authentic stories of mothers who have given birth (usually) at home, as well as the care providers who tend to them. Although typically upbeat and fun, Happy Homebirth is unabashedly unafraid to examine the rawness, the pain and the struggle of some birthing situations. Host Katelyn Fusco is a former student midwife, who joyously shares her experiences and provides a spa...

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Katelyn Fusco

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Ep 32: A Cultural Look at Postpartum Healing With Adilah 08.07.2019 57:23

What happens when you break a bone, undergo surgery, or get sick? Typically, very specific time is taken to rest, and most importantly, to heal. What about when you have a baby? After creating an entirely separate, entirely new life in your womb for 9-10 months, then bringing that life forth one way or another, what do you do? Do you give your body the same type of attention and care that o...

Ep 31: All Kinds of Motherhood: Sydney’s Journey as a Bio Mom, Homebirth Mother, and Surrogate 01.07.2019 1:42:28

Motherhood: What does this word mean to you? What comes to mind? I know that personally, I think of my own experience- raising my daughter, and now starting again with raising our second girl. Sydney's experience, however, is quite different. She has experienced motherhood from several different aspects: as a biological mother who placed her child for adoption, as a mother raising her second...

Ep 30: Katelyn's Peaceful, Undisturbed Birth 24.06.2019 1:03:36

Show Notes: Happy Homebirth hit 10,000 downloads! It's time to celebrate. What do you want to see? A Facebook group? Merchandise? Send an e-mail to katelyn@myhappyhomebirth.com with your suggestions. 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. Her experience was "magical," as she was surrou...

Ep 29: Rachael Births at the Birth Center... Before it was Cool! 17.06.2019 44:03

Deepest Thank You to Our Sponsor! Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Show Notes: Rachael is a mother of 3: Her oldest is 10, she has a 4-year-old son, and a 1.5 year-old babe In 2009, when pregnant with her first, she decided to have a birth center birth. We discuss how uncommon this choice was at...

Ep 28: MaternityWise's Anne Croudace Shares Her Birth Stories 10.06.2019 56:13

Generously Sponsored By: Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Show Notes: Anne is a mother of 6 children who range in age from 25 to 3 She has been a doula/labor support person for 25 years (before the term really even existed!) In 1999, Anne trained formally as a doula. She trained a second time wi...

Ep 27: Doing it at Home with Sarah Bivens 03.06.2019 52:15

Show Notes: Sarah is the co-host of the Doing it at Home Podcast She is a balance lifestyle coach who works with mothers in integrating their identities, purpose, confidence and sexuality She is wife to her husband Matthew and Mom to her daughter Mya Orgasmic Mama is the name of Sarah’s online membership program that she’s recently launched for moms to have a place to explore conversations regar...

Ep 26: Katelyn's Blessingway & Pregnancy Update 29.05.2019 28:03

Show Notes: Currently 38 weeks pregnant Have had quite a successful pregnancy-- this one has gone by much faster (probably because I've been chasing my toddler) Planning to have my daughter at the birth. We've prepared by having her watch birth videos and even listening to/watching the video of me pushing with her This pregnancy I: continued strength training throughout- I feel it made a huge d...

Ep 25: Mia Advocates for Herself and Baby During Transport 27.05.2019 35:07

Show Notes: Mia and her fiancé have been together for 7 years and have two precious sons together. She comes for a naturally minded family- some of her aunts had had homebirths. However, she was not very educated on the subject. She planned for a hospital birth and had a pretty good experience. She later experienced a friend’s homebirth (about 8 months after her own hospital birth) and realized...

Ep 24: Leah's Midwife Handles a Serious Complication 20.05.2019 42:01

Show Notes: Leah is a registered nurse engaged to a UFC fighter, Brandon Davis. They have just grown their family with a new baby! She had a homebirth with her first baby. When asked how she decided to have a homebirth, she said she’s always been fascinated with it, but she doesn’t have any friends or family members who had had homebirths previously. That being the case, it took a large amount...

Ep 23: Believe in Midwifery with Madeline Murray 13.05.2019 42:31

Thank you to our sponsor!: Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Show Notes: Madeline Murray is a CPM working in Atlanta, Georgia. She is part of a 3-midwife practice called Modern Midwifery She had her first child this past year, and remembers people telling her that having a baby would make her a...

Ep 22: Birth Photographer Kendra Miller is Inspired to Have a Homebirth After Attending One 06.05.2019 50:54

Thank You, Sponsors! Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Dreckman Family Chiropractic http://www.familychiropracticinsimpsonvillesc.com/ 864-757-9901 Show Notes: Kendra is a mom of 4: a 6 year old, 4 year old, 2 year old, and 1 month old Before becoming a mother, she was a vet tech. After the bir...

Ep 21: Dear Darby Sisters Share Their Birth Stories and New Brand 29.04.2019 48:11

We Love You, Sponsors! The Mama Needs Box mamaneedsbox.com mamaneedspodcast.com instagram.com/mamaneedsbox Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Stephanie Sibbio’s Glowing Mama To Be Course: www.myhappyhomebirth.com/glowingmamacourse (15% off with the code: happyhomebirth15 ) instagram.com/steph...

Ep 20: Carrissa Chooses the Birthing Location That's Best for Each of Her 6 Births 22.04.2019 33:55

Check Out These Sponsors! The Mama Needs Box mamaneedsbox.com mamaneedspodcast.com instagram.com/mamaneedsbox Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Stephanie Sibbio’s Glowing Mama To Be Course: www.myhappyhomebirth.com/glowingmamacourse (15% off with the code: happyhomebirth15 ) instagram.com/step...

Ep 19: Wise Traditions From a Mother of Grown Children 15.04.2019 37:49

Thank you to our sponsors: Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Stephanie Sibbio’s Glowing Mama To Be Course: www.myhappyhomebirth.com/glowingmamacourse (15% off with the code: happyhomebirth15 ) Instagram: stephsibbiofitness Show Notes: “Holistic Hilda” is a health coach and podcast coach in the D.C....

Ep 18: Sarah's Search for a Certified Midwife 08.04.2019 56:46

Thank you to our sponsors: Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Stephanie Sibbio’s Glowing Mama To Be Course: www.myhappyhomebirth.com/glowingmamacourse (15% off with the code: happyhomebirth15 ) Instagram: stephsibbiofitness Show Notes: Sarah and her husband have been together for 10 years now, a...

Ep 17: Homebirth 101: Midwife Carrie LaChapelle Craft Explains Midwifery Care at Home 01.04.2019 43:05

Thank You, Sponsors! Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Stephanie Sibbio’s Glowing Mama To Be Course: www.myhappyhomebirth.com/glowingmamacourse (15% off with the code: happyhomebirth15 ) Instagram: stephsibbiofitness Body Works Physical Therapy http://bodyworks-physicaltherapy.com/ https://www.fa...

Ep 16: Megan's Pattern-Breaking Labor 25.03.2019 46:27

Episode 16's Amazing Sponsors: Mom After God's Own Heart https://momaftergodsownheart.com/ https://www.etsy.com/shop/MomAfterGodsOwnHeart https://www.facebook.com/MomAfterGodsOwnHeart/ https://www.instagram.com/momaftergodsownheartshop/ Be sure to check out the Giveaway going on this week! Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLac...

Ep 15: Nutritional Therapist and Author Jenny McGruther's Healthy Homebirth 18.03.2019 38:09

We are so grateful for this week's sponsors: Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Body Works Physical Therapy http://bodyworks-physicaltherapy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/MamaBodyWorks Email: bodyworkspt.llc@gmail.com Phone: (864) 757-2440 Show Notes Jenny has been running Nourished Kitc...

Ep 14: Victoria and Steve's Unexpected Unassisted Homebirth 11.03.2019 41:55

Please check out our sponsors! Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Body Works Physical Therapy http://bodyworks-physicaltherapy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/MamaBodyWorks Email: bodyworkspt.llc@gmail.com Phone: (864) 757-2440

Ep 13: Exercise Physiologist Stephanie Sibbio's Healthy Homebirth 04.03.2019 55:48

Thank you, wonderful sponsors! Stephanie Sibbio’s Glowing Mama To Be Course: https://glowing-mama-courses.thinkific.com/ (15% off with the code: happyhomebirth15 ) Instagram: stephsibbiofitness Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Body Works Physical Therapy http://bodyworks-physicaltherapy.com/...

Ep 12: Kerry Tuschhoff Introduces and Explains the Hypnobabies Program 25.02.2019 42:04

As always, thank you SO MUCH to our sponsors! Stephanie Sibbio’s Glowing Mama To Be Course: https://glowing-mama-courses.thinkific.com/ (15% off with the code: happyhomebirth15 ) Instagram: stephsibbiofitness Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Show Notes: -Kerry is the founder and creator of Hyp...

Ep 11: Suzzie's Birth Trauma Overcome By Homebirth After Cesarean 18.02.2019 34:04

Special Thank You to Our Sponsors: Stephanie Sibbio’s Glowing Mama To Be Course: https://glowing-mama-courses.thinkific.com/ (15% off with the code: happyhomebirth15 ) Instagram: stephsibbiofitness Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 About Our Guest: Suzzie Vehrs is a birth advocate and l...

Ep 10: Rebecca's Struggle With Infertility, Hospital Transport, and Eventual Homebirth 11.02.2019 34:45

HUGE thank you to our sponsors! Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Stephanie Sibbio's Glowing Mama To Be Course: https://glowing-mama-courses.thinkific.com/ (15% off with the code: happyhomebirth15 ) Instagram: stephsibbiofitness Mama Moon Birth Photography: www.mamamoonbirthstories.com Inst...

Ep 09: Kelley's 5 Back-to-Back Homebirths, and Her Struggle With Postpartum Healing 04.02.2019 46:35

HUGE thank you to our sponsors! Stephanie Sibbio's Glowing Mama To Be Course: https://glowing-mama-courses.thinkific.com/ (15% off with the code: happyhomebirth15 ) Instagram: stephsibbiofitness Mama Moon Birth Photography: www.mamamoonbirthstories.com Instagram: mamamoon.birthphotography Warning: This episode contains topics that may be uncomfortable or difficult to hear as a pregnant moth...

Ep 08: Molly Escobar Explains How Birth Is a Marathon- And How Doulas Can Help! 28.01.2019 49:57

HUGE thank you to our sponsors! Stephanie Sibbio's Glowing Mama To Be Course: https://glowing-mama-courses.thinkific.com/ (15% off with the code: happyhomebirth15 ) Instagram: stephsibbiofitness Mama Moon Birth Photography: www.mamamoonbirthstories.com Instagram: mamamoon.birthphotography Molly stepped into the doula world 3 years ago, after caring for her mother at her end of life. Moll...