Military Birth Resource Network and Postpartum Coalition

Military Birth Talk

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Military Birth Talk features birth stories from service members, spouses, veterans, and providers, all told through the unique lens of birthing in the military. Birth is a profound, unforgettable experience leaving a lifelong imprint on our hearts. For military families and service members, giving birth and parenting in our community presents its own unique, challenging, and empowering realities--giving birth alone or in a foreign country, navigating Tricare during miscarriage or infertility obstacles, or being on Active Duty without the option to birth outside of the hospital are just a few...

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5. Marine Corps Spouse Natalie: Two unmedicated hospital births, birthing as a woman of color, and finding your tribe 19.10.2023 41:20

Today's episode of Military Birth Talk features Marine Corps spouse, Natalie. Natalie shares the challenges she and her husband faced with getting pregnant while stationed overseas (3:06), followed by the birth stories of her two children (8:07), one of whom was born at their OCONUS duty station on base and one of whom was born stateside at a civilian hospital. She also shares about her exper...

4. Army Spouse Zarema: Hospital Induction, Birth Center Birth, and Homebirth, Plus Working as a Doula 12.10.2023 54:19

Today's episode of Military Birth Talk features Army Spouse Zarema. Zarema shares her first pregnancy and birth story (2:21), which was a hospital delivery ending with a traumatic manual removal of the placenta, requiring emergency surgery. She then shares her second birth story (11:22), which took place in a birth center and which she describes as "no drama, no trauma." She then sh...

3. Navy Spouse Alison: Civilian Provider Hospital Birth and NICU Stay, and OCONUS MTF Birth and Host Nation NICU Stay, Plus Fertility Discussion 05.10.2023 52:07

Today’s episode of Military Birth Talk features Navy spouse Alison. Alison shares her first pregnancy and loss (2:34), her subsequent pregnancy and delivery of her son at a civilian hospital which concluded with a weeklong NICU stay due to a blood type incompatibility (4:57), her experience navigating several losses following the birth of her son (24:08), and then her most recent pregnancy and bir...

2. Marine Corps Spouse Noëlle: MTF, Birth Center, and Civilian Hospital Births, Plus Doulas, Formula Feeding, and Solo Parenting During Deployments 28.09.2023 47:42

Today’s Military Birth Talk episode features Noëlle, a Marine Corps Spouse. Noëlle shares her three birth stories, one at a MTF, one at a birth center, and one at a hospital out in town, all with precipitous labors and the support of their doula. She also talk about what it was like parenting a newborn during her husband’s deployment, her feeding journeys with her three kids, and how being a team...

1. Taking Back My Birth: From a Near-Death Experience to a Redemptive Homebirth, with Gaby 21.09.2023 55:39

In the first episode of the Military Birth Talk podcast, we hear from Gaby Cavins, Navy veteran, and Executive Director of the Military Birth Resource Network and Postpartum coalition. Gaby shares her three birth stories, including a traumatic hospital birth, followed by a "freeing and healing" hospital birth, and concluding with a "silent, peaceful" homebirth. Gaby shares abou...

Introducing Military Birth Talk with Anni Denzel 14.09.2023 3:31

Join military spouse Anni Denzel as she sits down with a new guest each week to share their birth story. This podcast offers members of the military community a way to learn from and connect with their fellow service members, spouses, and veterans, as they navigate the unique nature of birthing within the military. The Military Birth Talk podcast is a project of the Military Birth Resource Networ...