Moony Birth Stories

On this episode of Moony Birth Stories, I share my most recent experience with the pregnancy and birth of our second daughter, Miloh.  Andy and I were able to get pregnant after only a couple of months of trying and other than some nausea and heartburn, the pregnancy went quite smoothly.  I had gone overdue with my first baby by 11 days and in hopes of avoiding a Pitocin induction, I had three mem...

This episode of Moony Birth Stories features Grace Ford from Edmonton, Alberta.  She share the birth story of her son Rhodes.  Grace and her partner Curtis were surprised to find out that they were pregnant with their "pandemic baby" as they weren't actively trying for a baby at the time.  Both of them ended up contracting Covid-19 when Grace was about 10-12 weeks pregnant and they...

Maria Fradette joins me for another episode of Moony Birth Stories to share the pregnancy and birth story of her second son, Arden.  You can find her first episode with the story of her first son, Foster, on season one of the podcast.  When their first son was 13 months old, Maria and her husband Lance started trying for another baby.  They were able to conceive on the second cycle and Maria went...

Jordan Haase from Waterloo, Ontario shares her pregnancy and birth story on this podcast episode.  Jordan and her husband had a lengthy and difficult journey getting pregnant with their daughter, involving over a year of trying and two consecutive miscarriages.  When they did finally get pregnant with their daughter, Jordan went on to have a pretty great pregnancy aside from some pelvic pain issue...

Lesha Leslie from Swan River, Manitoba, shares here three pregnancy and birth stories on this episode of Moony Birth Stories.  With her first, Lesha got pregnant after 6 cycles of trying and had a smooth and easy pregnancy with just a bit of spotting early on.  She also ended up having PICA disorder for this pregnancy, and both subsequent pregnancies, which is a disorder where you crave and want t...

Aleisa Wolf from Saskatoon, SK shares two pregnancy and birth stories on this podcast episode.  Aleisa and her husband were able to get pregnant with their first baby after a few months of trying.  She dealt with some nausea and severe swelling throughout pregnancy but powered through, working at her job until very late in her pregnancy.  After several weeks of false labour, her real labour starte...

Jesse Bauman is a birth and postpartum doula from Calgary, Alberta who joins me on this episode of Moony Birth Stories to share her two pregnancy and birth stories.  Her and her partner got pregnant with their first child early on in their relationship when they weren't trying but also weren't preventing.  The pregnancy went quite smoothly and Jesse was monitored under the care of a midw...

Tynnille Bouchard from Brandon, Manitoba shares her two pregnancy and birth stories on this episode of Moony Birth Stories.  It took her and her husband 5-6 months to get pregnant with their first daughter and while it started off as quite a smooth pregnancy, the nausea and vomiting hit by about week 6 and was consistent until week 12 when it suddenly stopped.  From this point on, she struggled wi...

Rylee Dupuis, from Saskatoon, SK, joins me on this episode of Moony Birth Stories to share her two pregnancy and birth stories.  Rylee and her husband were able to get pregnant quite easily by the second cycle, which was surprising to them as their doctor had told them it may be difficult to get pregnant.  Her pregnancy was pretty smooth and easy but she did feel quite anxious about birth and, loo...

Emily Clemens of Kitchener, Ontario joins me on this episode of Moony Birth Stories.  After finding out that she had multiple ovarian cysts, her and her husband expected it would take quite a while to get pregnant so they were pleasantly surprised when it didn't. Emily had a smooth pregnancy and labour started a bit before her due date when her water broke while dining out at a restaurant.  A...

This episode features Tessa from Saskatoon, SK.  She shares the pregnancy and birth stories of her three sons, all of them being conceived with ease and all exactly 22 months apart.  She takes us on a wild ride with her three very different birth stories!  The first birth was a bit a longer in hospital, with vacuum support and an episiotomy, the second was a precipitous birth at home, and the thir...

Renee Bankole joins me as the guest on this episode of Moony Birth Stories.  After getting pregnant quickly using the Fertility Awareness Method, Renee and her husband experienced an unfortunate early loss.  They then went on to conceive their daughter the next month.  The pregnancy was relatively smooth and easy but there was an incident around the 32 week mark where Renee got very sick and dehyd...

Kendall MacMillan shares her two pregnancy and birth stories on this episode of Moony Birth Stories.  Kendall's first pregnancy was easy and without complication until her blood pressure registered higher than usual at around 34 or 35 weeks pregnant.  This unexpected increase in her blood pressure began the whirlwind that Kendall didn't see coming.  She talks about how she went from doub...

Blair, from Calgary, Alberta, is featured on this episode of Moony Birth Stories and shares the birth stories of her daughter Willow, and son Robson. Using the Fertility Awareness Method, her and her husband Graham were able to conceive on their first try.  Blair was cared for by midwives during her pregnancy and it was, overall, pretty uneventful.  She had always dreamed of a homebirth  but goes...

Lindsay Potter, from Kitchener, Ontario joins me on this episode of Moony Birth Stories.  Despite having quite severe PCOS, Lindsay was able to get pregnant quickly with their first child.  She struggled with nausea and heartburn for a large portion of her pregnancy and when labour still hadn't started at 41 weeks and 3 days pregnant, she was induced with a Foley bulb.  After several hours of...

Jillian Ruiter-Cochrane from Guelph, Ontario joins me on this episode of Moony Birth Stories.  After sadly suffering a missed miscarriage with her first pregnancy at 11 weeks, she was surprised to get pregnant again soon after.  She didn't feel ready quite yet and experienced a lot of anxiety during her pregnancy after having experienced the previous loss.  Jillian ended up having a relativel...

Meredith de Ruiter, from Waterloo, Ontario,  joins me on this episode to share the pregnancy and birth story of her daughter Matilda.  Her and her husband struggled with infertility for a couple of years, due to a blocked tube and probable endometriosis, prior to becoming pregnant using IUI.  Meredith had a pretty smooth pregnancy under the care of a midwife, aside from some severe nausea for the...

This episode of Moony Birth Stories feature McKenzie Hodgins from Saskatoon, SK.  Her and her partner at the time, being a same-sex couple, had a few options when it came to how they'd like to have children.  After considering things carefully, they decided to use sperm donated by someone very close to them.  McKenzie talks about their reasons for choosing this path and how great it was for t...

Kyla Cutts joins me on this episode of Moony Birth Stories to share the story of her son Owen's birth.  Kyla and her husband took about 5 months to get pregnant and she had a relatively smooth pregnancy.  Being a large animal veterinarian, she struggled with her nausea at the beginning having to be around many undesirable smells.  For this reason, she started medication to help with it quite...

This episode features Anna Mosolov and the birth story of her son Dominic.  Originally from Israel, Anna moved to Canada 11 years ago and now lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia.  Anna and her partner were able to conceive quite quickly using Natural Cycles and during her pregnancy, she was diagnosed with gestational diabetes.  As labour approached, she was very fearful of the pain she might experi...

On this episode of Moony Birth Stories, Serena Hamilton from Kelowna, British Columbia shares the pregnancy and birth story of her daughter Rhiannon.  Serena had been taking the birth control pill for several years and after going off of it, things seemed normal for a few months. Soon, unfortunately, she stopped getting her period and was diagnosed with PCOS.  She saw a specialist who started her...

This episode features Kalli Redekop from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.  Kalli and her husband Tim were married for several years before deciding they were ready to start trying for a baby.  They ended up getting pregnant on their first cycle of trying, which surprised them, and the surprises kept coming as they then found out they were having twins, and later that the twins were identical.  Kalli had a...

This episode of Moony Birth Stories features Maria Fradette, from Saskatoon, SK.  Maria and her husband Lance conceived their son  when she was in the middle of completing her Master's degree.  The pregnancy came as a welcomed surprise as they hadn't necessarily been trying at the time.  They had, however, known there was a chance they could get pregnant based on the method of birth cont...

Abby Thomson from Fredericton, New Brunswick, is featured on this episode of Moony Birth Stories.  She and her husband have moved around quite a bit over the past several years as he completed medical school and began his residency.  They decided to grow their family through it all and Abby shares the pregnancy and birth stories of their three children.  All three were born in different places; tw...

Kevan Sherwood, from Saskatoon, SK joins me for our second partner perspective episode.  He and his partner Jenn were surprised to find out they were expecting as it was quite early in their relationship and they hadn't been trying at the time.  It didn't take long for them to get excited and look forward to being parents.  Jenn had been told early on in her pregnancy that she had a shor...