MyMaine Birth

Send us Fan Mail Today’s midwife guest is Ariel Bernstein, of Saco River Midwifery.   This is Ariel’s second time as a guest on the  Podcast.   She shared all about her journey to midwifery as well as her own birth stories in episode 12 of the podcast.   When I interviewed Ariel for episode 12 it was summer of last year and she was getting ready to start a year at Harvard to pursue her masters in...

Send us Fan Mail Today's birth story guest is Valerie and she shares all about her two cesarean birth stories.  Valerie is a Canadian mother and both of her sons were born in the U.S.  Her first son was born in Delaware and her second son was born at NL EMMC in Bangor.   MyMaine Birth is a space where we share the real life stories of families and their unique birth experiences in the beautif...

Send us Fan Mail Today's birth story guest is Megan and she shares all about her journey with IVF,  she ended up having preeclampsia and was induced three weeks early.  Her cervix was completely closed, and her blood pressure hit dangerous levels and she was put on magnesium to lower it.  Then her body absorbed too much magnesium and she got magnesium poisoning.  After two and a half days she...

Send us Fan Mail Today's birth story guest is Tess and she shares all about her two Maine birth stories with care from Nortern Light Mercy Midwives in Portland, Maine.   MyMaine Birth is a space where we share the real life stories of families and their unique birth experiences in the beautiful state of Maine.  From our state's biggest hospital to birth center births, and home births, ev...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a mid-week midwife episode of the MyMaine Birth Podcast!   Today's midwife guest is Julie Havener, a  Certified Professional midwife  in the  Central Maine area.   To connect with Julie and set up a free consultation, you can send an email to  mail@juliehavener.com  Julie has been involved with midwifery since 1994.  After graduating from the Evergreen State Colleg...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Season 2 of the MyMaine Birth Podcast!  Today's birth story guest is Emily and she shares her Maine home birth story with us today.  Emily lives in southern Maine.  She is a 38 year old home-birthing Mother of one, retired Nurse, Health Coach, Women's Circle Facilitator, Ceremony Host, & Sacred Birthworker Mentorship Graduate.  She had a natural and p...

Send us Fan Mail Merry Christmas!   Welcome to a very special episode of the MyMaine Birth Podcast.  Today's birth story guest is Lily and she shares all about her two Maine home births in northern Maine.    This episode is very special to me because not only is it the final episode in Season 1 of the podcast, but also because I had the incredible honor of photographing the birth of Lily&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Today's birth story guest is Shelby and she shares all about her three experiences birthing at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.   MyMaine Birth is a space where we share the real life stories of families and their unique birth experiences in the beautiful state of Maine.  From our state’s biggest hospitals to Birth Center Births, and home births, every b...

Send us Fan Mail Today's birth story guest is Ellie and she shares about her experience as a first time mother birthing twins at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor with care from Northern Light Women's Health.   MyMaine Birth is a space where we share the real life stories of families and their unique birth experiences in the beautiful state of Maine.  From our state’s...

Send us Fan Mail Today's birth story guest is Emily and she shares her experience of birthing her son at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth with care of the certified nurse midwives.  MyMaine Birth is a space where we share the real life stories of families and their unique birth experiences in the beautiful state of Maine.  From our state's biggest hospitals to birth center birt...

Send us Fan Mail Today's birth story guest is Hannah and she shares her experience of birthing her daughter at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth  with care of the certified nurse midwives.    Hannah's two sisters have also been guests on the podcast, check out Brittney's Birth story in episode #25 and Katie's Birth stories in episode #20.    MyMaine Birth is a  space w...

Send us Fan Mail Today's birth story guest is Mara and she shares about her three Maine birth experiences.  The first was a hospital birth and the second two were home births with the care of Certified Professional Midwives.  Mara is also a doula in southern Maine, if you would like to connect with her you can head over to her website, it's https://www.marastone.co or you can find her on...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to episode 52 of the MyMaine Birth Podcast!  Today's birth story guest is Grace and she shares all about her Maine home birth story as a first time mother with amazing, loving care from her midwife Leslie from Water of Life Midwifery out of Brunswick.  I'm your host Angela, I am a certified Birth Photographer, experienced birth doula and childbirth educator.  MyM...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to episode 51 of the MyMaine Birth podcast!  Today's birth story guest is Jessie and she shares about her five natural hospital birth stories.  The first three were at Inland Hospital in Waterville, and her youngest two were born at Houlton Hospital in Aroostook County.  I'm your host Angela, I am a certified Maine Birth photographer, experienced birth doula and...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to episode 50 of the MyMaine Birth Podcast!  Todays birth story guest is my good friend Kally and she shares about her experience birthing her oldest daughter Iris in a hospital and also about the home birth of her youngest daughter Lois with the incredible care of Sarah Ackerly from Northern Sun Family Healthcare in Topsham.   I have been photographing Kally and her famil...

Send us Fan Mail Today's birth story guest is Maria and she shares her two Holly No.7 Birth Center stories.  She also shares about what it was like growing up as the best friend of Julie's daughter and witnessing midwifery in action and women giving birth in peaceful environments from a young age.  Welcome to MyMaine Birth, a space where we share the real life stories of families and the...

Send us Fan Mail Today's birth story guest is Katie Stroud, she is a Radical Birth Keeper and mother of two and she shares about her EMMC hospital birth story followed by the story of her wild pregnancy and beautiful Maine free birth.    You can find her on Instagram at @instinctively_womban   Welcome to MyMaine Birth, a space where we share the real life stories of families and their unique...

Send us Fan Mail Today's birth story guest is Anna and she shares her two hospital birth stories.  The first involves an elective induction and a long hard pushing phase.  During her second pregnancy and birth, she shares about tuning into her intuition much more and preparing in a different way than she did with her first... but when she began experiencing a precipitous birth, she called her...

Send us Fan Mail Today's birth story guest is Shanee and she shares about her high risk pregnancy, the sudden onset of HELLP syndrome and  the emergent birth of her daughter Prayer at 31 weeks.     Shanee has also recently received word that Prayer has a rare incurable immune deficiency disease known as EoE.  If you would like to contribute to her GoFundMe account please click here    https:/...

Send us Fan Mail Today birth story guest is Rachel and she shares about her two birth stories at Mercy Hospital in Portland with care of Back Cove Midwives.    I do want to acknowledge that not all birth experiences go as planned.  For the mamas that are currently pregnant, you may want to shield yourself from potentially triggering stories.  I want to take this moment to honor your emotional well...

Send us Fan Mail For today's birth story I am going to share all about the birth of my daughter Béatrice, she just turned 4  last week so I am super excited to be sharing about her birth! I just photographed the last birth that I will be photographing for a few weeks, 2 weeks ago, and for me personally that was just in time because every year for Béa's birthday we like to go for a hike t...

Send us Fan Mail Today's birth story guest is Rachael Hollinger, a postpartum doula and chef based out of the Belfast, Maine area.  She shares her two birth stories with us today and the importance of being held in the postpartum period.  You can connect with her on her website at https://www.nourisherdoula.com or on instagram @nourisherdoula MyMaine Birth is a space where we share the real l...

Send us Fan Mail Today's birth story guest is Christina and she shares all about her Maine Birth Center Birth with loving care from her midwives at Holly No.7 in Bangor.    For more information about Holly No.7 Birth Center in Bangor click here    https://www.hollyno7.com/ MyMaine Birth is a space where we share the real life stories of families and their unique birth experiences in the beaut...

Send us Fan Mail Today's birth story guest is Devon, and she share the story of her Maine home birth with loving care from Sacopee Midwives.  She also discusses the importance of having patience, especially late in pregnancy.    It's important to note, that ultrasounds can sometimes provide inaccurate information.  Similarly, predicting the precise due date of a baby is challenging, and...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s birth story guest is Julia and she shares her story of an emergency cesarean after multiple attempted inversions to turn her son who was breech.   I want to acknowledge that not all birth experiences go as you expect they will.  For the mamas that are currently pregnant, you may want to shield yourself from potentially triggering stories.  I want to take this moment to hon...