Surrender Birth

This episode explains why hormones are central to God’s design for birth and how your environment can help or hinder them. You will learn that the same hormones God gave for marital intimacy are at work in labor, so the kind of privacy and safety that helps sex also helps birth. You will hear how darkness, calm, and steady support make contractions more effective. You will also hear how stress, br...

In this episode, the Surrender Birth team calls Christian couples to view pregnancy and postpartum care as an act of biblical stewardship. They name the two common ditches, indulging cravings under the banner of “eating for two” and idolizing the physique, and point to a faithful middle shaped by gratitude and self-control. The conversation offers simple, realistic practices, prioritize protein, b...

Children are a blessing, and the Lord opens and closes the womb, so Christian couples are called to receive life with faith and gratitude. From Psalm 127, the call is to let God build the house, resisting cultural pressure to control fertility and avoiding legalistic extremes. Within marriage, husbands and wives should pursue covenantal intimacy, not depriving one another except by mutual agreemen...

In this episode, Chip and Dani wrestle with what Scripture actually says about children and challenge common cultural and even church-influenced views that treat children as burdens. Drawing on personal experiences with their own families, as well as passages like Genesis 1, Psalm 127, and Ephesians 6, they reflect on how God views children as a blessing, a heritage, and a reward. Together, they i...

Episode Mentions The Talk: 7 Lessons to Introduce Your Child to Biblical Sexuality Changes: 7 Biblical Lessons to Make Sense of Puberty Need help walking through the first couple of weeks of pregnancy? Before choosing a provider or creating birth plans, start with something more important: a biblical foundation. You can visit https://surrenderbirth.com/guide for a free guide to start preparing. &n...

In this episode, Abby and Dani discuss three common birth philosophies often seen in our culture: the technocratic, holistic, and humanistic models of care. While each carries its own assumptions and practices, none of them begin with God’s design for birth. Christian couples are reminded that the foundation must be biblical principles, not cultural philosophies. From there, methods such as hospit...

In this episode, the Surrender Birth team addresses three common mindsets that can pull Christian couples away from God’s design for birth: passivity, the illusion of control, and fear. Drawing from Scripture, they explain how cultural influences often shape birth decisions without couples even realizing it. They challenge listeners to reject worldly thinking, steward their role as parents from th...

Welcome to the Surrender Birth, a podcast dedicated to helping Christian parents prepare for birth by encouraging, equipping, & educating them. In this episode, Chip and Dani Brown tell their story. They describe how they met, married at a young age, and began their journey through pregnancy and childbirth. The conversation traces the dramatic change in their understanding of children, birth, and...

Welcome to the Surrender Birth, a podcast dedicated to helping Christian parents prepare for birth by encouraging, equipping, & educating them. In this episode, you get to hear more about Tim and Abby Schweitzer. They share their personal story as a Christian couple walking through nine very different births, ranging from a first-time C-section to home births, hospital stays, and even a delivery t...

Welcome to the Surrender Birth, a podcast dedicated to helping Christian parents prepare for birth by encouraging, equipping, & educating them. In this inaugural episode, Tim, Abby, Chip, and Dani introduce Surrender Birth and explain why childbirth preparation should be a shared experience between both husband and wife. The hosts urge couples to start with God’s original design for birth before c...