The Homebirth Midwife Podcast

Today on the podcast Sarah & Charli interview Moriah, a client who has had both of her babies with Hearth & Home Midwifery. She transferred to the hospital in labor with her first, and had her second at home. Moriah compares the two experiences in today's episode. (BTS sneak peek: you can hear Sarah get called to a birth part way through this episode, which is why she's on the first part but not t...

This one is from listener questions! We hear from a lot of you that you want to have a homebirth, but your partner doesn't feel quite comfortable with the idea. Here are some ideas for how to talk to your partner about this really important decision in your life. — https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

Another question from the listeners! You all wanted to hear about what a lip is, what causes it, and what can be done about it in a home birth. — https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

You asked for it! Many of you wanted to know a little bit more about what it's like behind the scenes of the homebirth midwifery practice. Here are some of our essential survival skills for practicing midwifery in the community setting. — https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

The midwives talk about large-for-gestational age babies, how they're diagnosed, how informed choice can help parents to make decisions about management, and what some of the complications can be. We also talk about how normal these big babies can be! --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

Charli and Sarah answer a question today from a listener: how do midwives prevent trauma at a home birth? And what do they do if trauma occurs during a birth? --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

Charli and Sarah go over how payment works for the midwifery model in the United States, including reviewing insurance, global fees, and the differences between the way home birth midwives charge for their services and the way that hospitals do. Spoiler alert: giving birth at home with a midwife is much less expensive than you may think! --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

In this episode, Sarah and Charli answers questions about some of the less-talked-about and stranger things that can happen in pregnancy and birth. There are some surprising, but normal, physical experiences in the childbearing year! --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

Sarah and Charli talk about precipitous labor- a labor that lasts less than 3 hours from the start of regular contractions! Learn about what this is, what it can be like for the birthing person, and how it's managed in the midwifery model of care. --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

Sarah spent some time talking to Ruby, a labor and postpartum doula who had her second baby at home with Hearth & Home this year. Ruby shares some of her tips for labor, her experience, and what she wants all birthing people to know about home birth! --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

In this episode of the podcast, Hearth & Home client Martini talks about the birth of her daughter at home with Sarah & Charli and her experience in the midwifery model of care. --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

Sarah and Charli sat down with Francy, a beloved Hearth & Home Midwifery client, and talked all about Francy's experience giving birth to her first baby at home with the midwives.  https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com  

Charli and Sarah explain the in's and out's of midwifery administrative work behind the scenes of their face-to-face time with their clients.  Listen to today's episode to learn more about what it's like to have a midwifery business or if you want to know more about what your midwife does for you! --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

Today's episode is very special! Charli and Sarah sit down and talk with Jill, a Hearth & Home Midwifery client, as she describes her two (very different) home birth experiences with the practice! --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

A persistent breech presentation is a common reason for a cesarean birth in the United States.  There are so many ways to try to turn a breech baby!  In this episode the midwives will walk you through how they assess fetal position in pregnancy and what to do about it if your baby is breech in your third trimester. --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

There are a lot of misconceptions out there about who can have a home birth and who can't. In this episode the midwives talk about true rule-outs for home birth. Hint: most people are great candidates for home birth, and weight, age, and OB/GYN history have less to do with it than you might think. --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com  

Learn all about this rare complication of pregnancy, how to know if you're at risk, how to know if you have it, and what the midwifery model of care can offer for management. https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

As midwives, Charli and Sarah firmly believe that all people deserve and are entitled to informed choice when it comes to their healthcare!  Listen to the midwives talk about what informed choice is, how they incorporate it into their practice, and why it's important. --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

Today the midwives are sharing a recent interview they did on the Doing It At Home podcast, a weekly podcast about home birth hosted by Sarah and Matthew Bivens, who had their baby at home in 2016 and now run a podcast helping other families get more information about their birth options. Sarah and Charli talk about the midwifery model of care, an average day in the life of a midwife, and how clie...

Did you know that midwives offer prenatal genetic screening, gestational diabetes screening, and more?!  Charli and Sarah will walk you through all of the labs that are offered in midwifery care in this episode. --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

Charli tells the birth story of her son, Emile, for the first time.  She's a homebirth midwife, she was prepared in all of the ways that someone can be prepared to have their baby at home, and (spoiler alert!) home is not where her baby was ultimately born.  Listen to Charli and Sarah as they tell this story the whole way through. --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

Prodromal labor means labor that seems like the real thing… but isn't. Today Sarah and Charli talk about what it is, how to know if it's happening to you, and what you can (and can't) do about it! --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

The RH factor is a protein that some people have in their blood, and some people don't. In today's episode, Sarah and Charli talk about why that matters for pregnancy and what pregnant people might want to know about their RH factor. --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

Back in the day, when Sarah first heard about colostrum, she really didn't believe it was a thing. But it is! Today the midwives talk all about what colostrum is: what it's made up of, what purpose it serves, and when and how to see it on your body. --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com

In this episode of the podcast, the midwives go over some of what they mean when they say midwives do rigorous risk assessment prior to a homebirth to help clients determine if they are low-risk enough for homebirth. Learn part of what makes homebirth so different from hospital birth in terms of risk assessment in the prenatal period. --- http://hearthandhomemidwifery.com