The Natural Birth Podcast

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Sara. Sara is a mother of two from Sweden. She and her husband run a retreat center in the countryside called Shawake, where they facilitate workshops and retreats in Shamanism, Awakening, Yoga and Meditation. Today we will dive into her dream birth with her daughter that also was a reclaiming of birth for Sara. Her first birth was a long and excruciating...

Welcome to Season 5! Today we have Rachel Reed. Rachel is a mum of two and a midwife and doctor of philosophy committed to the promotion of physiological birth and women’s rights.  She has just finished her book ”Reclaiming childbirth as a rite of passage: weaving ancient wisdom with modern knowledge” which I can't wait to read. And today we get to hear about her two birth stories (one medical...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have the Natural Therapist Rita sharing her natural birth story. Rita is the author of Hippies in the City and Hippie Mamas and also a mama of one, living in Sydney Australia. As a natural therapist she will be giving us so much more than just the birthing wisdom from her natural birth.  She shares what herbs and tinctures she recommends and used herself to pr...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Kristin. Kristin is a mama of two, originally from Sweden (Actually from a little village where my father grew up called Gislaved, it's such a small world!).  However she is now living in QLD Australia with her little family in a mobile home on wheels. Today we will hear about how she found a home birth midwife even before she conceived her first baby...

In today’s episode of The Natural Birth Podcast we have Sarah!  Sarah is originally from Aotearoa, New Zeeland but is now living with her family in Byron Bay, Australia, where she also birthed her 2 babies in the local birth centre.  Sarah is a designer and the founder of Bon Bola, necklaces for pregnancy.  Inspired by ancient mamas wisdom, bola necklaces were traditionally worn by pregnant mamas...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Stephanie. Stephanie is a mother of two from San Diego, USA.  She is a chiropractor and lactation consultant and the podcast host of The Holistic Parents Podcast. Today we get to listen to her birthing wisdom that she has gained after going through a miscarriage, a home birth turn medicalized hospital birth and finally a successful home birth where her hu...

Thinking that there is no difference between public and private midwives practice? Think again. Emily learned the hard way with her first baby what the difference is and shares freely in this podcast about the wisdom she gained and how she changed from a publicly funded midwife to an independently practicing private midwife. Emily is a mother of two from Perth, Western Australia.  She is a doula,...

In todays episode we will hear about Judy's two water birth stories. One a home birth in the UK and one a hospital birth in Australia. Judy is a midwife and a teacher and practitioner of woman’s mysteries and a mother of two from Australia.  Judy gives us an insight, by her own lived experience, of the subtle but great difference of an undisturbed, physiological home birth vs a seemingly strai...

Jazzy is a single mum of one from NSW Australia.  Jazzy left a violent relationship at 5 months pregnant, choosing to be a single mum and ended up having an empowering vaginal breech birth in the hospital with her mother, midwife and sister at her side. She says that her birth experience totally changed her whole existence. That she went from girl to woman as she birthed her baby and realized she...

In today's episode we get to hear from Andrea, a mother of two from Sweden. Her first birth was a medicalized birth that initiated her interest in doula work and what home birth could be like. She ended up pursuing her interest and became a doula and prenatal yoga teacher and for her second birth, the birth we will explore today, she had an empowering home birth where she even experienced the...

In todays episode we meet Kira, a mum of 3 from Victoria, who will share her birthing journey from an emergency caesarian, to a hospital VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarian) and finally to a dream water home birth. I know Kira from The Natural Birth Course and have been looking forward to hearing her story. I am so very happy that she finally had her dream birth that she prepared so hard to have a...

The postpartum is often overlocked in excitement for the upcoming labour and birth.  But to prepare for the postpartum is equally important, if not more important that preparing for your birth.  Listen in to todays episode to hear about a midwife's top tips for a nourishing postpartum. Find Out More about Anna and all her Links & Resources here: www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podca...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Kim. Kim is a mother of one from St. Lucia, now living in Brighton, UK. She is a space holder for mothers, holding mama circles, breath work, womb healing and coaching for women. Today we are going to dive into her home birth story and how being in Brighton made that decision even easier, as home birth is very well supported in this area of the UK. Curiou...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Annabelle. Annabelle is a mother of one from Perth, Western Australia. I met Annabelle the first time years ago at one of my Women's Workshops I held in Perth. Today we will talk about her natural birth centre birth and how, before getting pregnant, she thought you could only birth with a private obstetrician as that was the only way she knew others a...

Camila is a mother of one from Stockholm, Sweden. She is a writer, a film worker and an artist and today we will talk about her fast and furious natural hospital birth. Normally Camila would identifying herself as a sensitive person with a low pain threshold but her labour and birth showed her that that doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t handle the intense labour sensations. Camila had a natural a...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Laura. Laura is a mother of one and a yoga teacher from The Netherlands, who's currently living in Florida but birthed her baby in Belgium. Phju! I know right... welcome to the modern global world of possibilities!  Her mission is to help moms and mompreneurs (mothers who are entrepeneurs) overcome stress and find harmony with family and work.  In tod...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Petra. Petra is an intuitive therapist supporting women through the phases of their lives. Before she got pregnant with her second child she felt a calling to explore and embody pregnancy, birth and beyond in a more conscious, natural and spiritual way on her path of becoming a doula and space holder for women. In todays episode we are going to talk about...

Jesse is a mother of two from Colorado, USA, currently living in Quebec, Canada.  Today we are going to talk about her two birth centre births.  Her first in the US which she states is not a common birth story from the states, and her second in Canada.  Jesse is passionate about her podcast project called ”pearls from my mother”, a podcast she started after her mother passed away from cancer in 20...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Julia. Julia is a mother of 3 from NSW, Australia.  She is the co-founder of People of the earth, selling organic and natural sunscreen that has a positive impact on the earth.  Today we will talk about her 3 natural birth centre births, one of which ended up being a near death experience that Julia herself experienced as a non traumatic spiritual experie...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Silja Silja is a mother of one from Finland.  She is a vocal artist, a holistic singing coach and a versatile musician.  Silja facilitates workshops and women's circles where she inspires others to explore the voice as a way to connect with ones true self and unique self expression.  In this episode we will talk about Siljas empowering birth centre bi...

Tahlia is a mum of 3 living in the northern rivers of NSW Australia.  Tahlia describes herself as a Mumma entrepreneur passionate about all things parenting, connected relationships and simplicity. Today we will dive on into her three very different but full on and powerful birth experiences.  One was a drug free hospital induction, one an accidental unassisted breech home birth and her third and...

Want to know How you can Optimize your chances of having a Natural and Empowering Birth Experience?   In this episode of The Natural Birth Podcast your podcast host Anna will share her 4 Top Tips on how to optimize your chances of having a Natural Birth.    We all know labour and birth is unpredictable and something we can’t control, but as a midwife Anna knows it is something that we can definite...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Amanda Amanda is a mother of 2 from Atlanta, USA.  She is the host of the Finding Your Village podcast, a helpful resource for new parents to make parenting a little bit easier!  Today we will touch upon her first birth that was a medicated birth and the wisdom she drew from that experience and how it informed her in wanting to have a natural birth centre...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Alexa Alexa is a mother of one from Aotearoa, New Zeeland. Today we will talk about the birth of her dreams, an outdoor undisturbed water birth, under a tree, beneath the stars, following her instincts.  Alexa chose to free birth her baby after years of researching and studying birth, with a midwife as a backup.  She had an agreement with her partner that...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Fridur Fridur is a Swedish/Islandic mama of 2 living in the south of Sweden on her farm with her family with the ambition of being self sufficient.  She is a kundalini yoga teacher currently in full mama mode, while at the same time studying to become a Waldorf preschool teacher.  In this episode we will talk about her 2 home births and how home birth sho...