The Natural Birth Podcast

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Tayla. This is the second time she visits the podcast and shares about her birth stories. Her previous episode is called Unassisted birth in rural Australia . She is a free birthing mama of two and lives in rural Australia. In today’s episode she comes on to share, what she thinks is an unremarkable normal birth. She went into labour at 41 weeks and 7 day...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Nicole. Nicole and I actually had our interview in September and her episode got lost with some others and so here it is, a wee bit delayed but when you wait for something good you never wait to long ;) Isn’t that right? Nicole is a mama of one from St. Petersburg Florida, originally from Rhode Island. She is an avid animal and nature lover - passionate a...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Kahtia Kathia is a mama of two from Los Angeles USA.  And on this day I think of her and the many people and animals affected by the fires raging in this region. I pray for the safety of everyone. And even though it is a tragedy. Every tragedy is an opportunity to come together as a community, as humanity. There is an opportunity for love and humanity to...

To all my Doulas & Midwives, all you Birth Workers out there. Here is an episode on How to Create a Successful Birth Business.  I share it through story telling, by sharing my journey from self employed midwife, to creating an online course (The Natural Birth Course) to running a successful online birth business (Sacred Birth International) and how I continue to scale while working less and earnin...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Summer. Summer is a mama of one from the US. She’s a somatic therapist who always knew she wanted to have a natural birth. Her and her husband went back and forth about whether or not to have a home birth or a hospital birth and in the end Summer followed her body’s wisdom who told her she felt the most safe having her first baby in the hospital. She ende...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Mary I thought it fitting for the episode over the Christmas period to have Mary share about her home birth. The only thing she shares with the OG Mary, mother of Jesus, was that is was a natural birth. Other than that and her name there will be no more similarities to the OG Mary. The OG Mary is however such a rockstar and shining example of the power an...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Amana Amana is a mama of two living children from the US. Amana offers birth, death and grief support services as well as a podcast called The Heart of the Soul where she interviews amazing people around the world. I had the honor of being one of her guests earlier this year. She has a magical story about how she called in her husband and how they met on...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Josée Josée is a mama of two from Ottawa, Canada.  Her first birth in the hospital unfolded like most hospital births do, when she hit transition she didn’t get the emotional and spiritual support she needed but instead was given an epidural. After this birth experience she felt the need to research birth in preparation for her second. She found this podc...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast I share my advice on how to prepare for a Natural Hospital Birth. In the previous Solo Episode with me I covered preparation body, mind, soul and body for a natural birth in any birth setting and I really recommend you listen to that one as well if you're planning a hospital birth. In this one I get my Rebel Birth Advocate Hat on and lay down the hard facts about...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Kajal  Kajal is a mamma of one from Colorado, USA.  She is a mystic, intuitive healer and a forever student.  Even before she conceived she knew she wanted to have a home birth and sees birth as a right of passage into motherhood and an initiation into becoming who we truly are.  She saw her pregnancy and birth as an opening to activate her power, surrend...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Maryn from Indie Birth. Maryn is a mama of 15 souls and 10 living children from Hawaii USA. She is a radical deregistered midwife, educator and mother. She hosts her own podcast Taking Birth Back, has written a book called Indie Birth and also runs her international association also called Indie Birth. Today she so generously shares all of her birth stori...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Sinead. Sinead is a mama of one from Australia. She is an energy healer and mentor, working with women to feel safe in their feminine and embody more flow in their life.  She holds space for cacao ceremonies and mother blessings in which she infuses her deep ancestral connection to her lineage and encourages women of the importance of connecting to their...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Cynthia Cynthia is a mama of two from the US and popular podcast host of the Down to Birth Podcast. She went from being a business executive and finance professor who knew nothing about birth to pregnant after one try, and faced a huge fear of birth. All the women in her surroundings and at her work had C/S while she knew she wanted a natural birth. Her O...

Anna shares the richness of her natural birth wisdom with tips and suggestions to prepare body, mind and soul for birth.  Tips she only normally shares with her clients, including natures wisdom like herbs and oils and practices to prepare the womb and vagina for birth. 50% Discount on The Natural Birth Course with coupon code NOVEMBER https://www.sacredbirthinternational.com/natural-birth-course...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Faith. Faith is a mama of one from California, USA. She is a fellow midwitch who’s chosen to work outside of the regulatory system and we found out just before starting the recording that we share a dear sister in common, Midwife Sophia, my Sacred Birth Worker Mentee on Corfu Greece. Faith apprenticed for 9 months with Sophia. You might have heard Sophias...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Adrienne. Adrienne is a mama of one from Melbourne, Australia and today she shares about her unassisted home birth that sounds like such a wonderful experience throughout. She knew as soon as she saw a video of a woman having a home birth via a YouTube vlog 7 years ago that that was the way she wanted to bring her future baby into the world.  A free birth...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Olivia. Olivia is a mama of 2 from the UK.  She is a Mystical Birth Guide and Teacher, who guides women who have experienced baby loss, into healing and through conception, pregnancy, birth and motherhood.  Olivia conceived her first baby easily and had a wonderful pregnancy.  She planned a ‘home birth’, as she desired a natural calm water birth in the co...

Today on the Natural Birth Podcast is a solo episode with Anna talking about Birth Imprints. What they are and how we, through awareness and knowledge can heal and rewrite our imprint if it doesn’t serve us and our babies. It also gives us understanding to why we are the way we are and why our babies and children might behave the way they do. Imprints are created in the womb, during our birth and...

Today on the Natural Birth Podcast we have Kirsty. Kirsty is a first time mama from Scotland. She works as a renewable energy lawyer and is very passionate about the environment and the outdoors and recently moved to her new home in the rural highlands with her husband, where they aim to full fill their life long dream of homesteading and growing as much food as they can on their small plot of lan...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Saige Saige is a mama of two from Boston, Massachusetts, USA.   She has always been fascinated by birth and women's power in the birthing process.   She had a positive experience birthing her first son naturally in a hospital in just 5.5 hours, but didn't love even the slightest of "interventions" that were imposed in the hospital.   So when she became pr...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Shannon Shannon is a mama of one from Texas USA. She grew up fearing birth due to a lack of education and fear mongering, however she began pursuing a natural and holistic lifestyle while in university, which led her to become informed about her body's natural cycles, diet and fitness, and ultimately birth and mothering.  Her desire to have a natural birt...

In this Solo Episode Anna is talking about the Witch Wound. What it is and how if affects you as a woman. She talks about how it plays a part in trusting your inner voice and intuition, how it affects your voice and expression in life and birth and how it is connected to the Sisterhood Wound and mistrust in other women. She also connects it to maternity, midwifery and birth. She weaves it all toge...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Ashley Ashley is a mama of 2 from Michigan, USA.  She is a full-time content creator with a recipes website, called Fit Mitten Kitchen, where she develops recipes and works with various brands in the food and wellness space. Today she shares about her 2 birth stories. We starts briefly talking about her first medicalized experience in the hospital with OB...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Chelsea Chelsea is a mama of two from the US. She is a holistic arts therapist who sought an authentic natural birth experience IN the hospital. After her first obstetric led birth which ended in medical interventions after 32 hours of labor where Chelsea felt that the hospital had to ‘intervene’ in problems that were their own creation, she sought out a...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Sandra Paola Sandra Paola is an interdisciplinary dance artist, performance activist, and mama of two from Abya Yala (the territory currently known as Bogotá, Colombia).  Her journey of pregnancy, birth and motherhood has lead her to embrace the powerful nature of the divine feminine, and is committed to supporting other women develop trust in themselves...