The Natural Birth Podcast

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Tayla. Tayla is mama of one from Victoria, Australia.  She is a diesel mechanic turned pilates instructor.  In today’s episode she shares about her decision of having an unassisted birth due to living in an area that didn’t have home birth as an option through the regional hospital and also no independent home birth midwives. She sought out a doula and ed...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Katharine. Katharine is a mama of two from Maine, USA, where she lives in her hand built off-grid house with her family.  She is a jeweler and artist working out of her home studio so she can be a full time mama and work around her kids needs. In today’s episode Katharine shares about her three births.  Her first was a stillbirth for anyone wanting to ski...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Letitia Letitia is a 42-year-old mama of one from Alice Springs, Australia. She knew even before she got pregnant that she wanted to birth at home after witnessing her friend do so in her 20’s. And as soon as she fell pregnant she booked in with the midwifery group practice for a home birth.  However, early in her pregnancy she got diagnosed with gestatio...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Kaitlin. Kaitlin is a mama of 3 from the US. Kaitlin has experienced it all! She’s had an induction turned C/S with her first baby. A successful unmedicated VBAC in hospital with her second and a home birth with a midwife for her third. Her second birth really transformed her understanding of her self and birth and she became a doula 5 months after and no...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Holly. Holly is a mama of one from from Wales. She is a small business owner who loves organic gardening and hiking in the Welsh mountains.  In today’s episode Holly shares about her extensive preparation for a natural and positive birth experience. While preparing for a long first birth as a first time mama of 37, she ended up having a fast unassisted bi...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Eline. Eline is a mama of two from The Netherlands. She is a dancer and has developed different workshops and created self-expression dance programs for children and adults.  Eline's mission is to teach children from a young age to love and fully own their bodies as well as working with women, focusing on healing wounded femininity and discovering wom...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Ellie. Ellie is a mama of 2 from Stockholm, Sweden. She works with storytelling and experience design as well as photography.  However, after learning in depth about pregnancy and the birth process during her second pregnancy, a little seed of curiosity around working with birth and birthing people has been planted and Ellie might be one of the aspiring S...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Sarah. Sarah is a mama of two from New Jersey, USA. And this is her second time on the podcast! Sarah shared her natural birth centre birth in October of 2021, which was a huge step for her from thinking at the beginning of her first pregnancy that she could never birth naturally and that she’d need a doctor to save her. When she became pregnant again, on...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Pirita.  Pirita is a Finnish mum of one, a menstrual cycle coach and yoga teacher living with her family in Austria.  Pirita knew already long before getting pregnant that she wanted to have a peacefully birth at home and at 6 weeks pregnant, she put together her dream birth team of midwives with her husband.   In today’s episode she shares about her pre...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Carla.  Carla is a mama of one from Brazil who’s currently living with her Hungarian husband in Berlin, Germany. She is a Soprano committed to her psycho-spiritual growth through transpersonal therapy and shamanic work.  When Carla fell pregnant she knew she wanted to break the cultural norm in Brazil of having a c-section. Brazils c-section rate is more...

Merry Xmas podcast family!  I hope you’ve had a beautiful weekend with family and friends, enjoying good food and company. Here is your Christmas Day episode!  A bit of a longer episode today with one of my longest standing fans Lisa. She’s been listening to the podcast since it began in 2020 and today she’s guesting us sharing, in depth about her journey in finding the perfect midwife match for h...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Ruby Ruby is a mama of two from the UK. She is a women’s functional health coach, holistic therapist and a medicine weaver. In todays episode we will dive into her two natural births.  Her first with midwives and her second an undisturbed shamanic ceremony in a tipi in her garden with drumming and fire. Fully embodying the channel between the heavens and...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Emily Emily is a 37 year old first time mama from Maine USA. She believes in the power of our bodies innate intelligence and taking responsibility for how we show up.  Emily spent nearly two decades working within the western medical system as a Registered Nurse and perfected the art of advocating for patients rights. She fought fiercely for her patients...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Ali Ali a mama of 3 from Tennessee USA.  She is a is a world renowned celebrity stylist and TV star personality from BRAVO TV. From dressing the most famous people in Hollywood & public figures around the world, in 2020 Ali started her own personal inner journey, after going from breakdowns to breakthroughs. Ali became a certified Breathwork Facilitat...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Amy. Amy is a mama of one from a small town in Washington state.  She enjoys cooking, gardening, hiking, and spending time in the natural landscape around her small town.  When she was newly pregnant, the thought about birth terrified her.  But with each conversation with women in her community who’d had a positive birth experience as well as listening to...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Danielle Danielle is a mother of 2 from Utah. She’s a hair stylist and have a strong passion for health and nutrition with conscious living. She enjoys nature and has a strong connection to mother earth and is a mama in our Maiden, Mother & Maga Village. Her first labour and birth was in a hospital and even though she wanted a natural birth, the inter...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Tilly Tilly is a mama of 2 from the US. She is a holistic sex and intimacy coach for mamas seeking to embody their pleasure and have the best sex of their lives, or rediscover sex after birth.  She is the host of The Multiorgasmic Mama Podcast that I’ve been a guest on, speaking about Conscious Conception. If you’re curious about that then check out the l...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Marique Marique is a mama of two from New Zealand. She is an Integrative Health Practitioner who helps women prioritize their health so they have more energy, less stress and a body they love, by addressing the root cause of their symptoms. Being passionate about natural health, Marique knew she wanted to have a natural birth with her first and almost did...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Dawn Dawn is a mama of 2 from Ohio. She’s also a certified registered nurse anesthetist and even though she wanted a natural birth with her first, she didn’t want to be a difficult patient and ended up with an unnecessary induction and C/S with her OBGYN. When she fell pregnant again, she began her care with another OBGYN that was positive about vaginal b...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Taylor Taylor is a 25 year old mama from the US, who was told by her doctor at 23 years of age that she might not be able to fall pregnant due to endometriosis.  However after getting off her contraceptives that she was on due to the endometriosis, she fell pregnant in 2 months time. She is a medical assistant and started her pregnancy working at a medica...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Kemi Joy Johnson. Kemi is a Mother and a former registered Midwife turned Birthkeeper & Birth Activist. She de-registered as a midwife a few years back and is now a Whistle Blower, Truth Speaker & Teacher. And we are coming on the podcast today to have an honest conversation about the reality of our current maternity system and what you need to kn...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Ellie Ellie is a mama of one from Australia, who consciously conceived her baby and knew from the get go that she wanted a natural home birth for her and her baby. However, Ellie comes from a family where both her mother and her husbands mother had caesarians with all their children, and were convinced that all their babies wouldn’t have survived without...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Allison. Allison is a Canadian mama of three boys, living in Geneva, Switzerland.  She is a human rights lawyer and even so, she struggled to advocate for herself in the over medicalized maternity system to have the natural births she wanted for her two first births.  After two unnecessary inductions, that she experienced as somewhat traumatic, she was de...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Natasha Natasha is a mama of two from South Africa, currently living in Australia. Her first birth was in London 4 years ago.  She planned to birth at a birth centre but ended up having a water birth in the hospital, as the birth center was full on the night. It was a natural birth but it wasn’t all that Natasha wanted it to be. So with her second one yea...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Anna Anna is a mama of three and one on the way, from Colorado, USA. She’s currently a stay at home mom, homeschooling her oldest.  She’s a hair stylist and love interior decorating and home renovations.  But above all she’s passionate about home birth and come from a long line of home birthing and free birthing women. In today’s episode Anna shares about...