Triumphant Birth

Episode 25 - HeHe Stewart: Before the Birth In this episode of The Triumphant Birth Podcast, host Jamie Raisleger sits down with HeHe Stewart, a leading childbirth educator, doula, and founder of The Birth Lounge to talk about what she's doing to prepare for the birth of her first child. Hehe is passionate about reforming maternity care by centering patient autonomy and ensuring families have the...

Episode 24 – Girls Who Know with Laurisa Paul: Grassroots Education to Transform Birth Culture In this episode, Jamie Raisleger sits down with Laurisa Paul, a registered nurse and founder of Girls Who Know®, an organization dedicated to empowering young girls through education about their bodies and the normalcy of birth. This conversation was sparked by a previous discussion with Dr. Stu, where h...

In this week’s episode of The Triumphant Birth Podcast, Katie shares her three distinct birth stories, each filled with unexpected challenges and resilience. Her first birth, planned at a birth center during the height of COVID, ended in a hospital transfer and vacuum-assisted delivery. Months later, her son required skull surgery, adding a new layer to her postpartum experience. With the ongoing...

Yellow flags, red flags, fireworks, oh my!  In this episode of the Triumphant Birth podcast, Meghan shares her transformative journey through pregnancy, labor, her Fourth of July birth story, and the early postpartum period. From the initial surprise of discovering she was pregnant to the challenges of building a supportive birth team, Meghan’s story is rooted in education, advocacy, and intuition...

In this episode of the Triumphant Birth Podcast, Dr. Tracey Vogel, an obstetric anesthesiologist and national leader in trauma-informed care, shares how her work has evolved from individual patient care to training healthcare teams and shaping hospital policies. She explains how trauma can arise not just from extreme events, but from everyday clinical interactions, and why trauma-informed care mus...

In this episode, Jamie Raisleger speaks with Cynthia Dortch, a doula, childbirth educator, and aspiring midwife, whose experiences as a military spouse and mother deeply shaped her path into birth work. Cynthia opens up about the emotional weight of her first two births and the postpartum depression and rage she faced as a young, isolated mom navigating life during her partner’s deployment. She sh...

If you haven’t listened to Part 1 yet, be sure to start there (episode 18) for the full context behind this groundbreaking, peer-reviewd paper (published Dec 2024 in PLOS ONE ):  Twin Home Birth: Outcomes of 100 Sets of Twins in the Care of a Single Practitioner In part two of this conversation, host Jamie Raisleger, Dr. Stu Fischbein, and Dr. Rixa Freeze dive deeper into the nuances of twin birth...

Birthing twins at home is dangerous, right? RIGHT?! Not nearly as dangerous as we've been led to believe... In part one of this conversation, host Jamie Raisleger begins the dive into the newly published (Dec 2024, PLOS ONE), peer-reviewed paper called Twin home birth: outcomes of 100 sets of twins in the care of a single practitioner  with the publication's authors, Dr. Stuart Fischbein and Dr. R...

Welcome to the VERY FIRST interview about the upcoming documentary 'Allowed to Birth: The Journey of a Global Midwife'. In this episode of the Triumphant Birth Podcast, host Jamie sits down with filmmaker Jacinta Lagos and legendary midwife Kristine Lauria to explore the heart and soul of this powerful project. About the Documentary Allowed to Birth follows the extraordinary life and work of Krist...

In this powerful episode of Triumphant Birth, host Jamie Raisleger welcomes Samantha Dunnavant, a mother of two, who shares her deeply personal journey through both hospital and home birth. Samantha opens up about her first pregnancy, where she felt uninformed and unprepared, and how listening to birth stories helped her better navigate labor the second time around. She recounts the unexpected cha...

Billie Harrigan is a fierce advocate for restoring safety and sanity to modern birth practices. She has served birthing families for about 40 years and has taught midwives and other birth practitioners in 125 countries. Billie is also the founder of Birth Trauma Ontario, an agency dedicated to the education and healing of both perpetrators and their victims from the global scourge of obstetric vio...

Dr. Sadey Broecker is a chiropractor specializing in prenatal care and is passionate about helping other moms experience empowered and informed pregnancies and births. Her own journey into motherhood, guided by the transformative births of her two boys and the unwavering support of her husband, not only shaped who she is but also shaped her approach to caring for women, babies, and full families w...

Danit Tsur-Almog is a doula, childbirth educator, and birth story processing expert and teacher. She now spends most of her time training birth professionals through her business, Leida K'Masa (meaning Birth as a Journey in Hebrew) and holding one-on-one birth story processing sessions. Danit's work is largely influenced by her trainings with Pam England, so much so that she translated some of Pam...

Brittany Ebben is a wife, mother of three, and impressive birther. In this heartwarming and final episode of 2024, we dive into Brittany's incredible journey of bringing new life into the world during the holiday season. As she shares her unique experience of missing a Christmas celebration to welcome her baby at a birth center, we discuss: -Braxton hicks and prodromal labor -What she needed for h...

Raquel is a married mother of four with a passion for birth choices. Her first birth was a Cesarean section due to having a breech baby, and the trauma of that process stuck with her for years. After two subsequent C-sections, Raquel was determined to do things differently with her fourth baby despite opposing opinions and having a heart-shaped uterus. Her journey to a successful breech home birth...

Ann Marie Rian, CPM, LM is a home birth midwife and wise woman with expertise in homeopathy, herbal medicine, prenatal education, midwifery education, and so much more. This continuation of last week's conversation dives into: -The power of words in pregnancy and birth -Experiencing transformation without a power struggle -How pregnancy and birth can accelerate clarity and personal growth -How hom...

Ann Marie Rian, CPM, LM is a home birth midwife and wise woman with expertise in homeopathy, herbal medicine, prenatal education, midwifery education, and so much more. In this episode, we discuss Ann Marie’s experience as a doula, her path to becoming a midwife, lessons from her teachers and nervous system, and transformative experiences that shape both midwives and parents. Our discussion highli...

What do teething babies, MAHA, and the American maternal mortality rate have in common? This episode. Listen in for a brief personal update from Jamie and an invitation to vote two of our very own birth superstars into federal positions alongside RFK, Jr. This is an incredible opportunity for our listeners (YOU!) to have a tangible impact on the systems that hold and direct birthing families in th...

In this episode, Hayley shares her experience with a traumatic first birth in the hospital followed by two redeeming births. Even though she chose midwifery and an unmedicated approach from the beginning, she learned that all midwives are not created equal and found herself switching practitioners at 33 weeks pregnant. Themes in her first pregnancy include high blood pressure and white coat syndro...

Marissa Anderson's redeeming twin birth is nothing short of miraculous. After retaining rightful custody of her son who the government medically kidnapped (the saga discussed in part 1), Marissa and her family had a LOT of healing to do. In this episode, she shares how she finally got her baby healthy, worked through her traumatic past, helped create a documentary about her case, and decided to co...

Marissa Anderson is a doula and mom of three, including twin babies. After a smooth pregnancy and birth at a birth center, her family's story made national news. Marissa sought appropriate medical care for baby Cyrus when he was 10 months old, and in a wild turn of events, he was unjustly and without evidence taken into custody by the state of Idaho. Multiple members of Marissa's family were arres...

Dr. Stuart Fischbein is a community-based obstetrician and an Associate of the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology. He is the author of the book “Fearless Pregnancy, Wisdom & Reassurance from a Doctor, A Midwife and A Mom” and peer-reviewed papers Homebirth with an Obstetrician, A Series of 135 Out of Hospital Births and Breech Birth at Home: outcomes of 60 breech and 109 cephalic...

Jamie’s journey is nothing short of miraculous. After being told by doctors that she might never have children due to her extensive medical history, she found hope and healing at a holistic retreat in Michigan. This pivotal experience not only alleviated her chronic pain but also transformed her outlook on health and shifted her career path from medical school to holistic health. As Jamie shares h...

Kristine Lauria is an international treasure and an absolute legend in the birth world. As a midwife for 36 years, she's attended over 5,000 births in at least 25 countries including hundreds of vaginal breeches and twins. Kristine uses most of her time working with MSF (Doctors Without Borders) and teaching for Breech Without Borders, a nonprofit organization dedicated to breech education, traini...

Triumphant Birth with Jamie Raisleger explores the transformative power of healing through childbirth. Join us as we delve into the options, receive guest expert wisdom, and hear inspiring stories that pave the way for healing and wholeness throughout pregnancy, birth, and beyond. In a culture where birth is often viewed with fear, we aim to shift the narrative by showcasing pregnancy and birth as...