Wine About Birth Podcast

We had a crazy 48 hours of birth work. When you are a birth worker you never know what the next day may have planned for you. So enjoy our rendition of our 2 days in the life of a birth worker. Cheers!!

Today we talk about holding space in birth. How we can get out of our own way to help moms in labor to the best of our ability. We also talk about the way that holding space in birth and holding space through loss overlap and the lessons we learn from those experiences. Cheers!!

Birth can look very different depending on if this is your first go around or if you have had babies before. Today we talk about some of those differences, and ways primips can avoid some of the classic primip complications, We also share our birth story of the week. She is a bad ass first time mom who rocked her birth. Cheers!

Today we discuss 2 very different birth stories and discuss the enormous well of strength that can be tapped into through birth. Different experiences require different types of strength, but every person giving birth is so much stronger than they know. Cheers!

Breech births are a topic that birth professionals have strong opinions about. Today we talk about our opinions about the safety of breech birth, how to prevent baby being breech, the importance of providers trained in breech and we tell the story of Kim and Meredith's surprise breech birth. Enjoy and Cheers!

Today we talk about the differences between home birth and birth center birth and how to make the choice of which one is right for you, Enjoy and Cheers!

Are you planning an unmedicated birth or a vaginal birth? Today we discuss some of the common roadblocks that prevent people from reaching their goals and how to avoid them if at all possible. Happy birthing and Cheers!!

Today we interview four dads who have experienced working with midwives and having out of hospital births. We discuss things they learned during the prenatal and birth process and their experiences of birth. Enjoy and Cheers!!

Today we talk about Redemption Births. The stories of people who reclaim their birth power after a traumatic birth. These births are very healing and inspiring. We also discuss ways to work through previous birth trauma while planning your redemption birth. Cheers!!

In the first half of todays episode we talk more about our trip to Key West and also our ideas about what our kids think about us being birth workers. After the delightful break we interview our children about the same thing. There are some unexpected insights and a lot of laughs. Enjoy and Cheers!!

We recorded this episode from our girls trip in Key West. We talk about our vacation so far and also babies that aren't in the best position for birth. We give some solutions for helping babies get into optimal positions and share our birth story of the week with a posterior lie baby. Cheers!!

We have had LOTS of babies in the past week and almost all of them have been SUPER fast!! They came out like butta!! So today we decided to share the stories of all of the crazy butter births we have had lately. Enjoy and Cheers!!

Today we talk all about the wonderful world of placentas. We start with how different providers handle the birth of the placenta as well as the functions of the placenta in the third stage of labor and placenta encapsulation. Enjoy and Cheers!!

Today we talk about birth plans, how useful they are and what should be included in them regardless of where you are planning to give birth. Cheers!

We recorded live for our one year anniversary!! It was kind of a hott mess...but here it is. We discuss our favorite parts of the first year of the podcast and our goals for next year. Cheers!!

Today Kim and Jess chat about time management...or lack thereof...for us as moms and birth workers. We also have 2 birth stories of the week. Cheers!!

We had a crazy week and didn't feel like talking birth. So today we talk a little bit about us outside of birth so you can get to know us a little better. Enjoy and Cheers!!!

Today we interview 2 birth assistants and an L&D nurse about their jobs. We discuss how their own births affect their work and how their work affects their own births. Birth Assistants are bad asses and we couldn't do this crazy work without them. Cheers!!

In this episode we discuss the 3 poopy p's of labors. What can cause these types of labors? And what are different coping techniques if you are in them, and ways to prevent them. Happy birthing and Cheers!!

Today we talk about several old wives tales or myths about birth. From the cord around the neck, to hitting the babies head during sex, there are alot of things that get passed down as truth. Today we discuss our views on these myths and whether some are true. Cheers!!

Today we discuss things that we have learned over the years of being birth workers. We discuss life lessons and also lessons about birth in general. Enjoy and Cheers!!

Today Meredith joins us once again and we talk about Corona Virus and how it has been affecting our lives and the births we have attended. Cheers!!

Words are very powerful. They can build us up or tear us down. Today we discuss the words we use in birth and how being mindful of our language can help birth be positive or negative. Cheers!

This week we finish out our birth stories with the births of our last 3 children, all born at home. We also discuss what we learned from our births. Enjoy and Cheers!

Our births shape us and who we are as birth workers. Today we share our birth stories. At least the first 4 of 7. Enjoy and Cheers!