138: HOME BIRTH STORY - Two Mama’s Story of Insemination, Breech with ECV and Home to Hospital with Amy and Mallory Caldwell
How do you process when things don’t go the way you planned in your birth? We deconstruct this question with mamas Amy and Mallory Caldwell in today’s episode by taking it back to the beginning of their pregnancy journey. Both Amy and Mallory knew that they’d like to carry children at some point in their marriage and growing their family. So for their first, they made the decision for Mallory to go first as the gestational parent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
18 Apr 20181h 6min
137: Have The Birth That You Want No Matter Where It Is
In today's episode we answer listener email and discuss having the birth that you want, no matter where it takes place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15 Apr 201832min
136: HOME BIRTH STORY - 5 Home Births, Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Seeing Your Challenges As Gifts with Jennifer Griffin
How can we view our challenges around pregnancy, birth and parenthood as gifts? Take trying situations and circumstances and turn them into lessons of empowerment and gratitude? This is part of the discussion on the podcast today with our guest Jennifer Griffin. Jennifer has a background in counseling psychology that she has brought into her current work of running her website Spiritual Gift Institute, writing multiple books and being a mother to 4 children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10 Apr 201843min
135: Why Are You Choosing Home Birth?
Why did you choose home birth? Or any of your birth plans? There are usually a collection of motivating factors that go into creating the birth vision you have in mind. So after talking to a lot of amazing mamas on the show and reflecting on some of our own intentions for our birth, we decided to dedicate an episode to the reasons why some might choose home birth. This is based on the most common feedback and experiences we’ve heard and talked about on the show. But first, we start with a twist: why you shouldn’t choose home birth! When it might not be the most powerful decision to support you in feeling your best and most prepared for a magical birth experience. So we share the 5 most common reasons we’ve learned around choosing home birth, share our perspective on them, and then Matthew throws a big curveball and shares one of his disempowering motivations for getting pregnant. So stuff gets real! You don’t wanna miss this one! Show Notes:Dr. Berlin's Informed Pregnancy PodcastThe Parents On Demand NetworkBloom Event in AtlantaMatthew’s podcast "Having It A.L.L." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7 Apr 201840min
134: A Maternity Concierge and Doula Shares How to Pamper Yourself During Pregnancy with HeHe Stewart
Have you ever thought about pregnancy being a time to pamper yourself? It’s not something I would typically think about. I mean, you plan for birth, buy all the baby gear, take the classes, etc. But what about a time to give yourself that self-love and care, and even make it a luxurious process? Well that’s what HeHe Stewart creates for her clients in her maternity concierge and doula services. Enjoy the episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3 Apr 201844min
133: HOME BIRTH STORY - A Home Birth Story and Challenges in Postpartum and Breastfeeding with Kristina and Chris Porter
Was anyone blindsided by the postpartum experience? This is a home birth story with conversation on what can happen after baby arrives and how you can use your empowering birth experience to support you in challenging postpartum times. In this episode we’re chatting with Kristina and Chris Porter, parents to baby Madeline. Fun fact: Madeline and Maya have the same birthday - just one year apart! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28 Mars 20181h 4min
132: World Doula Week 2018: Serving and Advocating for Women in Pregnancy and Birth with Sharon Randolph
How awesome are doulas?! It’s a trick question - because they’re so awesome it’s almost impossible to put into words how awesome they are. We’re celebrating World Doula Week this year by sharing some powerful conversations with doulas in different parts of the country and with different journeys into doula work as well as in practice. Today we have our conversation Sharon Randolph, holistic health practitioner and doula. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25 Mars 201838min
131: A Powerful Chat with Mom of 7 (Including 2 Sets of Consecutive Twins), Doula, Co-Director of Carriage House Birth and Author, Lindsey Bliss
Who are some of your heroes in the birth world? We got to chat with one of ours in this episode. Lindsey Bliss, also known as @doulabliss on Instagram - mom of 7 (including 2 sets of consecutive twins), doula, doula trainer, co-director of Carriage House Birth and the author of “The Doula’s Guide to Empowering Your Birth: A Complete Labor and Childbirth Companion for Parents to Be,” shared some of her time with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20 Mars 201851min
