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Real stories by real women about about having babies (or not!), running, getting old, women‘s health, doulas, free birthing, home birth, midwifery care, radical healing, death, being an impostor, depression, joy, magic...and more! Views should not be taken as medical advice. Ask a midwife; seek answers. My chats are informal: ordinary women share their extraordinary stories about birth, ultra running, love, revolution, and gentleness. Among other topics. Listen up!
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**TOP 1.5% RANKED PODCAST** Hi! I’m Aly McClain. Bible-believing Christian, Wife of 10 years, Mama to 4, Homemaker, Registered Nurse and Homebirth Coach. I’ve been in the birth world for 7 years and 5 of those years have been helping women prepare for and experience a peaceful birth. After having a traumatic and unexpected ”emergency” c-section I started learning about physiological birth. Despite a diagnosis of low-lying placenta I went on to have a beautiful pain-free water birth at home. ...
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It's time to LIBERATE ourselves from the spell of brokenness. German New Medicine is not just one more healing modality. It’s not something you “do.” It’s the ancient language of biology. A translation of the original instructions of the body. An elegant scientific (the real kind) & spiritual map of your bio-logical perfection. A delicious exhale after so many years of searching. Please note, this podcast is a collection of inspiring personal stories, NOT MEDICAL ADVICE.
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Birthing Instincts

Dr. Stuart Fischbein + Midwife Blyss Young

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The birth world can be overwhelming for parents and practitioners alike. Dr. Stuart Fischbein and Midwife Blyss Young and their combined 55+ years of experience are here to support you in this beautiful rite of passage.Join the weekly conversation as we blend wisdom and humor in discussing our recent births, the latest research, traditional healing, and instinctual birth.
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This is a collection of conversations with real people playing with plants. I hope this reminds you that your connection with the Earth and with these herbs is your birthright and lives in your blood and ancestry. You already are a natural born herbalist. Come join us in exploring how to have a joyful connection with our beautiful Mama Earth through these magic, medicinal plants.
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The Midwives' Cauldron

Katie James and Dr Rachel Reed

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Join us as we hubble, bubble, toil, and trouble our way through aspects of midwifery, birth, lactation, and womanhood. We tackle and discuss a variety of topics within the sphere of womanhood, birth, and lactation and what this entails in today's society. We want to be able to share in the strengths of women gathering together and being more informed, for their birth, their feeding experience, and the transition into knowing ourselves better. This is the podcast to connect us as a greater ci ...
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A podcast created with passion by a Brisbane mum with a strong desire to learn about all the positive and beautiful sides to birth. This space is created for all women to see, hear, and share empowering birth stories and advice in the hopes to heal and educate others. Each week I'll be chatting with Australian mothers, partners, and professionals to inspire other women on their own journey to motherhood. Instagram: @positivebirthaustralia
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Hosted by Elsie. Homebirth mama x2, mental health nurse, and an ex-student midwife that still has a strong passion for birth and supporting women. Sharing stories from births at home around Australia. Using the power of story telling, this podcast will hopefully empower, inspire, and motivate. If you would like to share your birth at home story, please reach out at 'birthingathome_apodcast' on Instagram - I would love to hear it!
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Return to Radiance

Danielle Venables

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Underneath the layers of conditioning and societal expectations lies your true soul spark, begging to be set free. In this podcast, you'll find a mix of candid conversations, interviews and solo episodes designed to awaken and ignite the burning passion within you. This show is recorded with spiritual entrepreneurs, leaders and healers in mind as we cross through highly turbulent and challenging times and anchor in the new earth frequencies. This is a movement, and your call to rise up, own ...
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Joyful & Unapologetic Unfolding. This podcast w/Capri & featured guests can feel something like talking with an old friend and also, at times, a cue for reflections of self. Themes you can expect: Honesty, Humor, Women’s Health, Living in Harmony with Seasons, Self-Development, Feminine Wisdom, Motherhood, Free birth, and Terrain Model of Health (vs germ theory) and our God-given rights as humans. Capri is an "elder millennial" with a background in business, psychology, acupuncture, yoga, an ...
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VBAC Babes

Bethany Lotulelei

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This podcast was created to provide a community to cheer you on in your journey from VBAC hopeful to VBAC success. We are going to debunk the myths, quiet the naysayers, and equip you with everything you need for a healing, empowering birth. And positive postpartum experience. We are VBAC moms. We are fierce, go getters, women of action. You've got this, mama. And I'll be by your side, every step of the way.
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Connecting women, empowering healers, nurturers, and goddesses. Hear stories from women who have chosen to forgo the western system and instead take a nature based approach to heal body and soul, to birth, and to explore their inner worlds. This Eden is ours to expand our horizons, wisdoms, and connect with powerful kindred souls. Together we return to our roots, to our birthrights, to the WILD in all of us and together we grow to change the world.
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HEAVEN ON EARTH PODCAST with Rev. Adeenah Hammer - This show exists to support you in your personal liberation as a leader of Heaven On Earth. Join me and leading edge transformationalists on topics ranging from feminine leadership and embodiment, personal mastery, God, Love, prosperity, and more. I believe in the vision of a harmonious, thriving world- and I believe it begins with our choice to LIVE FULLY at the leading edge of our Devotion. I invite you to meet your own edges as myself and ...
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The Midwitch

Anita Katherine

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The Midwitch Podcast, hosted by Anita, is a virtual portal to the ancient practice of women gathering in circle. It is a platform for the reclamation, reparation and resurgence of Birth, through the centering of Women, Nature and Spirit. The Midwitch Podcast is a space for conscious women to listen and remember, as they take a seat in the circle of wise women sharing their medicine stories. The intention of this space is to invoke a woman's remembering and reconnection to her own inner wisdo ...
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CYCLE WISE

Indigomoon Enemark

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Deep-diving conversations sharing women’s stories of embodying their power, healing holistically, working with cyclic wisdom from menstrual to menopause, opening to pleasure, carving out their own path and shining in their light while speaking their truth. This is a place for women to come together to remember, share, and inspire each other, while always holding sacred the inherent wisdom available within each of us for our journey through life. We explore our body as a muse and a real resou ...
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The Yoni Codes

Melissa April & Katherine Blanco

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Do you want to harness the creative power that lives within your womb? Do you want to proudly claim ALL of who you are and bring that essence to your relationships, parenting, and business? Our planet is in a collective death cycle. Can you feel it? A rebirth is imminent, activating our deep feminine consciousness. This is shifting the way we relate to how we birth, how we create, how we view our bodies, how we love, how we heal, and how we treat one another. Melissa April and Katherine Blan ...
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This is the Real Birth Podcast: a safe, welcoming platform to share birth stories. I'm Lucy Hill, a doula, mother, wife and total birth nerd living in Frome, Somerset in the UK. When I was pregnant, one of my favourite things to do was to listen to birth stories. During this time I read and listened to literally hundreds and hundreds of birth experiences shared by all kinds of parents, having all kinds of births. I quickly became obsessed with the narrative of birth and the power of storytel ...
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What did you think? Episode 40! Today we hear how after 4 obstetric led hospital births, Kate began exploring her options for birth at home - but with uncertainty around private midwife availability, Kate instead chose to have a freebirth with her 5th baby. Whilst we don't cover her 4 hospital births in detail Kate does not go in to detail about he…
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Today we have midwife and mom, Catalina Clark, as our guest to share her journey as we discuss freebirthing from all angles. About Catalina Clark: I am a woman, mother, daughter, sister, midwife and student on the healing path. With 10 years experience in birth, I have found my way home to supporting women in alignment with the natural world and th…
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In this episode, we hear from Amber in California, as she shares her FBAM story. Before pregnancy, Amber had fibroid removal surgery (myomectomy). Since this is a vaginal birth after uterine surgery, it comes in the same 'category' as a VBAC. Amber was told she couldn't conceive children naturally, and then when she did and was told she'd have to g…
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I’m a little nervous to put this out there, but I want to get this conversation going as many are afraid to speak.I have been following Freebirth Society for 7 years as I was in their original Facebook group. I was also in their private Mighty Networks membership for three years. In this episode, I share some of my challenges towards them and other…
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God works in amazing ways! Our culture loves to demoralize women when it comes to birth. We downplay the miracle and the power of the encounter of birth. Even Christians have a tendency to forget the spiritual aspect of prepared and experiencing birth. We also discuss the sovereignty of God event when a traumatic birth happens. My guest today is Le…
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Join us for an eye-opening episode as we welcome Kimberly Denitz-Zuleger, a passionate doula and maternal health activist from Southern California. With a wealth of experience encapsulating over 400 placentas since 2015, Kim shares her profound knowledge on the multifaceted roles and cultural symbolism of the placenta. We traverse the spiritual and…
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Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’d love to homebirth but I just don’t think I could do it.” or maybe you’re planning a homebirth now but you’ll still get the intrusive thoughts saying, “There is no way you’ll be able to handle labor at home!” Have you fallen into an agreement with the enemy that you are not able to homebirth? Let’s explore tha…
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What did you think? This week's episode is shared today by Bek. After researching and choosing private midwifery care in her first pregnancy for a planned hospital birth, Bek shares today about her 2 subsequent home births. It is a beautiful conversation about pregnancy, birth, continuity of care, challenges in pregnancy, and having children presen…
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What did you think? As a part of the partners supporting birth at home series, today we hear Sean’s story of the birth of his baby girl who his partner Bronnie (who was in episode 39) freebirthed! Sean chats with us about his journey as a chiropractor to learning of birth at home. It was amazing to hear how unconditionally Sean trusted in Bronnie, …
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On today's episode, I have the pleasure of welcoming first-time mother Ashneeta to the show. She will share the transformative journey of bringing her son into the world. After enduring the heartache of a pregnancy loss, Ash channeled her grief into a commitment to her health, spending the next year working with a naturopath to create the healthies…
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You’re newly pregnant and looking in the mirror thinking… “Oh my goodness my body has changed so much!” This can affect many women in different ways. Body image during pregnancy is not always easy to wrap your mind around. Today I have Tammy Potter on the show to discuss Body image during pregnancy and postpartum. Tammy is a renowned pregnancy and …
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At a time of great anxiety, Neonatologist and NICU specialist Priyush Patel, MD shares his humanistic approach to care. While Blyss is busy birthing, Midwife Lindsey Meehleis shares a birth story leading to the Serendipitous meeting in the NICU. But don’t worry, there is still plenty of wobbly healthcare systems and dumb doctor dogma going around a…
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Join Homebirth Hub TODAY and get 10% off using the code BIRTH10!! Somewhere deep in your heart do you know or have you always known that homebirth is what you want? Maybe what kept you back is a lack of people around you who have done it, maybe a medical diagnosis you’ve had in the past that prevented you from looking deeper into homebirth, maybe y…
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On today’s episode, we welcome back midwife and mother of three, Amanda. Amanda first shared her journey in episode #45 of Positive Birth Australia, where she recounted her first two home births. This time, Amanda’s pregnancy came as a surprise, arriving sooner than her family had anticipated as they were planning to travel around Australia in a va…
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Enter to win the 100k giveaway! Closes 6/8 at 11:59PM CST! Leave a review- scroll down to where in purple it says “leave a review.” Rate and review SCREENSHOT BEFORE you click send. Post the screenshot in the Peaceful Homebirth group on Facebook- facebook.com/groups/peacefulhomebirth Bonus points screenshot you sharing your favorite episode on soci…
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In this episode Rachel takes me on the path to enlightenment about the topic of the occipito posterior (OP) position in pregnancy, labour and birth! I ask Rachel why she’s always been reluctant to cover this topic on the podcast! And sit down to discuss: What exactly is an OP position? Why it is considered a problem in our current maternity systems…
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Thank you for joining me on this episode where I talk about my new book - Beginner Herbalism Made Easy: A Guide for Making Medicine with Herbs from the Grocery Store Purchase the book on Amazon Subscribe to my Newsletter - https://gmail.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e33124df80a6d365f87f6f2d8&id=cf79f2b233 Come say hi on instagram - https://www.i…
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100k GiveAway Instructions: Join the private facebook group- facebook.com/groups/peacefulhomebirth Leave a review for the show and screenshot and post it in the group BONUS- get extra points when you share your favorite episode, take a screen shot and share it in the FB group! This giveaway is only open until June 8th at 12am so hurry and do it now…
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What did you think? Episode 39 is shared by first time mum, Chloe, who had a homebirth with her baby Matilda. This story is actually pretty amazing - it’s not often that you come across birth at home stories, where the intention and prearation has spanned a number of years - especially with your first baby — which is what Chloe did and shares today…
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Ever wondered if you can truly balance a thriving business and the demands of motherhood without sacrificing either? Today on Return to Radiance, I, Danielle Venables, share my personal journey of managing a business while raising young children. We challenge outdated corporate ideas of professionalism, offering insights into creating a more flexib…
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Titus 2 talks about how older women are supposed to teach younger women what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children. In this episode of Peaceful Homebirth I have one of these Titus 2 women on. She has had 9 live births all at home. 4 of those were unassisted. Then her daughter carries on the legacy of unassisted b…
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To celebrate the release of our soulful 20-minute birth affirmation tracks, today's first micro-episode will focus on the power of birth affirmations and intention-setting during pregnancy. We'll explore how to incorporate them into your daily life to cultivate a strong, healthy mindset as you prepare for birth. ✨ The differences between affirmatio…
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Such an important conversation with our guests, Emily Roper, ( Neuro-Developmental Delay Therapist) & Beth Shayler, (Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant), on looking for the root causes and alternative approaches to developmental delays and the mental health of babies and children. Why is something so basic so unknown to the allopathic medical…
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Is one of your holdbacks for homebirth is that it's too expensive? You have to pay out of pocket and it seems like an impossibility. Today, I want to give you 3 things to think about or implement so that you can afford what you need to thrive during pregnancy and have a peaceful homebirth. Get 10% off of Homebirth Hub when you join the waitlist tod…
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What did you think? Episode 38 is a first time mum freebirth story from Bronnie in Melbourne. Bronnie shares how she grew up petrified to be pregnant but after a lot of self discovery and unlearning, she set her intention to freebirth her first baby. In this episode we talk about the mental and emotional work that goes into planning a freebirth, he…
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What did you think? Today I chat with Anna as a part of the midwife stories series. Anna is actually Swedish and currently lives in her midwitch cottage in Sweden, but to my delight, the day of this interview, I learnt she studied and practiced midwifery in Australia! She shares her eclectic journey pre birth work and how her passion for human righ…
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Why choose a hospital birth when a homebirth is safer for low risk pregnancies? That’s what one couple asked themselves as they were deciding how their first birth was going to look. Hannah and David come on the show today to share their experiences from conception through postpartum of their first baby and how the fingerprints of God were all over…
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Ever felt like your business is missing a secret ingredient that's keeping you from the success you're destined for? As your Akashic guide and intuitive business coach, I, Danielle Venables, am here to reveal that missing element on our latest podcast episode. We delve deep into the essence of Soul Level Success and Visibility, uncovering the profo…
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On today's episode we hear from first-time mother, Jess, as she shares her empowering hospital birth story. After two and a half years and four pregnancies, it was finally Jess's moment to welcome her baby into the world. With two sister-in-laws as midwives - one specialising in homebirth -Jess found herself surrounded by a wealth of knowledge and …
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Interpreting the value of a study can be difficult. With Blyss taking some healing time, Dr. Stu interviews Dr. Emiliano Chavira, MD, MPH, FACOG and MFM sub-specialist who shares his expertise on this subject. From randomized trials to meta-analyses we learn that a study is never definitive. Working within the "high risk" system, Dr. C has insight …
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Are you asking “what type of birth class should I take?” What do I need to know in order to have a peaceful homebirth? No I haven’t read your Google searches I just know when I was a first time mom I thought that all I needed was the best birth course and my birth would be perfect. I had a high pain tolerance and I was determined but what I didn’t …
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What did you think? Episode 37 is shared today by Emma in South Australia. Emma is a Mental Health Doula with 2 children, 1 who was born at home! Today she shares what a mental health doula is, her work in post partum and antenatal counselling, the importance of post partum planning, and of course her experience in finding and choosing homebirth! A…
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Join the Waitlist for Homebirth Hub bit.ly.PHHwaitlist Want to hear a story of a surprise twin homebirth?? I’m excited to bring this conversation I had with Elizabeth of Purely Parsons to you. We talked about so many things, how culture gives us a twisted view of birth, the benefits of being at home, the difference in prenatal care between home and…
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The uterus is a miraculous creation but sometimes it doesn't follow nature's blueprint. Today on the podcast we discuss these fairly common blips (AKA anomalies or abnormalities) and their significance. With awareness and empathy, we weave through personal stories and clinical presentations, highlighting the profound impact these uterine anomalies …
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Join the waitlist for Homebirth Hub today and get 10% off when this course releases! Click Here to join the waitlist What are you going to do to prepare for a homebirth? You want so badly to overcome fears, feel confident and all while growing your relationship with the Lord right? You've taken your health seriously in other areas and now you're re…
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What did you think? Episode 36 is shared by mum to 4 under 6 years, Shelby. Shelby felt naive going in to her first 2 births, and although she learnt about homebirth (via freebirth first!) after her 2nd baby, she chose to have another birth centre birth. It wasn't until after reflection many months later, that she decided for her 4th baby she would…
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Hello intuitive souls!This videos is for parents who face this comment from their children: ''I'm a bad kid.''It can be so hard to see them down on themselves and we can tend to want to fix it immediately. In this video, I share my approach with my middle more melancholic child. It could be insightful for you!*Pictured in the thumbnail is my 6 year…
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Are you wondering what exercises you can do during pregnancy and postpartum that are safe? Maybe you haven’t started working out in your pregnancy because you don’t know where to start or maybe you’re newly postpartum and want to make sure that the work outs you’re doing are helping, not hurting your pelvic floor! Join the waitlist for Homebirth Hu…
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Today, we dive into Amanda's remarkable birth stories, marked by challenges yet underscored by her unwavering resilience, advocacy and deep knowledge. Amanda's excitement about her first birth was initially clouded by a diagnosis of placenta previa at 32 weeks. This resolved as time passed, but Amanda soon faced another hurdle: preeclampsia, which …
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Have you ever been told to stop treating your business like a hobby and felt a pang of resistance? I'm Danielle Venables, your Akashic guide and soul coach, and I'm peeling back the layers on why this well-worn piece of advice doesn't quite sit right with me. In the bustling streets of the entrepreneurial world, we often get caught in the current o…
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Skin disorders exclusive to pregnant women have always been puzzling to Blyss & Dr. Stu. How do we know one from the other? Today we look at the dermatoses of pregnancy and differentiate the physiologic from the pathologic. You'll hear us dissect the five major types of rashes that can puzzle even seasoned healthcare professionals, the challenges o…
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In this episode it’s us together again in the cauldron and Katie chats with Rachel about all things early weight loss… and gain in babies. We look at: · Why do babies lose weight? · What is normal weight loss? · Are there some babies who are more likely to lose more weight than others? · What’s with the panic once we hit the (not so magical) number…
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Join the waitlist for Homebirth Hub - bit.ly/PHHwaitlist Are you looking for a Christian Homebirth Course that will prepare you for a Christ-centered, peaceful birth? Taking a holistic approach to planning, meaning a full Mind-Body-Spirit look at preparing. Homebirth Hub is for you! Get on the waitlist now and be the first notified when it comes ou…
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What did you think? Episode 35 is shared by Courtney, a doula and personal trainer, in NSW. After never really thinking of having children, Courtney ended up in a birth rabbit hole which led her to choosing a birth centre birth for her first baby, and then in an effort to reduce the risk of more interventions, she chose homebirth with her second ba…
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What if you plan to homebirth, you get your heart set on this dream and then you transfer? Most of the time fear can be overcame with knowledge. Today my guest comes on to share with you what the real stats are for transfer and how to make empowered decisions if it does happen for you! You’re going to find the information in here helpful and encour…
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Blyss returns only a week post op! She is a Goddess! Today's guests, Lenny Sue Tinseth & Corinne Flatt, OG Nevada midwives share their thoughts on the laws of Nevada, California and the state of midwifery. So much wisdom, so few diplomas! About Lenny Sue Tinseth: Lenny Sue is a Licensed California Midwife, a Certified Professional Midwife and a Cer…
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In today's episode, I sit down with Poppy, the host of Out the Gate Parenting, to explore her two distinctly different birth experiences. Poppy was inspired to choose homebirth after her sister's peaceful home delivery, contrasted sharply by witnessing a friend's hospital birth. Knowing this was the right path, Poppy engaged a homebirth midwife sho…
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