Best Independent Podcast Network Sarah Bivens Podcasts (2024)

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Sex While Pregnant: The Ins, The Outs, The Reach Arounds 39:07

2h ago39:07

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Let’s talk about sex, BABY! Not just the kind that makes the babies, but the kind you continue doing while the bun is in the oven. There’s plenty of topics around pregnancy that receive just the surface level of attention paid to them in the blogs, books, and classes. Sex was the big thing for me that I experienced ambiguity around. Everything I sa…

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Reactions To Home Birth From Family, Friends and Strangers 34:42

1h ago34:42

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When you’re expecting, it’s very common to hear the question, “Where are you delivering?” If not that specifically, people generally ask about your doctor or your doctor visits. Whether it’s close friends and family or total strangers, most will insert some sort of advice or personal experience to whatever birth plan it is you’ve chosen. It can be …

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Watching Home Birth Videos 22:21

20m ago22:21

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Remember the horrible films you’d watch in sex ed classes featuring a scary, screaming, bloody mess of a woman giving birth in total agony (probably because she had sex before marriage and was birthing the baby out of wedlock - I went to Catholic school so I’m convinced those videos were purely to warn off pre-marital sex rather than educate on the…

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A Father’s Perspective: Wrestling With the Fears, Thoughts and Beliefs of an Out-Of-Hospital Birth 33:04

24d ago33:04

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Many pregnancy and birth resource focus on the mother or the baby, for reasons that are quite obvious. But there’s typically another partner involved who is feeling all sorts of things, but isn’t always asked or encouraged to share and express the roller coaster of thoughts, fears, hopes, beliefs that they’re experiencing. I wanted to change that i…

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Our Back and Forth Journey to Deciding on a Home Birth 35:04

15d ago35:04

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When we began our pregnancy adventure, home birth was pretty far from our mind. We kicked things off the traditional way: going to see an OBGYN at a great hospital that would usher our baby into the world the way that 98% of families in the US do it. But three months later we parted ways with our OBGYN, partnered up with a midwife group working out…

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A Loving Yet Raw Dialogue On Home Birth 18:24

1M ago18:24

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“We’re doing it at home!” That’s the response my husband and I gave when people asked us about our birth plans. 3 months into our pregnancy we decided to ditch the traditional hospital birth with an OBGYN, for a birth that aligned more with the experience we wanted to create for ourselves and our little one. Home birth suited us well, and we dove i…

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494: Reflecting on Eight Years Of Doing It At Home: A Farewell to Our Podcast Journey 44:24

1M ago44:24

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Here we are, folks. This is the final new episode that we’ll be putting out for Doing It At Home. It’s been a magical 8 years. We sat down to share some of our thoughts, memories and takeaways with you all. Thank you for supporting this space, whether you’ve listened to every single episode or this is your first time tuning in, we’re grateful that …

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493: From Hospital to Birth Center to Home Birth with Martina Cifiello (DIAH Classic) 54:45

2M ago54:45

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What influences your birth choices? It’s helpful to look at this, to see what matters to you when it comes to birth, and how you can create a birth environment and culture around you that supports you best. Today we’re chatting with Martina Cifiello about her birth journey. From a hospital birth with her first child to a birth center with her secon…

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492: Finding Your Midwives and Releasing Fear with Marissa Olivera (DIAH Classic) 51:27

2M ago51:27

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Marissa is a mom of 2 from Utica, NY, with both a hospital and home birth story. Marissa experienced intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) with her first pregnancy. That, along with some early signs of labor made for a hospital birth that included a lot of intervention and fear. The way she sees it, baby Maxwell just wasn’t ready yet. She planned …

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491: 53-Hour Labor, Hospital Transfer and a Badass Mama with Bekah Kitchens and Jesse Carroll (DIAH Classic) 48:48

2M ago48:48

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When asked a question by a care provider, do you have to respond right away? Most of us don’t know or realize that we have choice. And especially when it’s not an emergency, we can take time to process and decide what we want to do and even refuse what doesn’t work for us. This is a powerful message from our guests in today’s episode, who experienc…

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490: Birth as a Rite of Passage: Messages for Birthers and Birth Workers with Blyss Young, LM, CPM (DIAH Classic) 1:10:11

2M ago1:10:11

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Where will you hear about home birth story details, the difference between modern and traditional midwifery, what to do when you are inspired to enter birth work and the connection of birth with sexuality and spirituality? This episode of the podcast, that's where! Today we’re joined by Blyss Young, LM CPM. Blyss is a home birth midwife, teacher, c…

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489: The 40-Hour Home Birth That Almost Wasn't with Josephine Breen (DIAH Classic) 52:24

3M ago52:24

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How can you utilize the power and intention of prayer for your birth? Regardless of your faith, setting intentions for your birth experience can be a big part of preparation for the experience. Today’s guest, Josephine Breen, weaves her faith into her birth story of her daughter Myriam. Josephine was born at home, and always remembers her mother be…

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488: Trust, Surrender and the Magic of Home Birth with Melissa Thormahlen (DIAH Classic) 47:39

3M ago47:39

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Melissa Thormahlen knows how to give me “all the feels.” I knew her story would impact many when her first email to me about her birth story had me tearing up. She experienced most of her birthing experience at home with her first baby Emeline, before transferring to a hospital and having a beautiful birth. For Tyler, baby number 2, she knew she wa…

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487: Having a Victorious HBAC with Christina Winsnes (DIAH Classic) 48:46

3M ago48:46

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“Is my body able to give birth?” This is one of the questions that Christina Winsnes asked herself as she prepared for the home birth of her second child, after an unplanned cesarean birth with her first child Emma. With the support of her husband Yeti and the rest of her team, Christina took time during her second pregnancy to deal with fears and …

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486: From Hospital to Birth Center to Home to Possible Free/Unassisted Birth with Emilee Petrill (DIAH Classic) 54:31

4M ago54:31

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How does the experience of one birth influence the plans for births that follow? Today we chat with Emilee Petrill, and we pack a lot into a sub-hour conversation. Emilee has experienced a hospital birth with her first son Corbyn, a birthing center for her son Penn and finally a home birth for her son Moxy. She walks us through the processes and de…

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485: A Christmas Day Home Birth Full of Statistics and Spiritual Connection with Ashton Parker (DIAH Classic) 1:13:47

4M ago1:13:47

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Can you approach birth from both a statistics and research-driven mind as well as with an intention to connect more deeply spiritually? YES! And our birth story today is an example of that. Ashton Parker shares her home birth journey with us. First with a good hospital birth for her first child, which included 5 hours of pushing. Then considered an…

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484: Talking Home Birth and Placenta Encapsulation With Jenny DiPietro (DIAH Classic) 33:22

4M ago33:22

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We’re entering a new phase of the podcast! In addition to our episodes that feature Matthew and me discussing some topic related to home birth, we’re publishing our conversations with moms and families who have experienced home birth along with professionals and thought leaders on the subject. First to kick off this endeavor is our chat with Jenny …

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Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

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Sex While Pregnant: The Ins, The Outs, The Reach Arounds 39:07

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Reactions To Home Birth From Family, Friends and Strangers 34:42

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Watching Home Birth Videos 22:21

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A Father’s Perspective: Wrestling With the Fears, Thoughts and Beliefs of an Out-Of-Hospital Birth 33:04

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Our Back and Forth Journey to Deciding on a Home Birth 35:04

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A Loving Yet Raw Dialogue On Home Birth 18:24

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494: Reflecting on Eight Years Of Doing It At Home: A Farewell to Our Podcast Journey 44:24

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493: From Hospital to Birth Center to Home Birth with Martina Cifiello (DIAH Classic) 54:45

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492: Finding Your Midwives and Releasing Fear with Marissa Olivera (DIAH Classic) 51:27

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491: 53-Hour Labor, Hospital Transfer and a Badass Mama with Bekah Kitchens and Jesse Carroll (DIAH Classic) 48:48

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490: Birth as a Rite of Passage: Messages for Birthers and Birth Workers with Blyss Young, LM, CPM (DIAH Classic) 1:10:11

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489: The 40-Hour Home Birth That Almost Wasn't with Josephine Breen (DIAH Classic) 52:24

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488: Trust, Surrender and the Magic of Home Birth with Melissa Thormahlen (DIAH Classic) 47:39

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487: Having a Victorious HBAC with Christina Winsnes (DIAH Classic) 48:46

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486: From Hospital to Birth Center to Home to Possible Free/Unassisted Birth with Emilee Petrill (DIAH Classic) 54:31

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485: A Christmas Day Home Birth Full of Statistics and Spiritual Connection with Ashton Parker (DIAH Classic) 1:13:47

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484: Talking Home Birth and Placenta Encapsulation With Jenny DiPietro (DIAH Classic) 33:22

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