A platform for women to share their experiences with pregnancy and birth without feeling shy about the detail Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Our mission is to share diverse birth stories from across Switzerland in a way that empowers the storyteller. We aim to create a supportive space where each person is in control of their own narrative. By recording and sharing birth stories in Switzerland, we hope to inspire those planning their own birth, offer insights for birth workers, or allow listeners to reflect on their own birth experiences. Tune in to hear real, personal, raw birth stories. Available on all major podcast platforms. ...
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Let’s explore the amazing world of birth together! Listen for inspiring birth stories and intriguing teachings to expand your knowledge surrounding pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and postpartum life. Each soul-stirring episode is full of heart, passion, and practicality. Join me in this diverse mix of teachings and interviews with real moms and professional birth workers as we seek to more fully understand how God has designed early motherhood and the beginning of life!
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All about the struggles, surprises, joys, and exhaustion of birth and birthwork. Sharing stories about birth, birthwork, and everything it entails - infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, labor and delivery, bottle feeding, breastfeeding & relactation, self-care after birth, sex to get pregnant and after kids, birth options, to medicate or not to medicate, adoption, midwife vs hospital, and running a successful birthwork business.
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A Podcast of Mothers' stories of childbirth. Weekly interviews with mothers giving their first hand accounts of child birth in Australia. Designed to help educate and inform first time pregnant women, parents wanting to have better subsequent births and birth enthusiasts who love to hear and tell birth stories. An entertaining and heartfelt resource for pregnancy, labour and delivery and postpartum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Birth Journeys: Birth Stories and Birth Education for Moms & Pregnant Individuals
Kelly Hof, BSN, RN: Labor Nurse & Prenatal Coach
Are you looking for a podcast to help you feel confident in your birth experience? Then The Birth Journeys Podcast® is for you! We share powerful and transformative birth stories that illuminate the realities of childbirth. Hosted by a labor nurse and prenatal coach who specializes in transformational coaching techniques, this podcast goes beyond traditional birth narratives to foster healing, build trust, and create transparency between birthing individuals and healthcare providers. In each ...
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Welcome to Metro Detroit Birth Stories, a podcast celebrating the strength, wisdom, and beauty of birth—one story at a time. I’m Exie, a birth doula and childbirth educator with years of experience guiding families through pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. In this space, you’ll hear real, powerful birth stories from Metro Detroit and beyond, along with thoughtful conversations on the journey into parenthood. Whether you're expecting, a birth worker, or someone who loves the magic of birth, y ...
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If you are planning to become pregnant, trying to conceive, currently pregnant, have given birth in the last few years, or work in the birth field, Birth As We Know It ™️ is the podcast for you. Birth As We Know It ™️ is a birth story and birth experience podcast that is dedicated to recognizing the many different ways that birth unfolds. The good, the bad, and everything else in between. You will hear birth stories and birth experiences from the perspective of birthing people, birth partner ...
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A community in Victoria, BC, Canada, where people can listen to and share birth stories.
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Real birth stories from real moms for real moms. From pregnancy, to labor and birth, to post-partum. Here is what really happens!
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Welcome to the British Birth Stories Podcast, the place where mothers from around the country share their birth stories. Hosted by Ashley Brenninkmeijer. Music by Jonny Woodley. Thanks so much for being here!
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Birth Stories in Color is a podcast for Black, Indigenous, Asian, Latino, and Multiracial individuals to share their birthing experiences - a space that specifically celebrates, mourns with and supports them and their transformation through birth. Birth Stories in Color also emphasizes the role of storytelling as a way to equip future parents. Listening to real birth stories is one way to discover the expected and unexpected parts of the journey. We realize that there are birth stories not b ...
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A podcast featuring Australians sharing their journey of vaginal birth after caesarean. Through sharing and learning from each other's lived experiences the podcast is designed to empower and educate those whose VBAC journey may have just begun, help all expecting mums achieve a more natural birth if that is their intention, and better inform birth professionals about one's journey to a VBAC.
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GentleBirth - The GentleBirth Podcast | Positive Birth Stories, Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding with Midwife Tracy Donegan and Guests
Tracy Donegan
At GentleBirth we believe that a positive birth comes in many forms - and it's always defined by Mom. We've combined brain science, birth science and technology using the GentleBirth App to help you 'train your brain' for a positive pregnancy, birth and parenting experience. Each day of your pregnancy and postpartum period the GentleBirth App will recommend simple but effective mindfulness techniques, hypnosis, breathing techniques and affirmations for you and your partner to build confidenc ...
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Midwife and mother of four Clemmie Hooper (aka Mother of Daughters) chats to brilliant guests about the amazing and unique ways they had their babies, looking honestly at the highs and lows of childbirth in a weekly podcast. *This podcast is not to replace medical advice. Always speak to your midwife or doctor if you have any concerns* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Send us a text Birth can be both clinical and deeply human, and few moments capture that better than a planned C-section. I wanted to remove the mystery and the fear, so I walk you step by step through what it actually feels like—from walking into a bright, cold OR to hearing that first cry and settling into recovery with your baby. This is not the…
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S02E11 Ladina: Continuity Of Care, Sibling Bonds, And The Unexpected. Two Different Birth Experiences at Triemli in Zurich.
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Send us a text Ladina's resources are at the end of this description. Plans rarely survive contact with labour, and that’s exactly where this story shines. We sit down with Ladina, a Swiss parent who grew up in the US and Brazil, to trace two very different births at Triemli Stadtspital in Zurich—one long and medically complex, the next fast and gr…
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---Father of a child with a disability (autism/nonverbal). Discuss challenges with labor and birth process, expectations vs reality both parents faced. ---Following birth, choices we had to make for our child's care, was a preemie and experienced constant failure to thrive, wrestling with opinions of family/doctors. ---Navigating early stages of my…
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Mother of two Jessie returns to share her second pregnancy and birth story - one that beautifully illustrates the power of processing previous birth experiences and the importance of comprehensive preparation for subsequent labours. After what appeared to be a "textbook" first birth with daughter Bronte, Jessie discovered she was carrying unprocess…
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116 I Rediscovering Your Belief During Grief (with Madison Snyder) [Miscarriage, Gestational Diabetes, Induction]
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1:55:02When you find out you’re pregnant and you’ve never had more joy, faith, or closeness with God in your entire life, you’re on the mountain top! Then the enemy takes that baby away from you, and everything comes crashing down-how can you recover from such a tragedy? When Madison and Trevor become pregnant for the second time, they were understandably…
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EP190 Lisa, 8 Years TTC/IVF, Two Birth Stories, Loss of a Parent (Lisa's mother), Placenta Abruption
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1:49:16This week, I share my chat with Lisa, who talks me through the past nine years of her life. Together with her husband, she faced years of fertility struggles enduring IVF, tests, appointments, surgery and the heartbreak of negative tests, month after month, year after year. Eventually, they received the long-awaited positive result, which thankfull…
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91-Thad King- Partner-Miscarriage-3 Vaginal Births-Kearney, Aubrey & Owen + Bonus Birth
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1:17:26Send Kiona a Text Message! In this episode, Thad, a partner and father, shares his perspective on what it was like to watch his wife Patty go through multiple pregnancies and how they handled each transition as a couple. He also talks about a bonus birth that he experienced while operating an Army helicopter! birthasweknowitpodcast.com/91 Disclaime…
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Send us a text I’ve loved sharing birth stories with you, and so many of you have been curious about mine. So for this episode, I’m bringing a special throwback from the earlier version of this podcast, when my co-host Ciana and I sat down to share our first birth stories. We were young, naive, and did the best we could with what we knew (or didn't…
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S02E10 Henar: A High-Risk Label Rewritten By A Tenacious Mother- Informed Choices, Type 1 Diabetes, and an Unplanned Cesarean Birth
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Send us a text This episode is a must listen for every pregnancy. Henar's story of finding answers, self-advocacy, hard work and tenacity, as well as leaning in when things went differently than planned holds lessons for everyone embarking on pregnancy and birth in Switzerland. Henar's resources are below this description: What happens when modern …
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581 | Tori, Nutritionist turned midwife, breastfeeding challenges, EMDR, pregnancy anxiety, emergency caesarean, home VBAC
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1:29:04Tori shares her transformative journey through pregnancy loss, anxiety, and ultimately triumph. After experiencing a missed miscarriage at 10 weeks, Tori conceived her son Sol but faced a pregnancy filled with complications including fibroids, subchorionic haematoma, and ultimately placental insufficiency requiring an emergency caesarean at 40 week…
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CEO & Founder of Conscious Parenting Revolution, empowering parents to transform conflict into connection. Creator of the Guidance Approach to Parenting, teaching respect, collaboration, and emotional intelligence over power and control. 3x TEDx Speaker and bestselling author of 7 Strategies to Keep Your Relationship With Your Kids from Hitting the…
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115 | What To Do When Your Baby Gets Sick (with Emily Ransom) [Fever, Ear Infection, Colds, Croup, Flu, Pink Eye, Tummy Bug]
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1:25:02In today's episode: Books: The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care, Smart Medicine For a Healthier Child, How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor, Homeopathic Medicine-Children and Infants To Have at Home: Pulse Ox, Nebulizer, Nose Frida, Feel Better Fast (6m+), Elderberry Elixir (12m+), Cod Liver Oil, Teeth Tamer (for teet…
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580 | Katherine, planned caesarean, unexpected diagnosis, craniosynostosis journey, surgical planning, parent advocacy
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Katherine shares her postpartum journey after discovering her son Finn was born with craniosynostosis - a condition where skull sutures fuse prematurely. What began as a planned caesarean birth for her transverse baby quickly became a complex medical journey involving specialists, testing, and preparing for major skull surgery. Katherine's story hi…
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Birth Back Then EP190 Susan (1980’s), 5 Pregnancies & Births, Infant Loss, Positive Births, Community & Family Support
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This week, I chat with Susan, who takes us through her five pregnancies and births. She looks back on each experience fondly, reflecting on the kindness and support she received along the way. Tragically, five months after the birth of her first baby, Gillian, Susan faced the loss of her daughter. We chat through how few services were available to …
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S02E09 Joanna: Rethinking Authority, Confidence and Where We Give Birth. One Hospital Birth in Poland and One Home Birth in Switzerland.
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1:12:59Send us a text Joanna is a small business owner living in Glarus with her family. She owns Moon and June, a non-alcoholic apertif made in Switzerland. Her resources are below this description. A decade can change everything. Joanna went from a fast-paced banking career and a midwife-led hospital birth in Poland to a slow, deliberate, deeply support…
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114 | Birth Redemption Comes In Many Shapes & Sizes - Pt. 2 (with Matthew and Monika Taylor) [Precipitous Birth, Two Under Two, Water Birth]
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1:15:55Amazingly, Matthew and Monika went on to have their second child relatively quickly after she was finally healed from her first, and again had another smooth pregnancy. But all of her plans would come crashing down as her due date approached, and it seemed as if all of her hopes and dreams were slipping out of her hands. Her biggest fear was tearin…
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579| Melanie Jackson Two home births, 36-hour labour, midwife, acupuncture in labour
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1:07:32Mel is an experienced private midwife and academic researcher who shares her two contrasting home birth experiences - from a 36-hour labour with her first baby born at 36 weeks weighing just 2.3kg, to a euphoric second birth that had her laughing with joy. Her story beautifully illustrates how subsequent births can offer completely different experi…
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EP189 Becky, Three Pregnancies & Births, Positive Induction (During covid), Premature Birth (36 and 6), Cholestasis, Unplanned Homebirth
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1:37:41I love this episode. Becky revisits each of her three, very different birth stories. Her first birth was an induction at 41+ weeks, second birth just shy of 37 weeks and her third experience an unplanned homebirth. Her outlook throughout each of her experiences is so amazing. She remained incredibly positive and she got to experience that rush of o…
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S02E08 Maggie: How A Planned Twin Cesarean Became A Grounded, Joyful Birth And A Gentle Postpartum
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Send us a text Maggie Wyss, PhD, is a researcher, writer, and international health expert exploring the intersection of gender, health, and society. Her work is centered on how women navigate complex decisions, particularly in pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. Her resources are below this description: What if a twin cesarean could feel calm, connec…
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113 | When Giving Birth Is the Easy Part - Pt. 1 (with Matthew and Monika Taylor) [First Time Mom, Fast Labor, Postpartum Complications]
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1:16:43When you have a relatively smooth pregnancy, and a spontaneous, quick, uncomplicated and unmedicated birth at 39 weeks, you seem to have won the pregnancy and childbirth lottery, right? That’s what Matthew and Monika thought as well until she hit postpartum. And it wasn’t postpartum depression that took her out. It was the tear she endured during d…
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578 | Maddie - Homebirth, private midwife, cleft lip and palate diagnosis, exclusive pumping journey
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Maddie shares her transformative journey from receiving an unexpected cleft lip and palate diagnosis at 22 weeks to achieving her dream home birth despite numerous challenges. As a 36-year-old first-time mother living in Melbourne's Bayside area, Maddie's story beautifully illustrates the power of informed choice, trusting your body, and finding th…
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EP188 Ellen (Past Guest EP21), One Pregnancy & Birth, Homebirth, Breastfeeding
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1:02:36This week I share my chat with Ellen who shared her first two birth stories back in Sept 2020 and now revisits the birth of her third child last year. Since we spoke back in 2020 Ellen has qualified as a postpartum doula which gave her all the tools she needed in preparation for her third labour and birth. She shares her reasons behind opting for a…
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577 | Annabel Bower, Stillbirth, Grief After Loss, NICU, Placental Insufficiency
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1:20:10For this week’s episode and in honour of Infant Loss Week, I interview Annabel Bower who takes us through her experience of stillbirth and the immense, layered grief that followed. Two weeks after her fourth child – a boy named Miles – was born still, she started writing about her experience so she could record all the little details that she knew …
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S02E07 Kristina: Pandemic Pregnancy to Empowered Parenting: Resilience, Gentle Support and Connection
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1:07:29Send us a text Kristina's resources are below this desription If you’re craving a nuanced, practical take on birth, breastfeeding, and entrepreneurship/work- light on dogma, big on real-life problem-solving then this is the story for you. A long labour, a late epidural, and then the hardest part hits after birth: every latch feels like fire. When K…
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- became mom in 2016 and again in 2018 - was worried about suffering from postpartum depression given my history of mental health struggles (anxiety and depression) but put team in place prior to pregnancy including repro psychiatrist who put me on SSRIs that were life changing - now I am a psychotherapist specializing in women's mental health duri…
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112 | Pregnancy Isn't Easy, But It's Worth Every Second (with Daniel and Alyssa Mead) [Difficult Pregnancy, Water Birth, First Time Mom]
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Sometimes getting pregnant is easier than you expected, but then the pregnancy itself ends up being much more difficult. So learning to trust God and expect the unexpected is the name of the game! Alyssa and Daniel, while experiencing a difficult pregnancy with terrible nausea and vomiting, blood sugar issues, random rashes, the works, were pleasan…
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Lauren shares her contrasting birth experiences with her two boys, Charles and Harvey, whilst navigating the challenges of building two innovative businesses for parents. From her anxiety-filled first pregnancy during COVID to her blissfully calm second experience, Lauren's story highlights the profound difference that continuity of care and mental…
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In today's episode I chat with Dr Daniela Aiello, a registered osteopath specialising in pregnancy and postpartum care at Bulleen Osteopathy in Melbourne's northern suburbs. Daniela brings over two decades of experience treating pregnant and postpartum women, combined with her personal journey as a mother of two (aged 14 and 11) and founder of Cont…
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Sue Donnellan is a military wife, mom of four (including triplets), entrepreneur, author, and reformed yeller turned parenting pioneer. With over 20 years of experience, Sue has helped countless families worldwide break free from generational cycles of challenging parenting through her leadership-driven parenting methods. She is the author of Secre…
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