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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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.
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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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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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A community in Victoria, BC, Canada, where people can listen to and share birth stories.
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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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Every birth story. Every mom.
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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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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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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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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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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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555 | Tarrah Jordan, IVF Journey, velamentous cord insertion (VCI), caesarean
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1:10:28Tarrah shares her remarkable three-year journey from trying to conceive naturally to welcoming her miracle IVF baby, Aspen. After starting to try for a family in September 2021, Tarrah and her husband Alexander faced the heartbreak of unexplained infertility, leading them through 10 rounds of IVF, pregnancy loss, and ultimately to their beautiful s…
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096 | Don't Miss The Miracles! (with Cayla and Joel Krop) [Water Birth, Home Birth, Natural Birth]
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1:13:14When your first two birth experiences are filled with lots of prodromal labor and a very slow going dilation process, you should expect the same for your third, right? Wrong! Often third babies are called “wild cards” for a reason, they typically are different from your first couple of times, and that was very much the case this time for Cayla. Hea…
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EP173 Niamh, Two Pregnancies & Births, Induction, Emergency C-section, NICU, Placenta Previa, Private Care, Planned C-section, NICU
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1:35:16This week I share my chat with Niamh who talks me through her two pregnancies and births. Niamh was overdue with her first boy which led to an induction. She was later brought for an emergency c-section as baby wasn’t happy at all. She talks us through the hours and days that followed this experience. We then talk through her second birth story whi…
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Agata: Five Unmedicated Hospital Births- Motherhood, Creativity and Transformation
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1:13:29Agata, mother of five children, shares her experiences of pregnancy and giving birth at Hirslanden Hospital in Zurich with remarkable honesty, self-awareness, and optimism. • Originally from Russia, Agata met her German husband in the UK before settling in Zurich in 2011 • Always wanted a large family- had her first three children in less than thre…
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Send us a text Navigating the search for your perfect birth doula can feel overwhelming. How do you find someone who aligns with your vision, fits your budget, and helps you feel secure during one of life’s most vulnerable moments? Drawing from over a decade of obstetric nursing experience, I’m breaking down everything you need to know about findin…
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How Chiropractic Care Chose Her, Practice Philosophies & Working with Pregnancy & Infants with Dr Kaitlyn Shikada - S7 E64
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Going from a potential career in pharmacy to chiropractic. Experience as a chiropractic patient with college athletic performance. Chiropractic chose me. Inspired to help kids and women during their pregnancy. 7 years in practice, miracles, running my own business and creating community. Grew up in Hawaii, but stayed in the mainland for opportuniti…
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1:10:02Send Kiona a Text Message! Description: Genesis dives into the details of what it was like to find out that her son had an atypical result on the Non-Invasive Paternal Testing (NIPT), which is a genetic test that screens cell-free fetal DNA for certain genetic conditions. Then she goes into the details of the induction that led to the birth of her …
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In this episode I share my chat with Angel. We revisited the birth of her son back in EP163 which was a gorgeous home birth. This time we talk about community, the tools to help you build support around you and the highs and lows of our personal experiences. Hearing Angles perspective just shows how unique we all are but despite this there is alway…
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554 | Ria regional midwife, two births, microcephaly, diagnostic journey, postpartum depression, resilience
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1:15:58In this deeply moving episode, midwife and mother Ria shares her journey through motherhood with her daughter Olive, who has a rare genetic condition. Ria's story is one of resilience, advocacy and the profound love that comes with parenting a child with additional needs. If you’re preparing your nursery or planning for a new arrival, here’s a litt…
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095 | The Importance of a Family Vision -- Father's Day Special 2025 (with Christopher Heeter)
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In this heartfelt and insightful Father's Day episode, Kayla chats with a very special guest (her husband, Chris!) for a candid conversation about the power of having a family vision. Together, they explore how setting intentional vision direction as a family can foster deeper connection, clarity, and unity towards building the Kingdom of God TOGET…
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In this episode, Rebecca shares her journey of having three children in quick succession, all with positive hospital birth experiences. As a high school teacher and mother to Theo (3), Reuben (18 months), and Josie (6 weeks), Rebecca's story highlights how knowledge, preparation, and the right care provider can make all the difference in birth expe…
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EP172 Eilis, Reciprocal IVF, Induction, Epidural, Vaginal Birth, Haemorrhage, Supporting Our Partners
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1:31:22This week I share my chat with Eilís who talks me through her one pregnancy and the birth of her daughter. Together with her wife Laura, Eilís conceived her baby via reciprocal IVF. She shares so much from how life looked through pregnancy, partner support and just navigating life whilst trying to focus on what lay ahead. Eilís then shares her birt…
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552| Ali's Birth Stories Preeclampsia, Maternal Assisted Caesareans, and Breastfeeding Journeys
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1:04:31Ali shares her journey of having two daughters via maternal-assisted caesarean births due to preeclampsia. Ali lives in Melbourne's inner west with her husband Brad and their daughters Evie (3.5) and Iris (9.5 months). Ali conceived Evie quickly and had a relatively smooth pregnancy until around 30-32 weeks when her blood pressure began rising. "My…
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EP171 - Vanessa, Fourth Birth, Navigating Profound Grief Through Pregnancy, VBAC, Unmedicated Birth
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This week I share my chat with Vanessa who talks me through her fourth birth story. Vanessa’s story is different to most as we revisit how she navigated grief while also trying to focus on her pregnancy. Just one week after Vanessas sister, Lisa left this world Vanessa discovered she was pregnant with her fourth baby. Vanessa gave birth to her son …
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094 | Choosing Unmedicated Birth After Three Epidurals (with Kelsie) [Natural Labor, Hospital Birth, Pain Management]
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1:08:44When you’ve had three medicated births that all went more or less smoothly, why on earth would you decide on an unmedicated birth for your fourth? Today Kelsie will share with us her four birth stories, all of which have lessons of their own, but she was amazed to see the difference having an unmedicated birth had in not only her reliance on the Lo…
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551 | Claire – Two births, MGP care, ulcerative colitis, big baby, physiological birth
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1:01:54In this week's episode, I chat with Claire about her two very different birth experiences at public hospitals in Melbourne. Claire's journey began with meticulous preparation - she and her partner Aaron spent six months optimising their health with a naturopath before trying to conceive. Her first pregnancy was textbook perfect, leading to a beauti…
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Karina: The Most Empowering Thing I've Ever Done Was Give Birth- Unmedicated Hospital Birth.
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Karina shares her empowering unmedicated birth experience at Hirslanden Clinic in Zurich, where she welcomed her daughter Amalia Luna after navigating nine months of severe pregnancy nausea. • First-time mother from Poland partnered with a Swiss father • Endured persistent nausea throughout pregnancy that only subsided in the last trimester • Prepa…
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550 | Mel's Journey: Same-Sex Conception, IVF, and Navigating Birth Plans
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1:14:38In this episode, Mel shares her comprehensive journey to motherhood with her partner Peta in Melbourne. As a same-sex couple, their path to parenthood required careful planning, patience, and resilience through the assisted reproductive treatment system. Mel's story beautifully illustrates the unique challenges and joys of same-sex conception while…
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093 | Fighting Tooth And Nail For A Natural Twin Birth (with Amanda Kiddoo) [Twins, Birth Education, Natural Birth]
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1:12:22Society says to wait to have children until after you’ve been married for awhile…but what does God say? When Amanda and Desert asked God what His will was for their family, He quickly placed twins in Amanda’s womb. And oh what a journey it would be! Amanda knew she wanted to have a vaginal and unmedicated birth, just like God had designed her body …
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549 | Anthea - Three Births, Bed Rest, and Finding Strength in Unexpected Challenges
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1:06:09In this deeply moving episode, I chat with Anthea about her three very different birth experiences, including a challenging third pregnancy that required months of strict bed rest during COVID lockdowns with two toddlers at home. After experiencing an ectopic pregnancy and a nine-month journey to conceive, Anthea went on to have two hospital births…
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Send us a text The birth plan has become a staple of pregnancy preparation, but most expectant parents are approaching it all wrong. What began as a revolutionary tool for restoring autonomy during the natural birth movement of the 1960s has too often devolved into a rigid checklist that sets birthing people up for disappointment and even trauma. I…
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EP170 Caroline, Three Pregnancies, Two Births, Premature Birth at 25 Weeks 2 Days, NICU, Second Pregnancy, Full Term, Vaginal Birth
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1:23:01In this week’s episode I share my chat with Caroline who talks me through her two birth stories and one miscarriage. Her first little boy came into the world at just over 25 weeks. Caroline brings us through each stage of realising she was infact in labour. Her baby was coming despite efforts to prolong her pregnancy. There is so much to life with …
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Belén's resources are below this description. Belén shares her empowering birth journey from Argentina to Switzerland, demonstrating how informed choices and self-advocacy created a positive experience even when her birth plan changed. Her story highlights the importance of preparation, language accessibility, and strong postpartum support across c…
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548 | Natalia - En Caul Birth, Two Home Waterbirths, Indigenous Birth Rituals, Birthing On Country
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1:10:53In this week’s episode I chat to Natalia @wildearthexpeditions about her two home water births with her daughters Estelle and Coco. Natalia’s story encapsulates her connection with her Indigenous family, the Ngarrindjeri people of South Australia. During her first visit to country she learnt to weave with her elders, a traditional ritual to welcome…
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Attorney to Transformational Mentoring, Miscarriage & Parenting a child with ADHD - Arlene Cohen Miller - S7 E63
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* I discovered that I was pregnant at age 29 a month after opening my own solo legal practice in a suburb of Cleveland, OH * My partner and I grew up in Louisville, KY. Our families were there, so we had no day-to-day support from them * My law school colleagues were practicing law 5 to 6 hours' drive away from where I was living. * I had to build …
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Send Kiona a Text Message! Description: Jennifer is a mother to four children. Her fourth child is her daughter, Alyssa, who came into this world with all of the surprises. She was a surprise pregnancy for her parents and came with a very surprising diagnosis of a Giant Omphalocele, which was discovered during the very first ultrasound to determine…
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092 I Letting Go & Letting God Lead The Way (with Kelsey Russell) [Water Birth, Mastitis, Birth Support]
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1:30:44Starting out in marriage, you think you know the plans you have for yourself, but what does God have to say about it? Kelsey and her husband had planned on fostering and adopting to grow their family, but after God told her to give up control, they became pregnant quickly. And after each baby, Kelsey would have been done, but God’s plans reign supr…
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In this episode, I chat with Katherine about her journey to motherhood through IVF and her birth experience with daughter Zendaya. Katherine shares her story of discovering her partner Aaron's rare diagnosis of azoospermia (where there is sperm in the body but none in the ejaculate), their IVF journey, and her eventual birth at the Royal Women's Ho…
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Send us a text One Way or a Mother is a new narrative podcast from Dr. Elliot Berlin, DC, host of The Informed Pregnancy Podcast. Each season is an intimate story of one woman, one pregnancy, and all of the preparations, emotions, and personal history leading up to the birth. Episodes feature the expectant mother along with her family, doctors, and…
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EP167 Jessica, One Pregnancy and Birth, Induction, Very Quick Labour
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1:02:20In this week’s episode I share my chat with Jess who talks me through her one pregnancy and the birth of her little girl. We chat through discovering she was pregnant, pregnancy itself and then into her induction. We often hear of stories around inductions with women waiting days for their baby to arrive. This wasn’t the case for Jess but infact th…
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- 3 birth experiences - 1) intended home birth with midwife, ended as cesarean due to cholestasis - 2) heartbreak of a 24-week fatal diagnosis, termination, vaginal delivery to a stillborn baby (my son Wilde) - 3) rainbow baby through a VBAC after induced labor with repeat cholestasis - career shifted to being a postpartum doula at 39 - work to shi…
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