Birth Warrior Podcast

Oct 05 2022 50 ep. 55 mins 48
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The Birth Warrior Podcast is a project of the Indie Birth Association featuring the stories of autonomous birth.

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Drumming Her Daughter To the Earth (and In Ecstasy): Ashley’s Freebirth Story of Koa Moon

Oct 05 2022 28 mins  
Ashley is a doula, wife, and mother to three mini goddesses. Her message to women is simple but powerful, she shares: “If every woman could attain the birth knowledge I did in a few years and feel confident in their bodies, everyone would be brought into the world through freebirth.” Ashley is a birth/postpartum doula […]

“You are Powerful, Let Fear Go! And Let Birth Guide You For It Cannot Be Planned”: Tiffany’s Birth Story

Sep 29 2022 30 mins  
Tiffany is an aspiring doula, mother to five children and married to her high school sweetheart of 15 years. Tiffany’s birth unraveled beautifully and showed her, yet again, that women hold so much power within them. She encourages women to let go of fear and listen to their own intuition, and to let birth guide […]

Balancing Calm, Confidence, Flexibility and Trust in a Risky Situation: Julia’s Pain-Free Birth Amidst Cord Prolapse and De-Stigmatizing Breech 

Sep 23 2022 50 mins  
Having a didelphys uterus and a pattern on breech babies, Julia just wanted a straightforward home birth, but this was not in the cards as her 3rd baby presented every complication possible. Ironically, it turned out to be her easiest birth. In Julia’s own words “Humans plan and God laughs. Trust him and everything will […]

The Language of Womb Intelligence – A Language of Her Own: Heather’s Birth Stories and VBAC as Her Personal Genesis

Aug 27 2022 59 mins  
With her history as a gymnast, dancer/mover, and body worker, Heather assumed she had the tools for trusting/following her body’s lead during birth…that was until she hit deeply embedded triggers from her history of child abuse that illuminated a messy entanglement of wounds and conditioning left by patriarchal and paternalistic systems. With a nearly 70 […]

Journey To The End Goal: Kara’s Five Birth Stories

Aug 18 2022 101 mins  
Kara is a homeschool teacher, nature lover, amateur baker, bookworm, and mama of five incredible children. She shares that starting a family has shaped her in many ways, and one of the most significant was the discovery that she has a serious passion for birth. Kara’s own birth experiences were transformative, and she hopes to […]

“There Is Always More To Learn”: Hailey’s Birth Stories

Jul 31 2022 93 mins  
Hailey Kirksey is a 28 year old Arkansas native, married, and a mother of two young children; holding a Master of Liberal Arts degree in English Literature, she is currently writing a novel while living as a full-time “stay-at-home-mom.” With the hope of inspiring other birthing women, Hailey will be juxtaposing the stories of her […]

Opening to Universe, Surrendering To The Divine: Zuri’s Freebirth Story of Elijah Light and The Intersection of Psychedelics and Motherhood

Jul 24 2022 60 mins  
Zuri is a home birthing, homeschooling mama of two, holistic childbirth educator, and ceremonialist. The free-birth story of her second baby, Elijah Light, is one of deep primordial intuition, spirit baby communication, and unwavering trust. Zuri hopes that her story inspires women to radically trust the wisdom that lies within, and to tune into the […]

Sam’s Birth Stories and How Having a Powerful Birth Doesn’t Necessarily Mean No Support

Jun 27 2022 38 mins  
Sam is a prenatal yoga teacher, doula, and mother of two boys, presently residing on the Kentucky River. Sam’s birth taught her that, to truly be free, to know and to trust herself, is to know how to manage her energetic state and create the energy that she wanted within herself and project that out […]

“Do I Have To Do It This Way?”: Skye’s Freebirth to River Kawai, Making Yourself Unavailable For Unsolicited Advice While Pregnant, and The Importance of Sister Support During The Maiden To Mother Rite of Passage

May 29 2022 43 mins  
Skye is a somewhat transient hippie but mostly just, in her own words, an “ordinary woman,” who hopes her birth story will inspire others to trust their intuition surrounding their births, even (or perhaps, especially) when it may not be what they had originally planned for. She shares the message that unassisted birth is possible, […]

The Answers Are Within Us: Amanda’s Birth Stories and The Confidence That Birth Can Give You In the Face of Life’s Challenges 

Apr 20 2022 55 mins  
Amanda Alappat is a homebirth mother of two, a preconception to postpartum coach, birth doula and facilitator of women’s circles, retreats and programs. Though she experienced two very different births, she’s come to learn that how you birth truly does matter and that each experience is an opportunity to step into and own our fullest […]