Healing Birth

Mar 09 2025 200 ep. 55 mins 25

Healing Birth Podcast artwork

Conscious conversations about birth, rooted in trusting the inherent wisdom of our bodies.

Health & Fitness

Copy RSS

Subscribe on Podcast Addict

Against The Odds: Birthing Twins Naturally in the Hospital

Mar 09 2025 63 mins

Gina’s first pregnancy was with twins, which limited her options for care to a hospital birth. During this labor, she faced immense pressure to receive an epidural, undergo various interventions, and was even made to give birth on the operating table in the operating room “just in case.” Despite all of this and the atmosphere of fear surrounding twin births, she managed to de

Birth is an Opportunity to Fully Trust Yourself

Mar 02 2025 55 mins

Robyn describes her first birth as a ‘weird, numb experience.’ She was in the hospital, on an epidural, and slept through most of it. However, a family car accident became a turning point for Robyn, prompting her to make holistic health changes for her family. As she began to explore ways to take charge of their healthcare more naturally, her perspective on birth shifted. By th

From Deeply Indoctrinated, to Free: Kelly’s Journey of Six Births

Feb 23 2025 66 mins

Over the course of having six babies, Kelly’s beliefs about birth, pregnancy, and sovereignty changed drastically. She went from thinking that women who birthed outside the hospital were irresponsible and dangerous, to free birthing her last baby at 42, with only her husband by her side. Kelly shares her entire journey with us today in the hope of encouraging other women to recog

Homebirth After Cesarean (HBAC) With a Radical Birthkeeper

Feb 16 2025 65 mins

Chandani was a doula working within the system when she became pregnant with her first baby. Witnessing the trauma and high cesarean rate in the hospital, she knew she didn’t want to give birth there and decided on a home birth. Although she entered the pregnancy with extensive knowledge about birth and hired a midwife, her birth ultimately ended in a cesarean after her midwife t

Becoming a Birthworker with Leisa Masters

Feb 09 2025 54 mins

Leisa Masters is a mother, an accomplished birthworker, and an experienced business manager. She has been supporting women through pregnancy, birth, and motherhood for over a decade. Her own experience birthing her daughter in the Australian medical system became a classic cascade of interventions, ultimately leading to an unnecessary cesarean. However, being deeply committed to pe

Pregnant and Didn’t Know it: A Rainbow Gathering Birth

Feb 02 2025 59 mins

India was 21, and dancing without a care in the world at a festival in Nepal when she suddenly felt her water break. That was the moment she realized she was pregnant—and about to have a baby! What followed, in one of the most incredible birth stories I have ever heard, was a four-day labor, supported by her Rainbow Gathering community, in a remote village in Nepal. If you love t

Precipitous and Powerful: Tiffany’s Third Birth

Jan 26 2025 56 mins

Returning guest Tiffany shares her powerful third birth story—a precipitous freebirth. Alone with just her partner, Tiffany navigated this intense and transformative experience following a wild pregnancy. Tiffany’s story also includes one of the coolest placenta births I’ve ever heard! You can hear her first two birth stories, on her first appearance on the podcast, here. If

Giving Birth with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Jan 19 2025 23 mins

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a connective tissue disorder that presents differently in each individual. For Emily, it significantly affected her digestive system. During her first pregnancy, she struggled with severe hyperemesis, unable to keep any food down at all. In this episode, Emily shares one of the most unique and challenging stories of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum

Healing Through Homebirth, and Grieving the Past

Jan 12 2025 63 mins

After two hospital births—one of which was extremely traumatic—Laura decided to homebirth her third baby. During her 20-week anatomy scan, a velamentous cord insertion was discovered. Laura’s main concern with this complication was the risk of intrauterine growth restriction. She chose to closely monitor her baby’s size through ultrasounds, and by 35 weeks, it was clear sh

Fleeing Paris: A Family’s Fight for Birth Autonomy

Jan 05 2025 64 mins

I open season six of the podcast with the jaw-dropping story of a family who fled France after the authorities targeted them for freebirthing their baby. Katie initially planned a homebirth for her first child, but during labor, her midwife transferred her to the hospital, where she was given no option but to have a cesarean section. When Katie became pregnant with her second chil