093: HOME BIRTH STORY - Choosing Faith Over Fear During Pregnancy and Birth with Caryn Ragin | Doing It At Home

488: Trust, Surrender and the Magic of Home Birth with Melissa Thormahlen (DIAH Classic): 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 wanted to go for a home birth again because she trusted her body and her amazing birth team. In Tyler’s birth story, Melissa explains the trust and surrender to the process. She also took time to be close and intimate with her husband, Paul in the time before active labor. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

48 min listen

487: Having a Victorious HBAC with Christina Winsnes (DIAH Classic): “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 concerns. Also to come to a place of peace and acceptance that a non-vaginal birth was not a failure. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

49 min listen

486: From Hospital to Birth Center to Home to Possible Free/Unassisted Birth with Emilee Petrill (DIAH Classic): 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 decisions around each of those experiences. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

55 min listen

485: A Christmas Day Home Birth Full of Statistics and Spiritual Connection with Ashton Parker (DIAH Classic): 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 another hospital birth for her second child, but after some research and statistics, landed on home birth. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

74 min listen

484: Talking Home Birth and Placenta Encapsulation With Jenny DiPietro (DIAH Classic): 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 DiPietro. Jenny is a mom of 4, who has experienced both home and hospital birth. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

33 min listen

483: Having a Healthy Relationship with Food in Preconception, Pregnancy and Postpartum with Laura Jean (DIAH Classic): Would you say that you eat with awareness? In today’s episode, we’re chatting with registered dietician and creator of Eat With Awareness, Laura Jean. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

47 min listen

482: A Home Water Birth Story and Normalizing Postpartum Anxiety with Carolyn G. (DIAH Classic): How does your first pregnancy and birth experience impact your second? In today’s interview, we’re chatting with Carolyn about her pregnancy and birth story of her son Solomon, while pregnant with her second child. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

79 min listen

481: Two Confident and Fearless Home Births and the Importance of Doing Your Homework with Emily Stanwyck (DIAH Classic): When it comes to birth, what does it mean to “do your homework?” This is a big theme of our conversation with Emily Stanwyck, birth doula, Birthfit trainer and home birth mom of 2. According to Emily, “you can have 2 perfect home births when you do your homework!” by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

60 min listen

480: Birth Center Transfer and Planning A Home Birth with Lindsay Bonnar (DIAH Classic): Today's episode is an interview and home birth story of Lindsay Bonnar. Lindsay is another beautiful face of home birth, sharing her plans for home birth with her daughter that eventually shifted into a transfer to a birthing center. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

44 min listen

479: When Your Water Breaks 3 Days Before Labor Starts with Jenna Lehr (DIAH Classic): For those mamas who experienced their waters breaking - how long did it take for labor to begin after that? Well in the case of today’s guest, Jenna Lehr, her water broke on a Tuesday, and her baby was born that Saturday! In this birth story we get to hear how Jenna and her husband Jason planned for their home birth. It evolved from knowing nothing about birth to watching “The Business of Being Born” and seeking more information to having preconception appointments to talk about what birth could be and look like. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

38 min listen

478: Natural, Holistic, Spiritual Approach to Birth, Plus Dealing with IUGR with Amy Zhou (DIAH Classic): How do you prepare for birth beyond the physical factors? Today’s guest is Amy Zhou, a certified Health Coach and Medicine Woman who specializes in teaching women (and men) how to heal their body, mind and spirit naturally at home. She’s also a new mama to her son Nathaniel, who is three and a half weeks old at the time we recorded this episode. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

63 min listen

477: How to Plan Birth Support During COVID-19 with Heather Delaney (DIAH Classic): Have circumstances impacted your pregnancy and/or birth? Today we’re chatting with Heather Delaney, childbirth educator, certified labor and postpartum doula and CEO of Maryland State Doulas. Heather walks us through how she and her team of doulas and birth professionals shifted during the 2020 Pandemic to serve their clients with virtual support. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

61 min listen

476: The Super Fast Bradley Method Water Birth with Kimberly Huck (DIAH Classic): In today’s episode we’re talking with Kimberly Huck, mama to Henry and wife to Dan. And we have a special connection with Kimberly. We live near each other and...we used the same midwives! So the same women who helped deliver baby Maya, delivered baby Henry just a few months earlier. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

58 min listen

475: 23 Years After Home Birth with Mimi Adeogba (DIAH Classic): Why home birth? Our latest DIAH mama is actually a close friend (a first for the show!). Mimi Adeogba, yoga instructor and yoga teacher trainer and all around amazing human being, joins us to retell the home birth story of her son Adeyemi from 23 years ago. And it’s amazing how decades can pass, and yet the memory of a birth can stick so strongly. The way Mimi tells the story, you would think it was yesterday. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

47 min listen

474: A Secret Home Birth and Postpartum PTSD from Hospital Trauma with Stephanie Aberlich (DIAH Classic): Have you experienced postpartum PTSD? Today we’re talking with Stephanie Aberlich, not only about her home birth of her son Arlo (which she and her husband Dustin planned for and kept a secret from friends and family), but also the traumatic ER visit and hospital stay for baby Arlo just 24 hours after he was born and was experiencing fast breathing. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

96 min listen

473: Trusting Baby and Staying Empowered During a Postpartum Hospital Transfer with Lauren Leduc (DIAH Classic): What does it mean to become a student of birth? For Lauren Leduc, that was the role she took on when she planned for her home birth. “I took on pregnancy and birth like it was my major in college!” by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

71 min listen

472: A Home Birth Story and A Birth Center Story with Maria Mengel (DIAH Classic): Here we have another magical home birth story for you. Maria reached out to us after listening to the show and felt inspired to share her experience of home birth. We love stories like these - full of candor, vulnerability and humor. Maria has the experience and perspective of giving birth in a birthing center as well as at home, so we were really excited to sit down and pick her brain about it all. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

46 min listen

471: Mum of 16 Plus Creating Your Home Birth Plan (DIAH Classic): How should you approach your home birth plan? In today’s episode Sarah reads listener emails and talks about creating a home birth plan. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

26 min listen

470: First Time Mother and Labor and Delivery Nurse on the Safety of Home Birth with Corrie Oyinloye (DIAH Classic): Why would a labor and delivery nurse choose home birth? There are quite a few reasons, at least for today’s guest Corrie Oyinloye. Corrie has been a labor and delivery nurse for 10 years. And two years ago, she chose home birth for the birth of her daughter, Rachel. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

61 min listen

469: Hyperemesis Gravidarum, Membrane Sweeps and En Caul Birth with Melanie Meador (DIAH Classic): How do we move through the discomforts of pregnancy and birth? This comes up in today’s interview with Melanie Meador. Melanie shares her journey with both of her home birth experiences. This birth story includes: hyperemesis gravidarum, doula, acupuncture, TENs machine, membrane stripping, en caul, cervical lip, and red raspberry leaf tea. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

71 min listen

468: The Science of Natural and Undisturbed Birth with Dr. Sarah Buckley (DIAH Classic): In today’s episode we speak with Dr. Sarah Buckley on the science of natural and undisturbed birth. Dr. Sarah Buckley is the author of the best selling book Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering, the author the report Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing (January 2015), and all around natural childbirth expert. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

48 min listen

467: Journeying From Cancer to Home Birth with Eva Whipple (DIAH Classic): How could lessons from surviving cancer empower you in your birth? For Eva Whipple, going through cancer at age 19 shifted up her perspective on things. It taught her about priorities and her ability to push through. She recognizes that it also taught her to be present. And this carried into both of her births, both on the same day two years apart. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

44 min listen

466: Couples Birth: Strengthening Your Connection with Your Partner and Including Them in the Experience with Lynn Griesemer (DIAH Classic): Ever heard any of these approaches to birth: couples birth, daddy delivery, husband and wife birth? Well today our guest Lynn Griesemer, who is a mother of 6, marriage coach, podcaster and author (among many other things) joins us for a conversation about including your partner in the birth experience. Giving them an active role and making birth a family-led experience. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

53 min listen

465: Q&A with Midwives About the Midwifery Model of Care, Informed Consent and Family-Centered Birth with Sarah McClure and Charli Zarosinski (DIAH Classic): What does a midwife do? Might seem like an obvious answer if you’ve been in the birthing world for a while. But if you’re unfamiliar with different models of care or exploring home birth for the first time, it’s a very legitimate question with answers that could be very significant in your birthing journey. Today we’re joined by Sarah McClure and Charli Zarosinski, midwives of Hearth and Home Midwifery and hosts of The Homebirth Midwife Podcast. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

50 min listen

464: Peaceful Birth, Healthy Baby or “Birth is not pain, birth is power!” with Megan Kibling (DIAH Classic): Meet Megan, mom to 6-year-old Aurelia and 19-month-old Leonardo Iztali from Denver, Colorado. We connected with Megan via another DIAH mom, Marissa (whom we interviewed a few weeks before). Megan had sent a banner to Marissa to decorate her home in preparation for home birth. The same banner has made its way to other mamas since then, and Megan plans to continue to send it to friends as they want it. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

54 min listen

463: Two Mamas Welcome Their Baby with Caitlin and Sho Thompson (DIAH Classic): Were you surprised when your labor started? For mama Caitlin Thompson, she shares that even though she felt somewhat ready, there was still a part of her that didn’t expect it. Today’s home birth story is a followup to our interview with Caitlin back in episode 126 when we spoke to her about the emotional journey to conception for her and her wife Sho (definitely listen to that episode if you haven’t yet - it’s amazing). by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

55 min listen

462: Two Different Home Births in Two Different Countries with Lindsay Wolff (DIAH Classic): Any mamas out there who have birthed in multiple countries? Today’s guest, Lindsay Wolff shares her two home birth experiences with us. Her first with her daughter Isla was in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and her second daughter Marin was in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

53 min listen

461: Birth Worker Burnout and the Balance of Holding Space for Birth with Martha Lerner, Doula and Photographer (DIAH Classic): How do we prevent birth worker burnout? This is one of the great topics we dive into this week with Martha Lerner, birth doula and photographer. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

46 min listen

460: Why Non-Moms are Important in the Home Birth Conversation with Katy Drew (DIAH Classic): We have a fun and little different kind of episode for you today. Katy emailed us after her great friend and fellow DIAH mama Katie McCormick (from episode 73) shared the podcast with her. Katy thanked us for what we’re up to with the show. As a “non-mom” (though she plans to be in the future), she’s always been fascinated by pregnancy and birth. She’s been exploring the option of home birth for herself when that time comes. So we figured...let’s get on the phone, hit record and see what happens! by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

36 min listen

459: Home Birth for Baby #3 with the Help of an Enema During Transition with Alyssa Reeves (DIAH Classic): Would you consider using an enema during the labor process? In today’s birth story, we’re chatting with Alyssa Reeves, wife to Kirk and mama to twin boys Sam and Niko and daughter Zooey. And while there’s a lot more and totally magical elements to Alyssa’s story, she’s the first mama on the show to share her experience of using an enema during her transition phase of labor. We’re so grateful for her open and informative sharing on how helpful it was for her in preparation for pushing. So now other mamas listening to the show can learn from Alyssa’s experience and have another possibility for themselves if they have similar challenges during birth. by Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

51 min listen

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