Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

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216: HOME BIRTH STORY - Infertility, Foster Care and a Miracle Baby with Lynnea Krall Apr 16, 2019

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What do you think it would be like to grow from a family of 2 to a family of 5 in just under a year?

Well, you’ll hear a little bit about that today in our interview with Lynnea Krall.

Lynnea is an RN turned doula who believes in the power of supporting women and families in birth. She and her husband Daniel struggled themselves when it came time to plan their family. After 2.5 years of infertility challenges, they were told that it would be medical impossible for them to have biological children. Already planning to foster at some point, they moved up that timeline when they brought two beautiful little girls into their lives, Winne and Lissa. A month and a half later, they found out they were pregnant!

So listen in to hear the rest of this magical and wild ride - from the plan to have a home birth, to surprises during labor and now what life is like as a family of 5.

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215: HOME BIRTH STORY - Ironman Athlete and First-Time Mama at 40 with Stephanie Dunne Apr 09, 2019

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Have you heard the term geriatric pregnancy? (Matthew hadn’t before this interview).

Any pregnancy after the age of 35 is actually technically considered a geriatric pregnancy. But in our conversation today with Stephanie Dunne, we’re shifting that narrative and dropping age as a defining factor in pregnancy and birth.

Stephanie shares her birth story of her son Sebastian with us and makes a very powerful point in her sharing: “We create our own reality.”

This is a great episode for mamas of all ages and birthing philosophies to listen to. We talk about the factors that led to choosing home birth for Stephanie and her husband Jerry, why they waited after 16 years of marriage and Stephanie turning 40 to have a baby, and how they processed the whole experience.

Stephanie trusted her body (being a very active person, a registered dietician and Ironman athlete), prepared her mind and utilized her team and the strong partner that she had in her husband.

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Stephanie’s Website - www.nutritionqed.com
Birthing From Within - https://birthingfromwithin.com/
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214: HOME BIRTH STORY - Training for the Marathon of Birth with Brooke Cates, Founder and CEO of The Bloom Method Apr 02, 2019

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Can you train for the experience of birth?

We’ve often heard birth compared to a marathon. Most people have a lot of intense and focused training when it comes to their marathons. So how can a woman prepare for the marathon of birth?

In today’s birth story we’re chatting with Brooke Cates, the founder and CEO of The Bloom Method, a pre and postnatal fitness method and training for the modern mama.

Brooke shares her home birth story of her son Leven and how she applied all of her knowledge and breath work to the experience. She talks about the strength and the ability to soften and surrender as important parts of birth.

Plus she shares part of her postpartum journey and what it’s been like running TBM as a new mama, as well as talks about the viral video of some TBM breathing techniques.

This is an empowering conversation for mamas interested in stepping into motherhood with more awareness of your body after giving birth.

Links:Our website:

The Bloom Method: https://thebloommethod.com/
The Bloom Method Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebloommethod/
The Bloom Method video featured on Today Show: https://www.today.com/video/the-pregnant-belly-pump-what-is-the-bloom-method-958060099916?v=raila
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213: HOME BIRTH STORY - Fearless First Time Mom at 38 with Tammy Williams (Rebroadcast) Mar 26, 2019

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If Tammy could, she would shout from every rooftop about how awesome her home birth experience was and how every woman can give birth without fear. Since finding every rooftop would take some time, having her on our “podcast rooftop” will suffice for now.

Unsure of whether or not she’d be able to get pregnant, Tammy had a surprise first pregnancy at 38. In a circumstance where many women might find themselves fearful and worried about the risks, Tammy powered up and she and her partner David decided on home birth after a close friend who was also pregnant at the same time shared her intentions of having a home birth.

Overwhelmed with emotion in an amazing way, Tammy sought out empowering information and resources with the support of her midwives that she selected from a nearby birthing center.

Tammy is a powerful example of knowing her body and trusting the inner voice. To her, home birth is such an important opportunity to strengthen all aspect of your life from your relationship to your partner to how you raise your children.

And through the course of her journey, she has actually inspired, influenced and encouraged other women and families in their home birth experiences as a resource and friend.

“I truly believe that by sharing these stories we can educate women about the importance of birthing without fear and helping to change the stigma around home birth,” says Tammy.

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212: HOME BIRTH STORY - When Loss Leads You to Birth Work with Sarah DiMarco Mar 19, 2019

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What inspires birth workers to do what they do?

In today’s episode, we’re chatting with Sarah DiMarco, a birth and bereavement doula and a mama of a blended family of 7. She shares both her experience as a doula as well as her birth stories.

Following her first birth, which was in a hospital, and then experiencing 2 miscarriages after that, Sarah was led to working in the birth world herself. Her work and studies influenced her decision to have a home birth for her next two children.

We talk about Sarah’s healing experience with her first home birth and the connection that she felt with God during it. Also the fetal ejection reflex. From her second home birth, we talk about trusting your intuition and an empowering decision that involved a NICU transfer.

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Still Birthday - https://stillbirthday.com/
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211: HOME BIRTH STORY - When You Plan For Home Birth Before Becoming Pregnant with Bailey Calvin Mar 12, 2019

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Did anyone create their birth plans before becoming pregnant?

In today’s episode, we chat with Bailey Calvin about her birth story with her daughter Riley Jo.

Bailey planned to have a home birth before becoming pregnant. She had just always envisioned a home birth for when she had babies. It did take a little while for her husband Taylor to get on board once they were pregnant. But after watching “Business of Being Born,” and listening to the “Doing It At Home” podcast, they were on the same page.

Bailey and her team decided to transfer to the hospital during labor due to her high blood pressure. The hospital they chose had an awesome midwife program that her midwife highly recommend. The midwife that was on call at the hospital actually did her fellowship under Bailey’s midwife, and was familiar with the out of hospital birth which made the situation a more peaceful transition.

Listen in to hear the rest of Bailey’s story. And as always, you can listen to the podcast through Parents on Demand, Apple Podcasts, Google Play or whatever podcast player you prefer!

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Healing Passages Birth Center - https://healingpassages.org/
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210: HOME BIRTH STORY - Proving Doctors Wrong with an Empowering HBAC with Ruth Sufrin Mar 06, 2019

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Did any naysayers try to convince you that you couldn’t have the birth you wanted?

It can be very challenging to process and deal with the feedback we get from people around us, especially care providers.

In today’s episode we’re chatting with Ruth Sufrin about her HBAC journey.

After an unplanned c-birth with her son Zev, she grieved the natural birth she had desired, felt less than and like no one understood her. She found herself up against the argument that often comes up around reconciling birth trauma: “You’re healthy, baby is healthy...everything is fine.” But sometimes it’s not as simple as that.

Ruth describes the journey for her second birth beginning the day after her first birth, after being told that she would not be able to have a vaginal birth in the future. She began educating herself, became a doula, joined support groups like ICAN.

Ruth’s birth of her Sara was glorious, victorious and a tremendous experience with a beaming oxytocin high! She proved the doctors wrong, and ultimately proved to herself that the power was all inside of her.

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209: HOME BIRTH STORY - Two Different Home Births in Two Different Countries with Lindsay Wolff Mar 02, 2019

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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.

Both times Lindsay and her husband Jeremy had to navigate entirely new birthing communities, laws and care systems.

Some of the highlights of our conversation include her water breaking 5 days before labor starting in her first birth, along with 7.5 hours of pushing!

And now 3 years as a doula, Lindsay has attended over 200 births and works to support women like herself.

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Our website:

Lindsay’s website - https://www.birthingmattersdoula.com/
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208: HOME BIRTH STORY - When Your Own Births Inspire You to Become a Birth Worker with Cayla Adkins Feb 25, 2019

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Birth workers: what inspired you to start?

Today’s birth story is packed full of awesome conversation. We chatted with Cayla Adkins about her 3 different birth stories: hospital with an epidural to a precipitous hospital birth to a home birth.

Cayla walks us through the differences in these experiences as well as her evolution into choosing a home birth for her third.

We talk about the support from her husband Joshua, finding a midwife that aligned with her and even her own evolution into birth work, inspired by her connection with her midwife.

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Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vJcPmU
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207: HOME BIRTH STORY - Dual Prenatal Care with an OB and a Midwife with Ruby Pontbriand Feb 13, 2019

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Would you consider having dual care providers for your prenatal and birth prep?

In today’s episode we’re chatting with Ruby Pontbriand, who shares with us her birth history and decision to have dual care for her second pregnancy. She attended appointments with her OBGYN as well as visits with her midwife. All while planning to birth at home. This decision came after some trauma with her first birth in the hospital.

This is a great episode for anyone who’s thinking about keeping a tie with an OBGYN and hospital, while planning a home birth. Ruby also shares the pressures and stressors of going past your “guess date,” and the main differences she experienced in home and hospital.

Plus how birth impacts your postpartum experience.

Links:

Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth: https://www.amazon.com/Ina-Mays-Guide-Childbirth-Gaskin/dp/0553381156
Business of Being Born: https://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com/
Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vJcPmU
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