Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

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206: HOME BIRTH STORY - A Home Birth Transfer to the Hospital is Not a Failure with Allison Rich Feb 12, 2019

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Has anyone ever felt like a failure because their birth didn’t go exactly the way they planned?

We think this happens far too often. That’s why we’re happy we have conversations like the one we have today on the podcast. Allison Rich joins us to share her birth story.

After a false diagnosis of PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) medically mismanaged miscarriage, Allison and her husband Rafe wanted a different experience the next time they got pregnant.

Allison actually met with a group of midwives after her miscarriage (before becoming pregnant again) to talk about her experience, process and discuss what it could look like in the future for her.

Finally when she was pregnant again, she felt both excited and terrified at the same time. We go into her birth planning process and then the “incredible blur” of the birth. Allison talks about extending grace to yourself and realizing how hard we can be on ourselves when it comes to our births. This is a must listen for anyone nervous about hospital transfer or who experienced one and could use some extra support and affirmation.

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205: HOME BIRTH STORY - A Miracle Pregnancy and an Ecstatic Home Birth with Becca Coren Jan 30, 2019

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Can birth actually feel like you’re high and running through the jungle?

Well, listen in because it can and it did for today’s guest, Becca Coren.

Becca shares her journey to home birth - from a miracle pregnancy that brought with it physical and emotional challenges, a job change and move, tantric healing, and the result of an ecstatic home birth experience.

Becca lives in Hawaii with her husband Sanoon and their son, Liev Ruh. She walks us through her process of healing her body, preparing for birth and now sharing her story to bring awareness to other women and let them know that they have choices can trust their primal femininity.

Links:

Becca’s website - http://www.bexwellness.com/
Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vJcPmU
DIAH website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
DIAH Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv
DIAH Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingitathome/
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DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
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204: HOME BIRTH STORY - Making (Home) Birth and Motherhood Your Own Experience with Olivia Miller Jan 23, 2019

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How often do we carry fears from other people’s births into our own?

In today’s story, you’ll hear about how you can make birth and motherhood your own unique journey. We’re chatting with our friend Olivia Miller about her 3 births (hospital, home and planned home birth moved to a hospital, in that order).

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Mama Z - Natural Living Family - https://naturallivingfamily.com/
Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vJcPmU
DIAH website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
DIAH Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv
DIAH Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingitathome/
DIAH YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pzuzQC
DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
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Donate to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9

203: HOME BIRTH STORY - First Time Mother and Labor and Delivery Nurse on the Safety of Home Birth with Corrie Oyinloye Jan 15, 2019

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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. Corrie’s story also includes creating the space for her husband Gabe to feel confident in the decision, a move to a different state, prodromal labor, a cervical lip, occipito posterior position of baby and a double nuchal cord.

Links:

Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vJcPmU
DIAH website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
DIAH Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv
DIAH Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingitathome/
DIAH YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pzuzQC
DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
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Donate to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9

202: Couples Birth: Strengthening Your Connection with Your Partner and Including Them in the Experience with Lynn Griesemer Jan 13, 2019

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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.

We chat about some of Lynn’s own experience with 4 hospital births, followed by 2 unassisted births (or free births), as well as her insight into creating a safe and trusting environment for birth that can influence and empower later parenting experiences and decisions.

This is a great resource for those families who want their husband or partner to be very involved in the birth experience.

Links:

Lynn’s website: https://www.marriagecoachlynn.com/
Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vJcPmU
DIAH website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
DIAH Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv
DIAH Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingitathome/
DIAH YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pzuzQC
DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
DIAH Merch: https://bit.ly/3qhwgAe
Donate to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9

201: BIRTH STORY - How Birth Reminds Us of Our Resilience with Kimra Luna Jan 09, 2019

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What did birth teach you?

In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with personal branding and online business strategist Kimra Luna. We’ve actually been fans of Kimra for a while and have used some of her products and methodology for enhancing our own businesses. She’s built an empire and essentially turned her life around from once living on welfare with two small children. And if that’s not amazing and inspiring enough, we’re talking babies and birth with her!

Matthew and Kimra connected via a Facebook thread on podcasting, and somehow the conversation turned to home birth! So naturally, we wanted Kimra to join us for a chat.

She shares a little bit from each of her 3 births, a mix of circumstances and lessons. When she first learned she was going to be a mother, Kimra immersed herself in resources like “Business of Being Born,” Ina May Gaskin, Hypnobabies and searched for midwives and doulas to work with.

We talk about how birth reminds us how resilient we are and how we can manifest a magical birth experience.

Links:

Kimra’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kimralu
Kimra’s YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/kimraluna
Kimra’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kimraluna/
Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vJcPmU
DIAH website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
DIAH Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv
DIAH Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingitathome/
DIAH YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pzuzQC
DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
DIAH Merch: https://bit.ly/3qhwgAe
Donate to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9

200: Highlights from 2018 and Exciting Things in 2019 Jan 06, 2019

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Can you believe it’s been 200 episodes of the Doing It At Home podcast?! Today we’re celebrating 200 episodes with our first episode of 2019. And it’s a fun one. We share some really cool things that are going on, things to look forward to in 2019. And we also take a trip down memory lane for some of our highlights.

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Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vJcPmU
DIAH website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
DIAH Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv
DIAH Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingitathome/
DIAH YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pzuzQC
DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
DIAH Merch: https://bit.ly/3qhwgAe
Donate to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9

199: Unwanted Comments About Your Birth and the Cost of Home Birth Dec 30, 2018

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What did you do when people give you unnecessary and negative comments about your birth plan?

Today we’re addressing a couple of listener emails, ranging from topics of dealing with comments about the pain of birth, incorporating your spirituality or religious faith into your birth planning and the discussion of costs of home birth.

Links:

Our website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
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198: Having a Healthy Relationship with Food in Preconception, Pregnancy and Postpartum with Laura Jean Dec 23, 2018

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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.

Laura works with women and assists them in becoming the experts in their personal relationships with food.

This covers the preconception, pregnancy and postpartum experiences. We talk with Laura about how to approach your nutrition with a holistic and loving mindset. This looks like learning what your body is saying and then figuring out how to honor that. Also letting go of rules, negativity and pressure that comes with the experience of having a baby and being a mother.

Links:

Laura’s website - http://eatwithawareness.com/
Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vJcPmU
DIAH website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
DIAH Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv
DIAH Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingitathome/
DIAH YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pzuzQC
DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
DIAH Merch: https://bit.ly/3qhwgAe
Donate to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9

197: HOME BIRTH STORY - High-Risk Pregnancy, Traditional Midwives and Trusting Your Body with Erin Zekis Dec 18, 2018

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How do you learn to trust your body after some difficult experiences and a high-risk label?

In today’s episode, we’re talking with Erin Zekis about her journey to home birth. From premature labor with her first pregnancy and a hospital transfer, to exploring different methods of care for her second pregnancy, Erin and her husband Kevin were very intentional about what they wanted to experience for the birth of both their sons, Tobin and Aldrin.

Links:

Our website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3jKtIYv
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diahpodcast/
DIAH Store: https://yoursuccessfulhomebirth.com/
DIAH Merch: ttps://bit.ly/3qhwgAe
Donate to DIAH: https://bit.ly/3qgm4r9

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