Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast

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196: HOME BIRTH STORY - 53-Hour Labor, Hospital Transfer and a Badass Mama with Bekah Kitchens and Jesse Carroll Dec 12, 2018

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When asked a question by a care provider, do you have to respond right away?

Most of us don’t know or realize that we have choice. And especially when it’s not an emergency, we can take time to process and decide what we want to do and even refuse what doesn’t work for us.

This is a powerful message from our guests in today’s episode, who experienced this firsthand during the birth of their son while in the hospital after transferring from their home birth plan. And it’s a special treat because we got to speak with both mom and dad, Bekah and Jesse Carroll.

Bekah’s journey to home birth actually started when she was back in high school and did a speech on birth interventions. That, plus her mom is a doula. And Jesse comes from a family where his 3 siblings were born at home. So it made sense to them to plan for a home birth for their son Benji.

After 36 hours of labor and being only 5 cm dilated, the team made the decision to transfer. This was a smooth transition thanks to a bridge program, a way to make home birth transfers easier for families and care providers, with her hospital.

So listen in to hear the beautiful story, and why Jesse thinks his wife is such a badass!

Links:

Bekah’s Resources: https://www.gatewayperinatalresources.com/ and https://www.choicemattersmidwifecollective.com/
The Womb Room in Milwaukee - https://www.wombroommke.com/
Aurora Sinai Medical Center - https://www.aurorahealthcare.org/locations/hospital/aurora-sinai-medical-center
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195: Caring for Infant Acid Reflux with Kira Volpi Dec 09, 2018

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What is infant acid reflux and why does it go so untreated in babies?

You’ll hear these answers in today’s episode in our interview with Kira Volpi of Infant Acid Reflux Solutions. Together with the two physicians, Dr. P and Dr. Prince, Kira works tirelessly to provide information and resources for the treatment of acid reflux in infants. We go over the main symptoms and specifics of the condition. Plus, how the team has an approach through telemedicine to offer care for families around the world.

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194: HOME BIRTH STORY - Rainbow Home Birth Baby After 2 Miscarriages and a Stillbirth with Mellisa Reeves of Motherbirth Dec 05, 2018

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What would you do if you really trusted yourself?

Mellisa Reeves of Motherbirth is sharing her journey with us. From some of the traumatic elements of her first hospital birth with her first son Aiden, a stillbirth in hospital at 41 weeks pregnant with her second son Rowan and two subsequent miscarriages, she brings us to the healing process and experience of her home birth with her daughter, Etney. And along the way she started the Motherbirth podcast and has been providing resources for women.

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Mellisa's website: https://www.motherbirth.co/
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193: HOME BIRTH STORY - Blood Sugar Challenges and a Birth Center Closing at 34 Weeks with Bridgette Piatt Nov 27, 2018

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What can make a birth traumatic?

There are a multitude of answers, because everyone has their own experience and ways of processing and healing.

For Bridgette Piatt, she believes the trauma associated with her first birth in the hospital was the result of poor relationships with care providers. This inspired her to look into other options for her second pregnancy, however she wasn’t sure of home birth just yet. She and her husband Daniel, who was actually born at home, explored midwives and landed on a birthing center.

Bridgette considers herself to have a planner’s personality and didn’t really think home birth was for her. She preferred the added safety that she felt the birth center provided. But then, the birth center closed unexpectedly when Bridgette was 34 weeks pregnant! The other birth center option didn’t resonate. So it came back to that care provider connection. She trusted her midwife and had developed such a close relationship with her that it ultimately influenced her to have a home birth.

So we get into all of the details of that as well as the blood sugar challenges that Bridgette experienced in both pregnancies and what she learned as far as nutrition during pregnancy and releasing any guilt around gestational diabetes or anything close to it.

Oh and another twist - the midwife who delivered Daniel all of those years ago attended Bridgette’s home birth! Listen in to hear the incredible story.

Links:

Real Food for Pregnancy - https://realfoodforpregnancy.com/
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192: HOME BIRTH STORY - Journeying From Cancer to Home Birth with Eva Whipple Nov 21, 2018

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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.

For her first birth of her daughter Lois, Eva was in a birthing center (birthing at home was illegal). Then for surprise pregnancy number two, she decided on a home birth for son Sonny.

We chat about the road to home birth and the comparison of her two births, nursing a toddler while pregnant and how her practice of yoga has been a part of her life as a mother.

Links:

First Descents - https://firstdescents.org/
Ina May Gaskin’s “Spiritual Midwifery” - https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Midwifery-Ina-May-Gaskin/dp/1570671044
Eva’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/soulyogamama/
Eva’s yoga studio - http://www.soulyogastudiosalisbury.com/
Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vJcPmU
DIAH website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
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191: HOME BIRTH STORY - Experiencing Home Birth and Hospital Birth as a Midwife with Sophia Williams Nov 15, 2018

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What’s it like for a midwife to experience her own birth?

In today’s birth story, we’re chatting with Sophia Williams, a midwife, doula and published photographer.

Sophia walks us through her entrance into birth work, and then how becoming a doula and eventually studying to become a midwife influenced her own birth choices.

There are certainly some twists throughout Sophia’s stories. From a home birth with her son Benjamin to her post birth hospital transfer to remove her placenta and then back to the hospital for baby Benjamin after his breathing was off. This took Sophia and her husband Spencer down a challenging road with Benjamin and his VACTERL Association, a disorder affecting multiple body systems. And when Benjamin was 8 months old, Sophia became pregnant with their second child, their daughter Gracie, who was born premature via cesarean.

Sophia is an incredibly inspiring and strong mama. There are many many times that you hear us say “WOW,” in this episode. Because it’s that moving.

Links:

Sophia’s website - http://sophiabirth.com/
Sophia’s Postpartum Covergirl Project - https://www.postpartumcovergirl.com
Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vJcPmU
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190: Connecting to the Magic of Birth Through Being a Doula, Photographer and Actor with Carson Meyer Nov 11, 2018

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What do birth work and the art of acting have in common?

The connection might not seem so obvious. But trust us, after you listen to this episode, you’ll get it. You’ll also feel empowered and energized around the magic of birth and self-care in all stages of fertility.

We had the honor of chatting with Carson Meyer. Carson wears many hats, among which are actor, doula, birth photographer and natural skin care entrepreneur.

We talk about Carson’s induction into birth work and what fueled this intense passion. Also how her studies and training as an actor helped her in showing up fully for her doula clients.

Plus reasons to have a doula at your birth.

Links:

Carson’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ccmeyer/
Carson’s skincare company C & The Moon - https://www.candthemoon.com/
Carson’s doula website - https://www.carson-meyer.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
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189: HOME BIRTH STORY - How Research, Options, and Open Minds Create an Empowered Home Birth with Lauren Thomas Nov 07, 2018

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How do you set yourself up for success when it comes to your birth?

For one thing, that requires looking at what you want to create and experience.

In today’s episode we get to hear Lauren Thomas’s journey to home birth and the research, education and preparation that brought her there.

After a birthing center to hospital transfer with her first son Finn, Lauren had to take time to come to terms with some of the trauma around it.

We talk about her special connection with her midwife and the gut decisions she trusted throughout her process. Also the risk of placenta previa and how she doula-ed herself during her labor of her son Rory in the middle of a snowstorm!

Links:

Lauren’s website - http://www.laurenjollyphotography.com/
Lauren’s Instagram page - https://www.instagram.com/laurenjollyphoto/
Lauren’s Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/laurenjollyphotography
Lauren’s birth story of her son Finn - http://laurenjollyphotography.com/finns-birth-story/
Lauren’s episode on The Birth Hour podcast - https://thebirthhour.com/birth-center-hospital-transfer-birth-story/
Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vJcPmU
DIAH website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
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188: HOME BIRTH STORY - Having a Victorious HBAC with Christina Winsnes Oct 30, 2018

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“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.

She walks us through this process and then the birth of her son Daniel, and how it differed from her time in the hospital.

This is a beautiful story for any mama who is planning an HBAC or is working on building the trust with your body.

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187: All Women Can Have Orgasmic Births with Kim Anami Oct 27, 2018

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Do you want an orgasmic experience of your pregnancy and birth?

Who wouldn’t?!

In today’s episode, Kim Anami, holistic sex and relationship coach, joins us for a powerful conversation about mamas reclaiming their sexual energy, intuitive power and true knowingness in order to clear away any blockages that prevent them from having a pleasurable birth experience.

We chat with Kim about her journey into her work of helping others heal through the power of sex and intimacy. We also talk about the state of maternity care and birth in our culture, and what women can do rewrite the scripts that birth is painful, difficult and traumatic.

Plus she shares some of the details of her latest online course, the Sexy Mama Salon, an 8-week experience for holistic pregnancy and ecstatic birth.

Links:

Sexy Mama Salon - http://kimanami.ontraport.com/t?orid=130437&opid=15
Kim’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kimanami/
Kim’s website - https://kimanami.com
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