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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Sinead.
Sinead is a mama of one from Australia.
She is an energy healer and mentor, working with women to feel safe in their feminine and embody more flow in their life.
She holds space for cacao ceremonies and mother blessings in which she infuses her deep ancestral connection to her lineage and encourages women of the importance of connecting to their red thread.
Now a mother of her son Aizen (eye-zen) she hopes to create more spaces for mothers to connect within and slow down.
Sinead had connected with the spirit of her baby 2 years before he came. He guided her on the emotional and mental healing and preparation that she needed to grow him, birth him and now nurture him as his mother.
She got a clear go ahead sign from him when in Bali and conceived that cycle. She went on knowing she wanted a home birth and had a fast birth for a first time mama, a total of 7.5 hours of labour and birth with her waters breaking as the initiator of labour.
First baby, no complications, no tears and pure bliss is what she wrote to me and she loved her birth and the places it guided her to within.
It was quicker than she thought it would be and the second midwife didn’t make it, but it was lovely with just a close friend, her partner and one midwife. It was the most embodied and empowered she’s ever felt in her whole life!
Curious about Sinead? Find her on instagram as @sineadrobyntaylor
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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Cynthia
Cynthia is a mama of two from the US and popular podcast host of the Down to Birth Podcast.
She went from being a business executive and finance professor who knew nothing about birth to pregnant after one try, and faced a huge fear of birth. All the women in her surroundings and at her work had C/S while she knew she wanted a natural birth.
Her OB was all red-flags which she will tell us all about. She finally fired her, changed her birth plan from hospital to birth centre, and changed her life.
She’s here to tell us about her two amazing births. Her first at the birth center and her second at home together with her now podcast cohost midwife Trisha.
Having these amazing births she became a birth nerd and later on an internationally published and renowned birth educator and informed choice advocate.
Curious about Cynthia? Find her on instagram as @cynthiaovergard
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Anna shares the richness of her natural birth wisdom with tips and suggestions to prepare body, mind and soul for birth.
Tips she only normally shares with her clients, including natures wisdom like herbs and oils and practices to prepare the womb and vagina for birth.
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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Faith.
Faith is a mama of one from California, USA.
She is a fellow midwitch who’s chosen to work outside of the regulatory system and we found out just before starting the recording that we share a dear sister in common, Midwife Sophia, my Sacred Birth Worker Mentee on Corfu Greece.
Faith apprenticed for 9 months with Sophia.
You might have heard Sophias episode ”Holistic Midwife Sophia & Her 3 Natural Births” earlier this year on the poddy, and if you haven’t I highly recommend you do as she too is such a wealth of natural birth magic and wisdom.
At the age of 16, Faith experienced a powerful dream that brought her to sit with women in birth. She started after graduating high school by volunteering as a doula at her local hospital.
She also became a hospice nurses assistant and sat with the dying while still attending births whenever she could. This was a time of “living at the threshold of all things” and she came to recognize that death and birth require similar things: respect, deep trust, and total surrender.
In the years following Faith collected many skills, attended several educational trainings and has taken up many different roles such as: midwives assistant, herbalist, massage therapist and bodyworker, priestess, professional seamstress and designer, yurt builder, artist and more.
After 2 early losses, her pregnancy was an ancestrally powerful one and full of preparation for the initiation of birth and motherhood.
Her 17 hr labor brought her to kiss the face of the Goddess, as she danced, sang, screamed and roared her daughter, Minerva Moon, through the threshold and into the loving hands of her husband while Faith’s mother supported her the whole time.
Faith is so proud to have given birth at home and undisturbed and feels that through birth she has been given the gift not only of her beautiful daughter but the deep knowing that she can do anything.
Faith is also opening the School of Sovereign Midwifery beginning with a 3 day midwifery skills workshop in March 2025!
Curious about Faith? Find her on instagram as @thepaganmidwitch
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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Adrienne.
Adrienne is a mama of one from Melbourne, Australia and today she shares about her unassisted home birth that sounds like such a wonderful experience throughout.
She knew as soon as she saw a video of a woman having a home birth via a YouTube vlog 7 years ago that that was the way she wanted to bring her future baby into the world.
A free birth was the initial dream, however her and her husband agreed to a home birth for their first baby after many conversations about what they both felt comfortable with.
What was planned as a home birth with 2x private midwives and her husband, actually turned into an unassisted birth after 7.5hrs of beautiful surges according to Adrienne.
Within minutes of walking from the birthing pool to the toilet, Adrienne's water broke and her baby was born into Dads arms.
Curious about Adrienne? Find her on instagram as @ajrgallop
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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Olivia.
Olivia is a mama of 2 from the UK.
She is a Mystical Birth Guide and Teacher, who guides women who have experienced baby loss, into healing and through conception, pregnancy, birth and motherhood.
Olivia conceived her first baby easily and had a wonderful pregnancy.
She planned a ‘home birth’, as she desired a natural calm water birth in the comfort of her own home.
She had a beautiful labour at home, but was transferred to the hospital in the later stages of her labour as her NHS midwives thought she was not progressing which resulted in a difficult assisted birth in theatre.
3 years later Olivia and her husband began their conception journey with their second child. This time it was not so easy. They experienced a 18 month conception journey with 2 early losses.
This conception journey took Olivia on a deep spiritual journey where she discovered Spirit Babies and her own mediumship gifts.
They then conceived their daughter at the start of 2020, and after a challenging pregnancy through covid, Olivia gave birth at home as she wanted and desired all along.
Olivia's children are her greatest Teachers and Guides. They have taught her so much on her Motherhood journey, initiated her deeply into her truth and her Soul, and continue to be guiding lights for her.
Olivia is passionate about sharing this wisdom with other women, and supporting them in seeing the wisdom and guidance their babies and children, both in Spirit and on Earth, have to offer them.
Curious about Olivia? Find her on instagram as @mystical_birthing
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Today on the Natural Birth Podcast is a solo episode with Anna talking about Birth Imprints.
What they are and how we, through awareness and knowledge can heal and rewrite our imprint if it doesn’t serve us and our babies.
It also gives us understanding to why we are the way we are and why our babies and children might behave the way they do.
Imprints are created in the womb, during our birth and in the early years of childhood as your nervous system develops.
And there is a possibility of rewriting these imprints in the early childhood years if one is aware of them as well as into adulthood through awareness, however we are more malleable in early childhood.
Between the ages 0-2 our blue print is created. We are sponges taking in all the information about life. What is it safe to do be or express and what is not, is the world a scary place or not, are we wanted, loved, are our basic needs met and so on and so forth.
From 2-7 this blue print is refined and set. How we are supposed to be to be accepted by the tribe, how we are supposed to handle emotions and how we react in all kinds of situations, circumstances and with people and relationships etc.
Our birth imprints often override our conscious mind and not until we shine a light on it do we realize the impact they have on us and how we live, think, act and make choices in life.
The experience of birth is a crucial part of our lives that we often overlook.
Our first moments in the world can have a profound impact on our physical, emotional, and mental well-being. These imprints can influence a range of behaviors and attitudes, from our relationships with others to our ability to cope with stress.
Understanding and healing these imprints is important for anyone who wants to live a more conscious and fulfilling life and be the best parent you can be for your children.
Anna will be holding a Birth Imprint Workshop later on this year. If this is of interest please go on the expression of interest list in the show notes and you’ll be notified when it is.
Find Anna’s Website, The Village and about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:
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Today on the Natural Birth Podcast we have Kirsty.
Kirsty is a first time mama from Scotland. She works as a renewable energy lawyer and is very passionate about the environment and the outdoors and recently moved to her new home in the rural highlands with her husband, where they aim to full fill their life long dream of homesteading and growing as much food as they can on their small plot of land.
In this episode she tell us all about her pregnancy and late pregnancy cholestasis diagnosis and how that threatened to derail her plan of having a home birth.
Luckily with the right research and support from a number of amazing women, Kirsty was able to manage her cholestasis diagnosis naturally and holistically which resulted in her having her baby with just her partner in the bathroom with a single candle for light. Her husband caught their baby boy on his way out and she was so happy to have had a completely unmedicated birth at home-
Curious about Kirsty? Find her on instagram as @kirsty.may3
Find Anna’s Website, The Village and about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:
www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast
Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Saige
Saige is a mama of two from Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
She has always been fascinated by birth and women's power in the birthing process.
She had a positive experience birthing her first son naturally in a hospital in just 5.5 hours, but didn't love even the slightest of "interventions" that were imposed in the hospital.
So when she became pregnant with her second son 12 months later, she knew right away that she wanted a home birth.
Saige loved the personalized and loving care that her home birth midwives provided throughout her pregnancy in her home, even when she found out that her baby was breech at 34 weeks.
She went on to have her dream home birth just 90 minutes after her first contraction, surrounded by her loving family and student midwife - her midwife missed the birth by about 10 minutes!
She describes her natural births - especially her home birth - as among the most special treasures of her life.
Find Anna’s Website, The Village and about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:
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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Shannon
Shannon is a mama of one from Texas USA.
She grew up fearing birth due to a lack of education and fear mongering, however she began pursuing a natural and holistic lifestyle while in university, which led her to become informed about her body's natural cycles, diet and fitness, and ultimately birth and mothering.
Her desire to have a natural birth stems from her belief that God designed the process of birth perfectly, and her curiosity to fully experience this magical process.
During her labour she expected it to be the most painful experience she had ever had, but that was not the case. In fact, she even asked her midwives “are you sure I’m in the pushing stage?!” When she was getting closer to birth.
She describes her birth as a beautiful experience. She had her husband supporting her and saying positive affirmations, her midwives encouraging her, and the environment was peaceful like a spa.
She now can't wait to have more natural births in the future!
Curious about Shannon? Find her on instagram as @shann0n_bee
If you didn’t know already I have 2 really great free resources that you can access and download at sacredbirthinternational.com.
They are two E - books, one called 6 Steps to Having a Natural & Empowering Birth Experience and one called Routine Hospital Birth Procedures Inform yourself and make an Educated Decision!
Whether you are having a hospital, birth center or home birth, knowledge is power and you never know where your birth journey will take you.
Find them all via the link in the show notes or at sacredbirthinternational.com
Now let’s dive into todays episode!
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