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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Karlyn.
Karlyn is a mum of one from NSW, Australia.
She specializes in guiding people through transformational processes drawing upon her training in breath work mastery, life coaching, yoni mapping therapy, tantric bodywork and sacred sexuality, yoga and conscious birth.
She is also a trained doula.
So not only do we get to hear about her first and only home birth at 40 years old, but also her rich wisdom as a doula in the birth space.
Curious about Karlyn? Find her at www.sacred-alchemy.com.au
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Bubaloo is a mama of 2 living children from NSW, Australia.
She is a boundary crossing artist, de-colonising advocate, access bars practitioner and an organic gardener.
And today she will speak to her 6 pregnancies and 2 full term births to her son and daughter.
Bubaloo was late in deciding to become a mother.
Not until her 36th year did she come to the decision that she wanted to have children.
A big part of that might have been the result of the early terminations and miscarriages she experienced in her early 20s.
Today she will so graciously walk us through her story of conceiving, terminating, miscarrying and finally birthing her babies at 36 and 40 years old.
Curious about Bubaloo? Find her at www.bubaloofahyiwitness.com
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Trigger Warning: Early Pregnancy Loss
Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have a different kind of birth story.
Today me and the beautiful Amy that I will soon introduce will talk about early miscarriage.
Miscarriage is more common than we think.
And even though it is rapidly changing the way we as women relate to our bodies, our monthly bleed, our sexuality, pregnancy and birth, we rarely talk openly about miscarriage and especially not the early miscarriages.
About 10 to 20 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage.
But the actual number is likely much higher because many miscarriages occur so early in pregnancy that women might not even realize she was pregnant to begin with.
They may just think they are having a heavy period.
If this happens to you, you might have cramping, heavier bleeding than normal, pain in the tummy, pelvis or back, and feel weak.
I believe that in order to fully reclaim our power and sovereignty as women we need to reclaim our bleed, the cycles we flow through and to speak openly and honestly about all the facets of being the custodian of a womb.
So I was very honored by Amy reaching out about wanting to bring her early miscarriage and the wisdom and deep healing she gained through this most natural experience of many women lives and journey to become a parent.
Amy is a Dancer, Spiritual Director, and Ordained Christian Minister from Missouri, USA. She teaches others to unlock the wisdom of their bodies through movement, storytelling, and music. And today, through her vulnerable and generous share we get to talk in-depth about the experience of early miscarriage.
Curious about Amy? Find her on insta as @ashoebox
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Freya is a mother of 3 from Australia.
She is a birth keeper and the host of the podcast Remembering birth that she got inspired to start after her free birth.
Today we will hear about her first natural hospital birth, her second home birth with a hospital visit and finally her romantic conception of her third baby and how she chose to fully free birth her third.
Curious about Freya? Find her on instagram as @rememberingbirth
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Happy Mothers Day beautiful Mamas out there!
May you be fully loved up as the goddess you are!
Today is not only the celebration of all the Mamas in the world but also the one year anniversary of The Natural Birth Podcast!
Happy Birth Day to The Natural Birth Podcast!
I can’t believe it has been a year!
6 Seasons and 60+ episodes!
And Over 34K listeners!
What a ride.
And what amazing stories we’ve heard.
54 women have shared their birth stories with us and they have all brought pearls of wisdom in the form of sharing their unique way of preparing for birth and their embodied experience.
And today beautiful mamas and birth nerds!
I have cherry picked from all the pearls of wisdom and advice given from all the mamas on the podcast!
Yes!
This episode is fully packed with birth wisdom after birth wisdom from women from all over the world.
It’s all in there.
All the advice you could ever wish for from some of the most amazing and wise women and birth workers in the world!
If this podcast episode brings you as much value as I hope and truly believe it will, then please give me the gift of appreciation and like the natural birth podcast on iTunes and leave a comment.
The comments warms my heart and fuels my fire to bring more of this beautiful content to you all, and it also helps to spread the podcast to mamas who might not have found it yet!
Now enjoy this gem of an episode.
Download it to your library and listen to over and over again.
Especially if you are pregnant!
This episode can be a perfect complement to your birth playlist to listen to the early hours of labour and birth.
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Rachael Rose is a mum of 2 from NSW, Australia.
She is a writer, women's circle facilitator, doula and passionate supporter of the innate wisdom of mothers and babies.
In this episode we will hear about her two births that completely transformed her.
Her first became a medicalized event in the hospital against Racheals wishes, and through the birth trauma a fire was ignited and Racheal dove into all things birth and sacred woman’s work.
Today we will focus on her second empowering and natural home birth where she truly was birthing in her power and I had goosebumps throughout this interview.
So many golden nuggets for you mamas in this one for sure.
Curious about Racheal Rose? Find her on instagram as @the_racheal_rose
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Nathalie is a mum on one from the Netherlands.
I know Nathalie from our monthly online mamas sharing circle and have followed her throughout her pregnancy and it’s so wonderful to now take part in her birth story.
The Netherlands has one of the highest percentages of home birth in the world. Around 30% of dutch women give birth at home. It’s really common and no big deal there.
Isn’t it fascinating how different it is around the world?
And of course, today we will hear Nathalies home birth story.
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Today we have Amanda
Amanda is a mum of 2 from Sweden and she is a MindBody therapist and spiritual coach.
I had the honor of assisting Amanda in her healing of her birth trauma from her first birth, in the lead up to her second birth, through one on one birth trauma healing and debriefing session.
It’s important to understand why things unfold as they do and to allow yourself to fully meet all the sensations and emotions trapped within that memory in your body, mind and soul to fully be able to let it go.
And its even more important to deal with fears and previous traumas before your next birth so that you don’t end up bringing it in to your birth space.
If you feel like you would like some loving space held for you as you work through previous birth trauma then please visit my website www.sacredbirthinternational.com or contact me directly.
I am so pleased that Amanda was able to work through her birth trauma and the fears coming up before her birth and that she ended up having a wonderful home birth for her second.
Curious about Amanda? Find her at www.amandarandau.com
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Isabella is a mum of 4 from Byron Bay, Australia.
She is a shamanic drum maker and aspiring doula.
Today we will hear about her 3 birth centre births and her last birth, which was a free birth in nature.
Last week we heard the birth stories of Ashley who choose to free birth due to not being able to find a care provider willing to assist her at her home birth.
Today we get to hear the other side of free birthing.
The one where a woman and her partner chooses to free birth and wanting not to be attended by a midwife or a doctor.
Isabella birthed her last baby on land, in water, together with her partner as the only other person present to welcome their daughter earth side.
You can watch her free birthing video on YouTube via link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Q-viWEZSk
Curious about Isabella? Find her on instagram as @luminosalchemy22
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Ashley is a mother of three from QLD, Australia.
She is the founder of the motherhood circle and the VBAC home birth stories podcast and today she will share her own VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Caesarian) freebirth story.
We will start by exploring the reasons to her first two caesarians and the wisdom she gained through and from her birth trauma within the medicalized hospital system.
We will then dive in to her VBAC freebirth story.
Ashley never intended to freebirth, but due to her co:morbidities and being considered high risk, she couldn’t find a midwife willing to assist her in a VBAC home birth.
More and more women choose to freebirth due to not being able to find a care provider that will assist them on their terms, or not trusting the maternity system.
I believe it is important to share these stories and for the maternity system to realize that it’s failing women.
Women are sovereign beings and birth, no matter whether you are considered high or low risk, should be a respected rite of passage and a woman’s choices honored and followed.
Curious about Ashley find her at www.themotherhoodcircle.com.au or check out her podcast The VBAC Homebirth Stories Podcast.
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