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The Natural Birth Podcast

By Anna The Spiritual Midwitch

The Natural Birth Podcast is here to bring Embodied Birth Wisdom from Women from All over the World sharing their Natural & Empowering Birth Stories, with the aim to Inspire and Encourage Mamas to Believe in their Bodies and in the Natural Birth Process. Visit Anna and find out about all her offerings in the world at www.thenaturalbirthcourse.com Follow The Podcast on Instagram @thenaturalbirthpodcast Patreon patreon.com/thenaturalbirthpodcast
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We Birth The Way We Live. Sarah’s Easeful Birth Stories

The Natural Birth PodcastMar 23, 2024

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We Birth The Way We Live. Sarah’s Easeful Birth Stories
Mar 23, 202455:38
3 Home Births with a Long Latent and a Quick Active Phase
Mar 16, 202401:26:53
Cory is a 2 x HBAC Mama going on 3
Mar 09, 202456:25
Own Your Birth with Kristina Turner

Own Your Birth with Kristina Turner

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Kristina Turner.


Kristina is a writer, birth activist, sacred birth keeper and red tent women’s circle facilitator with over 25 years of experience.


She wrote the book Natural Birth – A Holistic Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth and Breastfeeding after giving birth to her three children.


The births that we will hear all about in this episode.


The spiritually transformative experiences she had during these births made her a passionate advocate for the right to undisturbed birth.


Kristina believes that the way we treat the natural world is linked to a collectively held, often unconscious, view of the feminine as a resource for exploitation.


This has led her to deepen her connection with the sacred feminine and sustainable plant medicine.


In 2021 she developed a range of holistic birth support products alongside her business partner Maria Bengtsson. The company they founded, Braïdo Organics, develops exquisite, handmade products that support women to have empowering and transformative births.


Kristina trained as a Sacred Birth keeper with Glastonbury Goddess Temple in 2020 and has held similar training in Sweden. She is regularly holding workshops and retreats.


Curious about Kristina? Find her on Instagram as @ownyourbirth


This episode is sponsored by Braïdo Organics.

For 20% off their entire collection of products go to Barïdo Organics and use the coupon code SACRED


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Mar 02, 202401:02:55
Becoming a Mama of 2 and Breaking the Rule about Second Births Being Faster & Easier!
Feb 24, 202457:16
A Beautiful Home Birth & a Stuck Placenta

A Beautiful Home Birth & a Stuck Placenta

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Denise.


Denise is a mama of one from Arizona USA.


She is a stay at home mom and an Airbnb host.


After watching The Business of Being Born by Ricki Lake, her now husband told her, even before they were married or thinking of having babies, that they should home birth.


And Denise became fascinated by pregnancy and birth by listening to The Natural Birth Podcast, which led her to make the decision to birth at home with the support of her husband, doula and midwife.


Denise ended up having a beautiful home birth, however her placenta wasn’t coming out and by the 3rd hour she and her birth team made the decision to transfer to hospital.


She was feeling fine and there was no emergency, but they decided they wanted the help to birth the placenta.


Because of the preparation and education Denise had done she could stand up to the OB and be empowered in her decision making in the hospital and felt empowered about her birth even though it didn’t unfold exactly as she’d hoped.


A natural birth doesn’t always mean an empowered birth and a medicalized birth doesn’t mean its traumatic. It’s about feeling empowered and in charge of the decisions about your body, baby and birth.


And only education as well as the inner work can truly prepare you for the unknown that is birth. Something Denise highly recommends to all first time mamas.


Curious about Denise? Find her on Instagram as @derosenise


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Feb 17, 202459:12
You Birth the Way you Live and the Way you Are
Feb 10, 202401:04:38
A Painless Labour is Possible
Feb 03, 202437:04
Natural Conception & Birth with PCOS

Natural Conception & Birth with PCOS

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Maria.


Maria is a mama of one living in Glasgow, Scotland, originally from Lithuania. 


She struggled with PCOS for most of her late teens and twenties, but was only diagnosed later in life. This allowed her to finally try to heal herself, because conventional medicine doesn't provide a way to "heal" PCOS.


After a 2 year detour into detoxing and the vegan world, it was the pro-metabolic way of eating and focusing on good quality animal foods that helped her heal and bring her period back that had been pretty much absent for over 10 years.


She and her husband thought that it would take them years to conceive. But little did they know that finding out she was pregnant would be their Christmas gift in 2022, only 8 months after her period came back.


Ever since she started thinking about birth she knew she wanted a home birth, it just felt right. She had a close friend who had had two home births and this helped her convince her doctor husband that it's the best choice for them.


Their birth was a natural water birth at home with two great midwifes from NHS. It wasn't without challenges though as her waters broke but labour didn't establish until 42 hours later.


This taught her great lessons of patience and surrender.


And today she is very grateful for a positive and empowering first birth experience.


Curious about Maria? Find her on Instagram as @maria_arbell


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Jan 27, 202401:13:02
A Natural & Wonderful Hospital Birth
Jan 20, 202401:07:16
Ryan Optimized her Nutrition for a Conscious Conception & Home Birth
Jan 13, 202452:43
Natural Birthing in Japan
Jan 06, 202401:29:01
Small for Gestational Age Baby or Bloody Ultrasound BS?

Small for Gestational Age Baby or Bloody Ultrasound BS?

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Sophie.


Sophie is a mama of one from the UK, now living in Costa Rica.

 

In this episode we will hear her story of trusting the maternity care she was given as most first time mamas do and how it only created anxiety and stress, ultimately derailing her home birth to a hospital birth.

 

This episode will highlight the risks with ultrasounds and inform you to be aware of these as you accept the routine ones as well as the extras. They are not diagnostic!

 

But despite all of this Sophie had an empowering, positive and natural hospital birth with her baby girl and learned so much during this pregnancy.

 

She became a hypnobirthing teacher and is now furthering her education by becoming one of my mentees in the sacred birth worker mentorship program starting on the 15th of January.

 

I love how having a positive natural birth is what ignites a passion for birth work in so many mamas, and we need more passionate women like Sophie waking up to the reality of woman’s power and births beautiful magical design.

 

It’s been a magical year the last year for me as I stepped fully into the role of mentor for aspiring sacred birth workers and I feel like I’ve found my true calling.

 

I love being on the leading edge of the new birthing paradigm and so excited to have a newly baked cohort out in the world offering their services and another one soon to begin their journey.

 

I’ve poured my heart and soul and all my midwifery knowledge and embodied wisdom into this mentorship and I love all the passionate birth nerds that have joined in so far.

 

If you know in your heart that sacred birth work is your heart's calling then there is still room in the cohort starting in 2 weeks.

 

Reach out to me ASAP before the doors close. Find the link in the show notes.

Curious about Sophie? Find her on Instagram @yogaandhypnobirthingwithsophie


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www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Dec 30, 202355:26
96 hours of Broken Waters and a Physiological Hospital Birth
Dec 23, 202301:20:47
Magical Home Birth with a Shoulder Dystocia

Magical Home Birth with a Shoulder Dystocia

Dec 16, 202301:34:28
Free Birthing the Impossible Baby - Posterior and Brow Presentation and Healing her Own Prolapse 
Dec 09, 202302:01:00
Baby Born in the Carpark after a 3hr Labour
Dec 02, 202348:35
The Midwife who Free Birthed and Left the System

The Midwife who Free Birthed and Left the System

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Lucy. Lucy is a Mama to my four from Australia. 


She is a certified Doula and a former Midwife who just like me handed in her registration as working in the system was so traumatizing to her and she just couldn’t go on any longer. 


She also finally came to the sad conclusion that she was never going to be able to serve women and families authentically while she was tied to the institution, so she left. 


Although initially she held a lot of grief around letting this dream of being a Midwife go.. she now feels more aligned and inspired than ever. She has since co-created a business where she can authentically show up for women and where her voice is finally free.


In today’s episode you’ll hear about her journey through midwifery as well as the births of her babies. 


Her first three were born at home with a registered Midwife and her last baby (who is 3 months old) was born with only her partner and children present.


This pregnancy and birth was the most healing and transformative experience of her entire life! It truly initiated her into the Mother after years of feeling out of her body and as if she was still a young Maiden. 


Curious about Lucy? Find her on instagram as @mama_of_luna


Did you get some good bargains this Black Friday?


You still have a few more days until the end of November to get a bargain on my The Bundle. There’s 4 more days of the 50% BLACK FRIDAY SALE!


The Bundle includes The Natural Birth Course, my signature childbirth education course that helps you optimize your chances of having a physiological and empowering birth experience wherever you choose to birth.


It also includes The Nourishing Postpartum Course that is designed to help you plan a healing postpartum recovery and best start in life for your baby. It’s as big and as full of information and practical tips as the natural birth course and gives you all the information you need for an optimal start with breastfeeding, learning about baby care and communication as well as how to heal as a new born mother.


And that’s not enough. 

You also get a full years membership inside my maiden, mother & mama village. My online community full of amazing women from all over the world living a natural, conscious and alternative lifestyle. Here you can get advice and support from other mamas as well as monthly Q&A and sharing circles with me. 


It’s a bargain to get this bundle, that’s already discounted, at a 50% SALE.


Instead of the original price of 397 dollars you can now access all these products for only 199 dollars!


Pop on over to thenaturalbirthcourse.com and use the coupon code BLACKFRIDAY to get this very special discount.


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Nov 25, 202301:55:33
Footling Breech Home Birth & Irish Twins

Footling Breech Home Birth & Irish Twins

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Blythe. Blythe is a mama of Irish twins from the US. This means her babies were born within the year of each other. 


Her first birth was a standard hospital birth that left her feeling traumatized just like so many women around her. 


So after becoming pregnant with her second, she knew things had to be better and began the journey to the healing natural breech home birth that might not have gone as planned, which birth rarely does, but gave her the peace and embodied sense of power that she knew birth could provide. 


After her footling breech home birth she felt invincible and knew she’d never birth in the hospital again.


Curious about Blythe? Find her on instagram as @blytheduvvy


Now next week the big sales are on for Black Friday and of course I’ll be joining and will be offering you an amazing deal.


From today until the end of November I’m announcing a 50% SALE on The Bundle.


The Bundle includes The Natural Birth Course, my signature childbirth education course that helps you optimize your chances of having a physiological and empowering birth experience wherever you choose to birth.


It also includes The Nourishing Postpartum Course that is designed to help you plan a healing postpartum recovery and best start in life for your baby. It’s as big and as full of information and practical tips as the natural birth course and gives you all the information you need for an optimal start with breastfeeding, learning about baby care and communication as well as how to heal as a newborn mother.


And that’s not enough. 

You also get a full years membership inside my maiden, mother & mama village. My online community full of amazing women from all over the world living a natural, conscious and alternative lifestyle. Here you can get advice and support from other mamas as well as monthly Q&A and sharing circles with me. 


It’s a bargain to get this bundle that’s already discounted at a 50% SALE.


Instead of the original price of 397 you can now access all these products for only 199!


Pop on over to thenaturalbirthcourse.com and use the coupon code BLACKFRIDAY to get this very special discount.


That’s coupon code BLACKFRIDAY as one word in capital letters for 50% off The Bundle.


Enjoy!


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Nov 18, 202301:03:38
Home Water Birth with Baby en Caul
Nov 11, 202301:13:09
“That was awesome! I could do that again!”
Nov 04, 202340:11
Dana Roared her Baby Out
Oct 28, 202351:56
Lotus Birth in a Tipi

Lotus Birth in a Tipi

Oct 21, 202301:12:53
A Fast Birth Under 6 Hours in a Hospital in Berlin
Oct 14, 202301:11:49
Quick Unassisted Home Birth in the UK
Oct 07, 202301:07:17
Midwife to Midwitch - Anna's Story

Midwife to Midwitch - Anna's Story

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast I will be the guest.

Usually on this podcast I am the host and I interview mamas from around the world who’ve had a natural and empowering birth experience.


The intention with this podcast was to spread an alternative birth narrative to the dominant fear based medicalized one. And I’ve come to be known as The Spiritual Midwife around the world doing so.


And that is what I am here to talk about today.

Because I will no longer be called The Spiritual Midwife, but the The Spiritual Midwitch.


As of this year 2023 I am no longer a registered midwife and can therefor no longer legally call myself a midwife.


And so in today's episode I will share my her story.

My journey of becoming a midwife to then the choice to de-register and taking on the title of Midwitch.


I will start with reading a part of the chapter HerStory in Rachel Reed’s book Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage to set the scene and this will then weave in perfectly into the reasons why I am stepping out of the system and why I can no longer call myself a midwife due to the powers to be who have stolen the word and made it criminal for me to do so.


If you want to understand why our birth culture is the way it is then this episode will explain that to you.


And if you’d like to know more about our her story, about midwives and how our birth culture came to be as it is today, then I invite you to read Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage and/or download HerStory by Jane Hardwicke Collings from the links below.


This episode will introduce you a bit deeper to me, your host, Anna The Spiritual Midwitch.


Curious about me? Find me on instagram as @thespiritualmidwitch


This episode is sponsored by Informed Pregnancy Plus.

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Sep 30, 202301:36:33
Birth Time’s Jerusha Sutton’s Own Home Birth Stories
Sep 23, 202350:36
Asabea Britton’s Home Birth Story
Sep 16, 202301:12:25
A Natural Birth after Preeclampsia 
Sep 09, 202301:00:45
Christian Hypnobirthing & Home Birthing with Grandma
Sep 02, 202349:02
Lauren's Euphoric Homebirth in her 40’s

Lauren's Euphoric Homebirth in her 40’s

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Lauren. Lauren is a mama of 2 from the Gold Coast, Australia.


She is Australia's first professional instagramer and before she became a mama she worked as a full time travel influencer and speaker. 


Today she is the co founder of Makia the baby journal, a digital baby journal designed for parents to use to document their journey to parenthood.


In this episode Lauren shares about how she became pregnant the first time at 37 after just trying being off the pill for 3 months with her husband in Zimbabwe and how she became pregnant the second time in her 40’s on the first try.


Becoming pregnant as an older mama wasn’t an issue for her. However, having her natural birth the first time around was. She ended up having a medicalized and traumatic birth with her first, which she didn’t really heal up until the weeks before birthing her second. 


And it was really through having a physiological birth at home that she really did heal and wake up to the strength she holds as a woman in her feminine power.


The euphoria and high she was on after birth is not comparable to anything else she’s ever experienced. And she has experienced some amazing things on her travels. And in this episode you get to hear about her full journey to this moment.


Curious about Lauren? Find her on instagram as @laurenepbath


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Aug 26, 202301:22:42
Irish Mama Sarah’s Home Birth in The Netherlands 

Irish Mama Sarah’s Home Birth in The Netherlands 

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Sarah.

Sarah is a mama of one originally from Ireland, living in the Netherlands. 


Sarah was resistant to become pregnant initially because of the traumatic and painful experience child birth seemed to be. 


It wasn’t until her friend and previous podcast guest, Natalie, shared her positivity and empowering birth story that Sarah decided to go for it. 

And shortly thereafter she became pregnant.


This tells you truly of the importance of sharing positive birth stories with the world.


And talking about the importance of sharing, well I’ve been telling you something inaccurate about the birthing culture in the Netherland. The 30% home birth rate is apparently a thing of the past and today that number is closer to 13%. I’ve also found out that hospital births in the Netherlands, according to a dutch midwife, is much more medicalized and it’s truly only via independent midwives you can have a physiological natural birth.


And this fact is something that gets mirrored in Sarah's story. Sarah decided to change her birth team in week 39 as her care providers that she was with continued to stress about her presumably BIG BABY and the need for induction after her guess date. 


Sarah ditched the fear mongering care providers and found a midwifery team with which she had a natural home birth in peace right up until it’s fierce and fiery end. 


Find All of Anna’s Links & Resources here:

www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Aug 19, 202301:06:08
Home Birth in the UK with an Interesting Crowd
Aug 12, 202354:02
Home Birth after Caesarean in Rural Australia 

Home Birth after Caesarean in Rural Australia 

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Elke.

Elke is a mama of two from South Australia. 


She’s a senior secondary science teacher currently on leave to raise her two babies. 


Her first birth ended up in an ”emergency” caesarean due to failure to progress, however if you’ve listened to this podcast you know that 99.9% of the time it is the failure of the medicalized maternity system not upholding the physiology of birth and not the woman who failed. Something that Elke discovered as she healed and learned deeper about birth after her first traumatic experience.


Her first birth and entrance into motherhood blew apart everything she thought she knew, and her healing journey altered the way she looks at everything. It led her to the path of becoming a doula and Mother Blessing facilitator and her own redemptive, empowering home birth after Caesarean which made her the VBAC advocate she is today.


Curious about Elke? Find her on instagram as @womenswaydoula


Find All of Anna’s Links & Resources here:

www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Aug 05, 202301:03:42
A Breech Birth at The Farm in Tennessee 

A Breech Birth at The Farm in Tennessee 

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Heather.

Heather is a mama of two little girls and a step son from Florida.

 

She experienced deep transformation and awakening from her birth experiences and her transitions into motherhood, and has found a passion discussing the sensational power that physiological and instinctual birth is for women. 


She recently founded MovementWithMom.com, a community to celebrate and support the mother-baby connection through movement and music. 


In today’s episode Heather shares her first semi accidental unassisted home birth with her first that led her into diving deeper into the birth world.


And as she became pregnant again and her little bubba decided to stay breech she ended up driving 11 hrs, at 40 weeks pregnant, to Tennessee to birth her baby with midwives at the Farm escaping Florida's law that prohibits midwives attending breech births at home.


Her stories are so beautiful and rich and I can’t wait for you to hear them!


Curious about Heather? Find her on instagram as @heatherdrozdowski


Find All of Anna’s Links & Resources here:

www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Jul 30, 202301:07:20
Birthing with a Publicly Funded Midwifery Group Practice in Australia

Birthing with a Publicly Funded Midwifery Group Practice in Australia

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Gianne.

Gianne is a mama of one from the Gold Coast, Australia. 


She's always been so deeply fascinated with the mystery that is pregnancy and birth, knowing just how much of a miracle it truly is. 


Gianne and her partner Summit consciously conceived their daughter Indira on their first try. Her partner, being a chiropractor, knew about the Midwifery Group Practice through his client who was working in the program. And after applying they were accepted.

 

This meant that Gianne had continuity of care throughout her pregnancy and into her postpartum with a known midwife and it was publicly funded. However she always felt that the appointments were rushed and she never got the deep trusting relationship she desired with her midwife. She felt like the sacred and spiritual part was missing.


On the night when her daughter was born her water broke and within 4 hours she had her baby in her arms. It was a wild and intense birth filled with sacredness and magic, as well as some unnecessary interference from her own midwife and the hospital staff. 


Gianne's experience was the catalyst for her to fulfill her own dream of working in the birth space and at 10 months postpartum she commenced her studies to become a doula and hypnobirthing educator. 


Curious about Gianne? Find her on instagram as @mothersinstinct_doula


Find All of Anna’s Links & Resources here:

www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Jul 22, 202301:13:38
A Peaceful Home Birth After a Traumatic First Birth

A Peaceful Home Birth After a Traumatic First Birth

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Rebecca.

Rebecca is a mama of two from the UK, now living in Sweden with her Swedish husband.

Rebecca and I met after Rebecca contacted me to be her Spiritual Midwife here in Stockholm, Sweden. 


At our first meeting we discussed her previous traumatic hospital birth and how this time she was considering free birthing as she didn’t really want to go back to the hospital, but this was fully 100% aligned with Rebecca and not something that her husband was happy about. So we came to the conclusion that home birth with a registered midwife for safety was the way to go.


As I am no longer a registered midwife after leaving Australia and moving back to Sweden, I helped Rebecca find a registered Swedish home birth midwife who carry medications and can provide that extra medical assistance in the rare chance that Rebecca or her baby needed it and I would assist Rebecca as her Spiritual Midwife, emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually.

With the presence of her husband, me and the other home birth midwife, Rebecca birthed her baby peacefully in her birth pool at home after a few days of prodromal labour.


Both Rebecca and her husband were amazed at how peaceful and calm her birth was compared to her first hospital birth. And I feel so very blessed to have been invited into her home to sit with her at the birth altar.


Curious about Rebecca? Find her on instagram as @rebecccaunderwood

Now this redemptive physiological home birth experience that Rebecca had sparked an interest in her in becoming a sacred space holder for birth herself, which you hear us mentioning in the episode. 

And she is now applying to join the September Cohort of The Spiritual Midwife Mentorship Program. And I couldn’t be more proud, honored and excited for her to join.

Here is some feedback from one of my mentee's:

To be a sacred space holder one must be a clear channel- this is not some woo-woo or foo-foo lingo. It’s the truth.

This requires a full on excavation of our cellular imprints, lineage traits, collective wounding; a house keeping effort that leaves no crack nook or cranny untouched.

I have to be conscious of what I am bringing into that holy sacred vast and powerful portal that is birth. Every thread of energy matters. That means every intent, thought, action, word, and resonance. Every drop matters.

So we unearthed Herstory, our red thread lineage, our own birth imprints, our blood rites or first menarche, our own birth portal experiences, our relationship to our bodies, sacred yoni’s, sexuality and more.

The container set and held is solid and deep. We get to be witnessed by a cohort of vetted sisters that have agreed to also take the plunge. We listen to each other with our full hearts. We get to be witnessed as we unravel and weave ourselves back together.

This mentorship is most certainly not a “doula” training. Oh no. It is a soul calling. It requires 100% commitment to yourself, your future self and the women within the cohort.

It is a reclamation of the Divine Feminine. It is a re-membering of the Matriarch. It is healing the collective Witch and Sister wound and so much more.

If you would like to know what liberation looks, feels and tastes like; if you want to be a part of the true healing needed so desperately within humanity on our planet today; if you wish to serve at the birth altar or anywhere within its sphere- women’s circles, preconception, pregnancy, postpartum, our blood rites, then I invite you to lean in.

Anna has set a container that can hold you, wherever you may be along the path. If you feel the call, it’s time to answer.

Thank you so much Emily for sharing your experience of the mentorship with us.

And yes, it’s time to answer.

The doors for the September intake are open.

If you felt moved by this mentees words and feel a resonance and a yes then don’t hesitate to apply to join us.


Find All of Anna’s Links & Resources here:

www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast


Jul 15, 202301:20:09
Birthing Assisted by the Song of the Frogs

Birthing Assisted by the Song of the Frogs

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Rachel.

Rachel is a mama of 2 from the US.


Her first baby boy was born 5 years ago in the hospital by induction for going over 40 weeks. A practice that is getting more and more common despite its risks to mother and baby and without benefit for a normal mama and baby.


After her first birth Rachel decided to educate herself and to have a home birth for her second and ended up having an empowering and quick birth in the pool, in her sunroom bathed in the sound of the song of the frogs from the pond outside.


She found her birth to be calm, quick and pain free and wishes that all women could know that birth can be like this.


Curious about Rachel? Find her on instagram as @rachelutkewicz


Find All of Anna’s Links & Resources here:

www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Jul 08, 202345:18
Holly's Full of Gumption 4 Fast Home Births

Holly's Full of Gumption 4 Fast Home Births

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Holly.


Holly is a mama of four from the UK and she is a veterinarian, a feminist and passionate about women’s experiences of birth and motherhood. 


As a veterinarian, she has seen many mammal births and know that this works best when the mother is undisturbed. It was therefore a completely logical choice for her to have home births.


She went on to have all four of her babies at home. They were each amazing, empowering and all different births. 


Her first was born after only a four-hour long active labour stage, after her midwife claimed she wasn’t in enough pain to be in “real” labour. 


Her second has born in a pitch black room after 90 minutes of her waters breaking and the most intense non stop contractions where Holly booted the midwives out to the kitchen and had her baby on her own. 


Her third was born with her two sisters in the pool together with Holly ready to meet their baby sister. 


And her fourth was born in a hurry on the bathroom floor after just seven contractions. 


Holly’s stories are wild and beautiful and another variation of normal. And I love how assertive and full of gumption she is. I hope her stories will inspire you to claim your birth and rite of passage!


Find All of Anna’s Links & Resources here:

www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Jul 01, 202301:41:10
Aimee Aroha’s Powerful Birth Stories & Initiation into Motherhood

Aimee Aroha’s Powerful Birth Stories & Initiation into Motherhood

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Aimee Aroha.


Aimee is originally from New Zealand, today living in Australia and she is a Wild Mother and Transpersonal Birth Mentor.


She generously takes us through her first hospital birth at the young age of 24 and her initiation into motherhood.


We then dive into red threads, birth imprinting, rites of passages and women’s power in her rites and birth.


Aimee continues to share how her life took a turn as she moved from the big city smoke of Sydney into nature in Northern NSW, meeting a new partner and then becoming pregnant again and how this time she made very different choices.


She employed an independent home birth midwife for her second pregnancy but ended up birthing before her midwife arrived, and when she became pregnant a third time she decided for a fully wild pregnancy and free birth with just her family.


Curious about Aimee? Find her on instagram as @ripsnorter


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www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Jun 25, 202301:30:23
Breech Home Birth at 22 years old

Breech Home Birth at 22 years old

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Mya.


Mya is a young mama of one from Texas USA.

She is a spiritual yogi and a certified yoga teacher as well as a full time college student, majoring in Child Development. 


In today’s episode Mya will share about becoming pregnant and just knowing she didn’t want to birth in a hospital so she decided to birth at a birth centre, but when her baby wanted to be breech the birth centre told her she could either have c-section or she needed to change care providers.


Mya decided to change care providers and found her perfect team and had a beautiful breech birth at home.


I’m so happy she wanted to share her natural home breech birth story with us as we need to change the narrative that breech is dangerous and needs to happen, dictated by an obstetrician with a woman up in stirrups in hospital with a room full of spectators. 


Breech is a variation of normal! 


Curious about Mya? Find her on instagram as @myalou.yoga


Find All of Anna’s Links & Resources here:

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Jun 18, 202344:00
Birthing Surrounded by Feminine Wisdom

Birthing Surrounded by Feminine Wisdom

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Fatima


Fatima is a mama of two from New Zealand.


She is a lover of pregnancy and birth and really found her true calling when she became a Mama. She experienced a home birth for her first baby and then decided to have a free birth for her second.


Fatima’s two empowering births led her to become a transformational pregnancy and birth coach and Mother’s Blessing facilitator for the women in her community.


In this episode Fatima shares both her birth stories with us and the preparation she did for her free birth, especially the inner work needed. 


For her second birth it seemed like the universe aligned, the right people were able to be present and she spent most of her labour on the land surrounded by women she deeply trusted and her husband. 


Curious about Fatima? Find her on instagram as @birthinggoddess


Find All of Anna’s Links & Resources here:

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Jun 11, 202359:50
Healing Birth Imprints for an Empowering Birth

Healing Birth Imprints for an Empowering Birth

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Jet.


Jet is a mama of two from The Netherlands.

She is a holistic sleep coach for young children and a childbirth educator.


In today’s episode we will hear about her two births, starting with the pearls of wisdom she gained from her first birth that didn’t go to to plan, and was a transfer to hospital with some medicalization of her birth process.

 

In the years that followed she did a lot of personal inner work and research. Wanting to give her next baby the best possible chance to having a good start in life. When she conceived her daughter she was more than ready after all the healing inner work and research she had done and had her empowering, redemptive home birth that we will dive deeper into today. 


Curious about Jet? Find her on instagram as @jetdingemans


Find All of Anna’s Links & Resources here:

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Jun 04, 202301:04:28
The Wisdom of Letting go and Lean into the Pain in Birth

The Wisdom of Letting go and Lean into the Pain in Birth

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Stephanie.


Stephanie is a mama of 2 from Sydney, Australia and she is a painter and a high school arts teacher.


Her first baby was born in hospital via induction, epidural and episiotomy at 42 weeks and it was not the birth experience she wanted.


So when falling pregnant again and buying their first house, she felt like she wanted and could give birth at home and she did!


Stephanie is a mountain climber and this helped her in birthing her second baby as she understood this time around that preparing mentally was crucial for birthing, just as it is in mountain climbing. 


She shares all about her preparation with us today as she tells us about her empowering home birth.


Curious about Stephanie? Find her on instagram as @_fulgora_


Find All of Anna’s Links & Resources here:

www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

May 28, 202345:58
A Natural Birth Tear to Horseback Riding 3 weeks after Birth

A Natural Birth Tear to Horseback Riding 3 weeks after Birth

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Jessica.

Jessica is a mama of one from Texas where she lives with her husband and run a horse training business as well as selling real estate. 


She loves horseback riding and rode her horses up until 9 months pregnant.


Today we will hear about her birth centre birth and how she, after 24hrs, birthed her baby in the center but had a tear they were not confident stitching for her there so she went to the hospital where she was received in a friendly and helpful manner and got the help she needed. 


And in 3 weeks after her birth she was back up on her horse, riding with no issues.


The magical healing capabilities of our body’s, and especially vaginas after birth is remarkable.


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May 21, 202342:17
Awakening to Birth as Sacred Ceremony

Awakening to Birth as Sacred Ceremony

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Grace.

Grace is a Mama of one from British Colombia, Canada. 


She is the creator of Polyrhythmic cranial healing and holds women’s circles and retreats to help us connect the dots back to each other. 


In today’s episode we speak of so much more than Grace’s powerful natural birth story. I even have a hard time putting it into words.


We both have goosebumps throughout. Mary is with us in spirit. And this conversation holds the vibration of the new earth, of women’s awakening to birth as sacred ceremony, of us remembering our herstory and our rite of passages and connection to the divine.


Grace’s hope is to share her birth story of her daughter to help remind women of their scared connection to the divine and the spirit of their baby. 


Curious about Grace? Find her on instagram as @conscious.queendom


Use the code MOTHERS20 during checkout of all my online courses and coaching for your 20% Mothers Day Discount.


Find All of Anna’s Links & Resources here:

www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

May 14, 202301:07:11
Ellen Fisher’s 5 Home Birth Stories

Ellen Fisher’s 5 Home Birth Stories

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Ellen Fisher.


Ellen is a mama of 5 living on beautiful Hawaii. She is a home birthing and home schooling mama who loves growing her own food and is a vegan of 16 years.


She’s also a podcast host of her own podcast called The Ellen Fisher Podcast which I very much recommend you check out, and she just launched The Empowered Pregnancy & Birth Course sharing her own birth wisdom as well as that of selected experts.


In today’s episode you get to hear about each of her 5 natural and empowering home births. She dives on into the pearls of wisdom she gained from each and every one of them and the difference between them. 


There is so much valuable birthing wisdom in this episode so strap on in as we dive on into her beautiful birth stories.


Curious about Ellen? Find her on instagram as @ellenfisher


Ellen's Birth Course https://go.theempoweredbirth.com/ellen


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May 07, 202301:17:42
Chelsea Lee’s Irish Twins - A Road Side Birth & A Wild Free Birth

Chelsea Lee’s Irish Twins - A Road Side Birth & A Wild Free Birth

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Chelsea Lee.


Chelsea Lee is a mama of two living in rural South Australia. She is a hairdresser gone wild stay at home mama after birthing her two babies.


Her first baby was an intended free birth but ended up being a road side birth with a whole team attending. When she hit transition she made the decision to go to hospital, however didn’t make it all the way. 


Only 8 months postpartum she conceived again and with her second she decided to have a wild pregnancy and to again free birth her baby. 


This time around she was much more prepared for what to expect and in a totally different head space.


She ended up having her desired free birth and is now wanting to soon step onto the path of becoming a space holder for birth herself.


Hopefully joining a future Spiritual Midwife Mentorship Cohort once her babies are a bit bigger.


Curious about Chelsea Lee? Find her on instagram as @chelsealeebutler


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Apr 30, 202301:19:53
A First Time Mama’s 3 hour Home Birth

A First Time Mama’s 3 hour Home Birth

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Roz. Roz is a mama of one from British Colombia, Canada.


She is personal trainer and runs her own health and wellness Arbonne business. 

Roz teaches yoga, leads adventure retreats and is raising her 1 year old babe with her partner Grant.


And in today’s episode she shares about her fast home birth that was around 3 hours from the first contraction to having her baby in her arms.


Roz hopes that in sharing her empowering birth story that women in her community and all over the world will do the work to be empowered when it comes to making sovereign choices from conception into motherhood and beyond! 


Curious about Roz? Find her on instagram as @roz.jacobson


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Apr 23, 202301:01:47
SPECIAL EPISODE: The Art of Sacred Space Holding in Birth with Anna The Spiritual Midwife

SPECIAL EPISODE: The Art of Sacred Space Holding in Birth with Anna The Spiritual Midwife

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast I am sharing a special episode with you about The Art of Sacred Space Holding in Birth.


It is an episode bringing some embodied wisdom for mamas to be about why it is so important who you invite into your birth space and it’s a resource for you who are attending or are planning on attending a birth.

Maybe you’re a sister, mother, partner or friend. Maybe you’re a doula, midwife or even an OB or aspiring to be a birth worker.


The intention with this episode is to awaken you to the importance of the quality of your presence in the birth space, and how it can positively or negatively impact a woman’s physiological birth process and her birth experience. 


Emily, also known as the Birth Advocate, joins me in this conversation. She’s a retired nurse, an initiator of the medical freedom movement in Maine and now a Spiritual Midwife Mentorship Program Mentee.


She helps me bring you the juice of why sacred space holding is needed in the birth realm, what it looks like and how to cultivate it, and in the end of this episode we also dive a bit deeper into The Spiritual Midwife Mentorship Program for you who might be interested in knowing more.


I hope you will find value in this special episode with me.


If you do, please let me know and maybe I’ll do some more of sharing my embodied wisdom with you.


Interested in The Spiritual Midwife Mentorship Program?

This program is now known as The Sacred Birth worker Mentorship! Find out more and apply here:

https://www.sacredbirthinternational.com/thesacredbirthworkermentorship


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www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Apr 19, 202346:12