Motherbirth
Birth & Motherhood Podcast - Awaken The Confident Mother Within
Episodes
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You Are Not Biologically Designed To Do Motherhood Alone — 070
August 13th, 2018 | 59 mins 13 secs
In today’s episode, we have an in-depth conversation with Megan Connolly, a Co-Founder of Well Made Mama. There are many resources available to women regarding the physical changes their bodies experience during motherhood but few focus on the emotional and mental transformations that last a lifetime.
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The Women Who Are Ushering Midwifery Back into the Mainstream — 069
August 6th, 2018 | 1 hr 10 mins
In today’s episode, we speak with three women who were instrumental in establishing midwifery into traditional, bustling, hospital settings. Between them, they have over 50+ years of birth work experience and they continue to mentor, teach and serve women in the midwife community and beyond.
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Peyote In Labor, Feminism, and Running Away From the Army — 068
July 30th, 2018 | 1 hr 9 mins
In today’s episode, we speak with three extraordinary women who are dedicating their lives to the service of others. All three are birth workers who embrace respecting a woman’s cultural heritage and traditions. They candidly share their personal journeys and the wisdom they have cultivated over their many years of service.
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Gentle, Empowering Cesarean Birth — 067
July 23rd, 2018 | 1 hr 20 mins
Today’s guest, Ashley Logsdon, had always wanted to have children and in the most natural way possible. During our conversation, she details each of her three birth stories - all of which took unexpected turns in the opposite direction of her birth plans. Ashley had to learn to accept the way her daughters chose to came - and by her third birth, she had learned how to advocate for the birth experience she wanted, pioneering the adoption of gentle, family-centered cesarean procedures in her local hospital.
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All Births are Created Equal — 066
July 16th, 2018 | 1 hr 17 mins
Today’s guest, Marlene Ehrler, is a doctor of Naturopathic Medicine and comes from a long line of holistic healers. She founded Motherhood Medicine, a health and wellness resource designed to assist women on their journey to motherhood. And, she hopes to reawaken a woman’s inherent, natural healing abilities by providing lifestyle information without the bias of traditional marketing tactics through her Land and Spirit Project.
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Revolutionizing the System for Working Mothers — 065
July 9th, 2018 | 1 hr 9 mins
Today’s guest, Summer Edwards, home-birthed her two sons and is the oldest of five home-birthed siblings. For her, the choice to home-birth was clear. She wasn’t aware of the philosophical reasons other women had for home-birthing, it was just something her family did. When she returned to work after her first child, she realized she wasn’t returning to her previously satisfying career but a segmented ‘Mommy track’ within the organization. She then morphed her creative side project into Lead Women Lead, a community working to revolutionize the workplace for women at a systemic level.
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Planning Ahead for Postpartum Support — 064
July 2nd, 2018 | 56 mins 36 secs
Today’s guest, Arianna Taboada, is a Maternal Health Professional, a mother, and an advocate for women’s issues including maternity leave and postpartum planning. Her private consulting practice assists self-employed, working mothers to plan for and navigate through the personal and professional support they will need before, during and after childbirth. Her clients learn to actively develop their new identities in a non-isolated way.
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Storytelling as Healing for Trauma — 063
June 25th, 2018 | 48 mins 55 secs
In today’s show, we discuss the importance of support, community, and togetherness for women. Our mission for this podcast and community is to create a safe space for women to share their stories and to experience healing and connection through the power of storytelling. We believe that when women are isolated, they don’t have the communal structures in place to deal with the emotional work that comes with motherhood.
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The Surrogate Journey: Part 2 "An Intended Family Story" — 062
June 18th, 2018 | 1 hr 5 mins
After several miscarriages during the IVF process and discovering she had a blood disorder, Sibyl Almonte de Cannella investigated surrogacy - a practice illegal in most of the world. Sibyl opens up candidly about the emotional, physical, and mental toll she experienced on her motherhood journey.
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The Surrogate Journey: Part 1 "A Carrier Story" — 061
June 11th, 2018 | 1 hr 8 mins
Sara Rosser has experienced motherhood through midwifery, childbirth, adoption, and surrogacy. Our conversation about birth trauma and the oh-so-common desire for a “birth re-do” is so incredibly important - and will resonate with so many women.
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Vaginal Breech Birth - 3 Times — 060
June 4th, 2018 | 58 mins 16 secs
In this exciting episode, Jessica Gray describes her four births, three of which were vaginal breech births! Her bicornuate uterus, which is in the shape of a heart, is a hereditary trait that makes it less likely a baby will be able to change position later in pregnancy. By trusting herself and her body, she has given birth in hospitals, a birthing center and at home.
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Homebirth Story & Choosing the Right Birth Environment — 059
May 28th, 2018 | 1 hr 3 mins
During today’s episode, self-proclaimed birth junkie Yukie McGregor shares the inspiration behind her Dallas Birth Guide and the Birth Community that it created, her primal first birth experience at home and the relief she felt after talking with a therapist after bouts of postpartum depression started to creep in during the first few months after having her baby.
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Loss, Adoption, Cesarean Birth & Foster Parenting — 058
May 21st, 2018 | 1 hr 5 mins
During today’s episode, Natalie Brenner shares the joy, sadness, and grief she has experienced during her biological, adoptive and foster care motherhood journeys. She describes how her love of all things motherhood helped her navigate through postpartum depression, the intense emotional responsibility of foster parenting and her passion to dispel common myths and assumptions about the connection between adoption and infertility.
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PTSD and An Empowering Planned Cesarean — 057
May 14th, 2018 | 1 hr 42 mins
Today’s guest, Rebecca Fraser, openly shares about the heartbreaking loss she felt when she was denied the initial bonding period with her first son, after being moved to the OR to repair a severe vaginal laceration. She recounts the physical and emotional agony of her PTSD and her difficult quest to find support and healing. She also shares the contrasting pure joy and connectedness she felt when holding her second born immediately after having a planned Cesarean birth.
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Vaginal & Cesarean Twin Birth — 056
May 7th, 2018 | 57 mins 18 secs
Amy Griffith had long used the calming power of yoga and relaxed breathing in her daily life as a professional dancer. As a mom, the techniques became even more valuable to her both during birth and after. But when threatened with a court order unless choosing a Cesarean birth for her twins, Amy was faced with a difficult - and stressful - decision.
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Empowering Women Abroad Through Midwifery — 055
April 23rd, 2018 | 1 hr 11 mins
Today’s guest, Echo Zielinski, is a private doula and mother to three children who couldn’t wait to get out of the womb. Echo helps run the non-profit MamaBaby center in Haiti - a birthing center created with the mission of saving the lives of mothers and babies who have little-to-no access to prenatal care, education and ongoing support.