Motherbirth
Birth & Motherhood Podcast - Awaken The Confident Mother Within
Episodes
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Less Stuff, More Meaning: How to Create Holiday Traditions Your Family Will Love—038
December 18th, 2017 | 1 hr 14 mins
In this special episode, we chat with several guests who share insights about how they create family traditions that are in alignment with their beliefs and personal values and how they navigate through the trappings of cultural norms at this time of...
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Embracing the Creativity of Birth and Early Motherhood—037
December 11th, 2017 | 54 mins 6 secs
Two years ago, Breena Bard’s first son was born, an experience she calls comedic inspiration. Her birth plan didn’t include any of the challenges she faced. She had intended to have an unmedicated delivery but after days of painstaking labor due...
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Becoming Us: Your Relationship After Birth —036
December 4th, 2017 | 1 hr 7 mins
Elly Taylor and her husband thought they were prepared for having their first child but quickly realized they faced unexpected conflicts. When Elly started counseling other parents, she realized most couples were experiencing the same challenges. She...
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Empowering Homebirth After Cesarean (HBAC)—035
November 27th, 2017 | 1 hr 15 mins
Despite being a believer in out-of-hospital births, Page Rose ended up needing to give birth to her first two biological children in a hospital. Pregnant with her first child, Page went to the hospital due to back pain, where she was shocked to...
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NICU Nurse Becomes NICU Mom—034
November 20th, 2017 | 1 hr 19 mins
An experienced NICU nurse faces her worst fears when her second daughter is born prematurely via c-section with unexpected respiratory failure and struggles to survive.
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72 Days in the NICU—033
November 13th, 2017 | 1 hr 13 mins
After an emergency cesarean at 26 weeks, a first time mother faces an agonizing NICU stay while her daughter fights for her life.
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Mellisa's Story: 56 Hours of Labor—032
November 6th, 2017 | 1 hr 2 mins
Part 2 of her story, co-host Mellisa Reeves shares about the difficult and grueling labor with her first son, complicated by severe postpartum anxiety and a long road to recovery.
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Mellisa's Story: Stillbirth at 42 Weeks—031
October 30th, 2017 | 1 hr 10 mins
Co-host of the show, Mellisa Reeves, shares the devastating story of the unexpected stillbirth of her son Rowan, and how grief changed her life.
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Grieving Goldie—030
October 23rd, 2017 | 48 mins 3 secs
Christa Black Gifford had no idea that her daughter, Goldie, had anencephaly until the moment she was born at home, delivering in one push since she only had a partial skull. She shares about the time they spent with Goldie before saying goodbye and what
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Preterm Birth and Loss (Sweet Afton)—029
October 16th, 2017 | 1 hr 2 mins
Lindsay Ostrom of Pinch of Yum shares her moving story of delivering her son at 23 weeks and how she chose to spend their few precious hours together.
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When Hello Means Goodbye (SIDS)—028
October 11th, 2017 | 46 mins 44 secs
A mother shares the haunting story of waking up to find her 2 day old son having passed away of SIDS, and how she found healing and strength in her life as a mother.
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Medical Providers Choosing Birth at Home—027
October 2nd, 2017 | 58 mins 41 secs
Filmmaker Jessicca Moore shares her story as a nurse practitioner of choosing a homebirth after researching her options and realizing that more and more medical providers are making the same choice.
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Birth With PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome)—026
September 25th, 2017 | 56 mins 21 secs
After years of menstrual irregularities and difficulty getting pregnant, a women is finally diagnosed with PCOS and begins her journey through several IUI losses to finally meeting her daughter.
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Unmedicated, Pain-Free Homebirth—025
September 18th, 2017 | 1 hr 17 mins
A mother has an accidental unassisted homebirth without any pain after preparing using Hypnobirthing in Sweden.
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Of Sperm Donors, Cesareans and VBAC's—024
August 25th, 2017 | 59 mins 1 sec
A mother shares her journey of conceiving through a sperm donor, of her homebirth turned c-section and what she learned from two very different experiences of birth.
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Birth on Two Different Islands—023
August 18th, 2017 | 1 hr 8 mins
After experiencing two totally different births as a military expat, a mother discovers her love for helping women find the support they need as they transition to motherhood.