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  • Vince and Christina are an incredible example of a healthy marriage and an amazing union and teamwork during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

    Together these two Embrace Birth Journey grads and longtime podcast listeners tell their two Spirit-led home birth stories and then issue a [much-needed, fresh] invitation to the fathers among us.

    Mentioned in this episode:

    Happy Homebirth Podcast episode where they first encountered Brooke The Business of Being Born documentary The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin Embrace Birth Journey (the course they took before their first birth) Calvary Chapel I'm So Blessed song Mother Blessings The First Week After Birth (workshop on postpartum) Prioritizing Postpartum on Holy Wild Birth Children's home birth book list (on Sister Birth's IG) Kangaroo care (the work of Nils Bergman) On The Rock Fatherhood (launching October 2024) - follow on IG for now or email [email protected]. Website will be live in August.

    Birth Story Disclaimer

    The choices, beliefs and opinions of the mamas sharing their stories are as individual as the storyteller herself and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs or recommended choices of Lauren and/or Brooke.

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    Email us to say hi: [email protected]

    Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

    Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

    Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

    From Lauren:

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    Midwifery consults: Email [email protected]

    From Brooke:

    Instagram

    Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

    Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support
  • Ok, so maybe you wouldn't expect to hear a conversation on Holy Wild Birth about the educational choices we've made for our kids. It doesn't seem immediately relevant, we know.

    But it is. Because we got requests for this, we're going to passionately get on our soapboxes about the beauty of the unschooling lifestyle and it's benefits for children.

    And then we're going to bring it home by tying it in with autonomous, undisturbed childbirth AND the pathways we take to becoming birth workers, too.

    As promised, here are some of our favorite resources of learning more about the unschooling life.

    To learn more about Hearthmother Journey and get on the waitlist for early enrollment in the October 2024 cohort, go here.

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    Email us to say hi: [email protected]

    Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

    Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

    Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

    From Lauren:

    Instagram

    Midwifery consults: Email [email protected]

    From Brooke:

    Instagram

    Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

    Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    Embrace Birth Journey Membership - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support
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  • In this episode we discuss finding the balance of showing up in a birth space with skill and confidence while also respecting the process enough to not disturb it with unnecessary interventions.

    Its not always the easiest thing to navigate the use of our "handy dandy" tools/skill sets but we do believe that some times doing nothing is the very something that we ought to be doing, while also having the wisdom to reach in to our tool bag when the moment deems it necessary. We hope this discussion gives you some food for thought and practical advice on navigating this question.

    Mentioned in the episode:

    The Way of The Hearthmother Podcast Episode

    Hearthmother Journey || Raising the Next Generation of Holy Wild Birthkeepers

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    Email us to say hi: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: ⁠⁠Fill out the form⁠⁠ Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: ⁠⁠sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest⁠⁠ Join ⁠⁠Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted)⁠⁠ - a FB community Join Rooted in Eden PMA Might Networks Social Circle

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    Midwifery consults: Email [email protected]

    From Brooke:

    ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop⁠⁠ - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

    ⁠⁠Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop ⁠⁠- a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    ⁠⁠Embrace Birth Journey⁠⁠ - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support
  • Here we pick up from the previous episode with the grand finale of Willow & Wren's pregnancy and their birth story!

    Hear about how Lauren chose her birth team, the challenges she faced physically at the end of pregnancy, and the wild ride of giving birth to them.

    Remember, Embrace Birth Journey is available for $50 off using code TWINS at checkout now through Sunday 4/28 only.

    CONNECT

    Email us to say hi: [email protected]

    Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

    Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

    Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

    From Lauren:

    Instagram

    Midwifery consults: Email [email protected]

    From Brooke:

    Instagram

    Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation courses library for unassisted and midwife-attended births

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support
  • In this very special episode, our very own Lauren Hall shares a very personal story -- the story of the birth of her twin girls, Willow and Wren on Palm Sunday 2024.

    She begins at the very beginning -- even before the beginning -- by telling the story of her son Levi, the born-too-soon twin of her daughter Leela, followed by the story of the Lord opening her heart to conceiving a baby... and then eventually learning there was actually TWO babies.

    Throughout it all, you'll be blown away by all the highly personal and tenderly caring ways that the Lord worked in Lauren and her family's hearts and lives.

    After you finish this episode, find Part 2, available tomorrow.

    This episode was recorded while Brooke (who resides in Michigan) stayed a week with Lauren (who resides in Arkansas) during her postpartum time. We don't get to record together in person very often, and it was so great!

    Also: as a fun bonus, now through April 28th ONLY Embrace Birth Journey -- Brooke's comprehensive Christian home birth preparation course library -- can be snagged for $50 using the code TWINS. Go to sisterbirth.com/journey for more info and to enroll with lifetime access.

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support
  • This episode with the beautiful Katherine DeGroot -- a MN mama to 4 young children all born outside the hospital -- covers not only her four birth stories (with a special emphasis on the 4th) but also went down some delightful rabbit trails, which I did NOT edit out because I believe you'll find them very worthwhile to listen to.

    Some of what we covered:

    How each birth was a different “era” for her relationship and family Being open to life The foreshadowing and significant dreams she expereinced leading up to her fourth birth Why hard isn’t bad — not shirking away from pain The “cost” of castor oil use The fourth baby effect Reclaiming Big family culture for our generation The way that home birthing puts us on a different health trajectory Creating - -by design-- the childhood you want your children to have Reverting to Catholicism Radical trust in God alone for the work no one else can do for you The gift of birth is that it strips us down to our humanity

    You can find Katie at @katherinelouisedegroot on IG or on her website.

    A written version of her 4th birth story is on her blog.

    Birth Story Disclaimer

    The choices, beliefs and opinions of the mamas sharing their stories are as individual as the storyteller herself and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs or recommended choices of Lauren and/or Brooke.



    “FOOTER”

    Email us to say hi: [email protected]

    Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

    Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

    Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

    From Lauren:

    Instagram

    Midwifery consults: Email [email protected]

    From Brooke:

    Instagram

    Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

    Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support
  • In this conversation with Staci -- a midwest mom to five -- you'll hear about themes like:

    How she learned to trust herself and authentically know her own preferences Having a mother who bcame a midwife after she had grown up The slow evolution from being people who would never be crazy enough to have their babies at home to ultimately choosing unassisted birth for their fifth baby Her process of choosing birth attendants and a photographer for her unassisted birth Wrestling with God over the timing of the start of her labor and ultimately choosing a new attitude, which led to release The difference it makes to have no other perceived authority present during labor Her moment of mentally deciding -- even in the absence of some physiological signs -- that birth doesn’t need to be long and it was time to push the head out How God saw and honored so many of her very specific desires Why she believes birth like this is the birthright of every woman

    You can find Staci at www.StacisHouse.com

    Birth Story Disclaimer

    The choices, beliefs and opinions of the mamas sharing their stories are as individual as the storyteller herself and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs or recommended choices of Lauren and/or Brooke.


    Connect:

    Email us to say hi: [email protected]

    Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

    Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

    Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

    From Lauren:

    Instagram

    Midwifery consults: Email [email protected]

    From Brooke:

    Instagram

    Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox
    Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation courses library + community

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support
  • Christina is a Catholic mom of three, who came into marriage "late" and has joyfully received 3 sons, all via homebirth, into their family. In this episode she shares all three of her birth stories, with a particular emphasis on the final one, at which she experienced a greater degree of surrender and worship than ever before. By the way, she sites the Faith Filled Home Birth Intensive as one of the tools that helped her come into alignment with God's dreams for her birth, so be sure to grab that free resource for yourself, sister.Also mentioned in this episode is the work of her mentor over at Make Joy Normal.Birth Story DisclaimerThe choices, beliefs and opinions of the mamas sharing their stories are as individual as the storyteller herself and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs or recommended choices of Lauren and/or Brooke.You'll find Christina here: Instagram Email: [email protected] SHOW NOTES “FOOTER” Email us to say hi: [email protected] Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB communityFrom Lauren: Instagram Midwifery consults: Email [email protected] Brooke: Instagram Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can) Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support

  • In this episode we invite you to listen in on a conversation with Lauren and Kathy Bryan, The Founder and CEO of The Genesis Project.

    Kathy is a respected international speaker/trainer, consultant, mentor, and author, who works tirelessly to communicate the stark truths of trafficking. She has trained thousands of professionals on how to identify and respond to those victimized by human trafficking, including medical personnel, Homeland Security, anti-trafficking organizations, and churches, to name a few.

    She also happens to be Lauren's mom!

    In this episode they scratch the surface on the many topics around unpacking one's trauma as preparation for birth but most importantly in order that you might walk more fully in the freedom and healing that Jesus has for you.

    Mentioned in the episode:

    https://www.thegenesisproject.life/

    Text to give: Text4THEM to 53555

    Red Flags of Sex Trafficking for Medical Professionals PDF

    Book mentioned: When Survivors Give Birth by Penny Simpkin

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    Email us to say hi: ⁠[email protected]⁠

    Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: ⁠Fill out the form⁠

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    Join ⁠Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted)⁠ - a FB community

    From Lauren:

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    Midwifery consults: Email [email protected]

    From Brooke:

    ⁠Instagram⁠

    ⁠Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop⁠ - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

    ⁠Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop ⁠- a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    ⁠Embrace Birth Journey⁠ - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support
  • Birth plans. You've probably been told you need one.

    But we'd like to pick it up, shake it around, and see what comes out as we re-examine this now-common practice of writing hand-over birth plans to your birth team.

    There are some shortcomings that we think you should know about.

    But don't worry: we won't leave you hanging there. We'll also present a fresh take on how to get the clarity you need for your birth. We'll present some other words, like vision, intentions, goals, principles... and why they're more important to focus on.

    Mentioned in this episode:

    Birth Plan: Does the Path Still Fit the Objective? Do the Means Still Fulfill the Purpose? on Midwifery Today Beyond the Birth Plan with Britta Bushnell A Heavenly Welcome Finding Your Unique Birth Approach from Brooke Birth Vision Worksheet from Lauren Hearthmother Approach to Birth :Planning"

    SHOW NOTES “FOOTER”

    Email us to say hi: [email protected]

    Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

    Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

    Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

    From Lauren:

    Instagram

    Midwifery consults: Email [email protected]

    From Brooke:

    Instagram

    Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

    Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support
  • Was it a Free Birth, Sovereign Birth, or Unassisted Birth...? How do you identify the birth you are planning or had? Who is defining these concepts and terminology? Do these terms have owners or authorities presiding over them?

    Join Brooke and Lauren as they discuss the current hot topic of defining birth terms. Prayerfully, this can be a jumping-off point to help us all come to a place of unity and mutual respect for one another as each shares her own story of the transformative experience that was her birth, whatever that might look like. Listen with an open mind and a gentle curiosity.

    Be sure to get the accompanying freebie Brooke made for you! This 11-page workbook aims to help you get free from dogmatic subscription to these terms and labels and to get in touch with what matters to you in your birth plans!

    From Lauren:

    ⁠Instagram⁠

    Midwifery consults: Email [email protected]

    From Brooke:

    ⁠Instagram⁠

    ⁠Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop⁠ - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

    ⁠Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop ⁠- a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support
  • If you've gone most of your menstruating history seeing it as an annoying inconvenience at best or a painful torture session you'll want to tune in for this episode.

    We'll explore:

    the deeper meaning and symbolism of our cycles what it means to be a cyclical being (our menfolk too!) similarities between cycles phases in our bodies and in creation as a whole how God "sees us" in our cycles and makes provision for us how our bodies express truths about YHWH and the gospel feminine and masculine ways of learning and living with our cyces and so much more.

    It's a delicious conversation. We hope you'll never see your period the same way again!

    PS: Don't forget that our first-ever cohort of our one-of-a-kind holy wild birthkeeper training Is OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT until October 25th. We start classes on November 1st. Join us in Hearthmother Journey today.

    Resources for Your Deep Dive

    Kisha Gallagher (Moonbeams and the Moedim Part I, Moonbeams and the Moedim Part II, Moonbeams and the Moedim Part III, Moonbeams and the Moedim Part IV)

    Zola Levitt -- The 7 Feasts of the Lord - The Making of a Baby

    A brief theology of the periods, yes really by Rachel Jones

    Theology of the Womb

    myFLO app Wisdom of the Womb (teas) Sheila G’s post on honoring seasons Rosh Codesh

    SHOW NOTES “FOOTER”

    Email us to say hi: [email protected]

    Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

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    Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

    From Lauren:

    Instagram

    Midwifery consults: Email [email protected]

    From Brooke:

    Instagram

    Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

    Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    Embrace Birth Journey Membership - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support
  • Hello, sisters! It's been a while but we're baacccckkk.

    So let's catch up! Lauren has some big life changes to update us on, the story of which so perfectly illustrates what a good leader and Father YHWH is.

    And then we get to give you the latest on the doula and birthkeeper training we have been working on, the reason we had this podcast on pause all summer.

    It's our 40th episode, and as if at the end of a 40-week pregnancy, we're "birthing" this thing into the world. Can't wait to have some of you join us.

    To learn more about Hearthmother Journey and to enroll go here: rootedineden.org/hearth-motherjourney

    SHOW NOTES “FOOTER”

    Email us to say hi: [email protected]

    Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

    Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

    Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

    From Lauren:

    Instagram

    Midwifery consults: Email [email protected]

    From Brooke:

    Instagram

    Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    Embrace Birth Journey Membership - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community) for expectant mamas.

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support
  • What makes a good birth attendant? How do I become one? Where can I learn to do this holy work? These questions and variations of, are things we hear often and have lead to some great conversations. Conversations that sparked a project that we are finally ready to share with all of you! Tune in to hear our thoughts, hearts and what we've been working on to bring to the birth world.

    Mention in this Show:

    https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/episodes/The-Way-of-the-HearthMother-e1mvm6j/a-a8i8rlj

    CONNECT

    Stay in the know about this project by signing up on the Hearthmother Journey Waitlist Email us with your questions: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: ⁠Fill out the form⁠ Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: ⁠sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest⁠ Join the⁠ Believing Birth Keepers Circle⁠ Join ⁠Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted)⁠ - a FB community

    From Lauren:

    ⁠Instagram⁠

    Midwifery consults: Email [email protected]

    From Brooke:

    ⁠Instagram⁠

    ⁠Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop ⁠- a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    ⁠Embrace Birth Journey Membership⁠ - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support
  • Hey Sisters! We just wanted to drop a quick hello, to tell you where we have been. Give it a listen and drop your guesses on what you think we are working on!

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  • On this week's episode of Holy Wild Birth I (Brooke) am joined by a graduate of Embrace Birth Journey who is offering up her stories of miscarriage, followed by a rainbow baby and lovely home birth, then a slow transition for her baby, which was punctuated with a difficult NICU stay. ⁠⁠Aly speaks candidly about the highs and lows of every part of her journey to becoming a mother, the ways she experienced God's provision and care along the way, her acceptance of the painful parts, and the ways she learned to wisely advocate for her daughter.⁠⁠I hope you'll be inspired by her faith and courage. ⁠⁠You can read Aly's written miscarriage story on her substack. Subscribe if you'd like to also catch her written birth story when she adds it there in the near future.https://open.substack.com/pub/alyolichny/p/baby-jack-and-grandpa-darrell?r=2sg05&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=postCONNECT Email us to say hi: [email protected] Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB communityFrom Lauren: Instagram Midwifery consults: Email [email protected] Brooke: Instagram Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a FREE, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox Embrace Birth Journey Membership - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)⁠--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support

  • This is an episode about loss, specifically first- and second-trimester loss.

    They say that 1 out of 4 of women will experience miscarriage at some point in their childbearing years. This is not uncommon, but it is often hidden and unspoken.

    In this episode, we hope to bring our own stories -- as well as the stories and wise reflections of our friends in the Believing Birth Keepers Circle -- into the light. We hope that hearing of them will communicate to you that you are not alone and that perhaps you will hear your own heart and experience mirrored in what is shared here, then paired with a powerful hope.

    These stories include experiences of being very well supported and also very much alone. There are stories of the miscarriage process happening at home as well as in the hospital, with varying degrees of medical intervention. These are stories of grief, and also stories of meeting Jesus in places of great sorrow.

    Be warned that this episode is long, and of course, the content is sad. Please take your time and take care of yourself as you listen through this at a pace and in a place that is best for you. If that means skipping this episode altogether, that's ok too.

    CONNECT

    Email us to share your own story of loss (know we hear you, deeply): [email protected] Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest Join the Believing Birth Keepers Circle Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

    From Lauren:

    Instagram

    Midwifery consults or processing your own loss story: Email [email protected]

    From Brooke:

    Instagram

    Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    Embrace Birth Journey Membership - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support
  • This is our first FTM home birth story! So often we think that only moms who have already had a baby in the hospital have a home birth. NOT TRUE! Brooke's first was born at home, too, but today we have a beautiful guest mama to share her experience of having her first baby at home.

    Ella's first pregnancy was a surprise, but she was pretty clear right out of the gate about her desire to have a home birth, even though some voices around her said they'd never have been brave enough to have a first baby at home. Even with some scary first trimester incidents, and even when she was thrown a couple of curve balls at the beginning of her labor, she went on to have a beautiful and pretty textbook home birth, keeping her curiosity and connection very much online through it all. Her story shows how home birth is a wonderful choice for first-time moms!

    But breastfeeding turned out to be the bigger challenge. Ella had to navigate her self-judgment for "failing" to live up to some cherished ideals, connect with her underlying values, and make some compromises to give her baby what he needed in order to thrive (and herself too!). Her message for moms here is SO important.

    Ellla is a jazz singer and a teacher of somatic practices (hello, nervous system regulation!). You can find her and her music/work here:

    Personal IG @thesounds_ofearth Band IG @third_coast_swing_band Band FB https://www.facebook.com/thirdcoastswingband

    CONNECT WITH LAUREN AND BROOKE

    Email us to say hi: [email protected]

    Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

    Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

    Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

    From Lauren:

    Instagram

    Midwifery consults: Email [email protected]

    From Brooke:

    Instagram

    Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    Embrace Birth Journey Membership - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support
  • How do you know when your family is complete or when you're "done" having babies? What does God's word have to say about having babies and how many? What if you and your husband have differing convictions about how many children to have?

    In this episode, we're going to get personal about our own personal convictions and journies up to this point... while simultaneously giving a very NO one-size-fits-all answer to the above questions.

    We know this is a topic that comes up a LOT in the FB groups we moderate, so we hope this episode will give some good fodder for discerning conversations between you, your husband, and the Lord.

    CONNECT

    Email us to say hi: [email protected]

    Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

    Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

    Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

    From Lauren:

    Instagram

    Midwifery consults: Email [email protected]

    From Brooke:

    Instagram

    Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

    Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    Embrace Birth Journey Membership - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holy-wild-birth/support
  • Taleitha Selby, wife and 4x homebirth momma, tells the story of her 3rd pregnancy and birth that she attributes to breaking her out of the mold of what she thought birth was. Listen to her share her story of how stepping out from how she had always done things prepared her for an accidental unassisted precipitous birth and self-led neonatal resuscitation.

    Our conversation also turned to the end caps of the physical life on this earth, as returning both to birth and death to the home holds special places in both of our hearts.

    CONNECT

    Email us to say hi: [email protected]

    Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

    Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

    Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

    From Lauren:

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