A Midwife's Daughter Chooses Freebirth

All of Maddison's births were peaceful, easeful homebirths. Even her third birth—an early loss of twins—unfolded gently at home and left her feeling at peace. Her postpartum experiences, however, were extremely challenging. Freshly out of an abusive relationship and pregnant for ...  Show more

Welcome to Season 7 of the podcast! When today's guest, Jordan, reached out to me to explore what it looks like to move forward when birth isn't healing—when it feels unresolved or leaves lingering questions—and how to find your own healing by integrating your lived experience, I ...  Show more

In this weeks episode we speak to Anna the spiritual midwife. She is the host of the Natural birth podcast and shares her wisdom with women through one on one sessions, online birth and postpartum courses and free online women circles. In this episode she shares her journey to be ...  Show more

I’ve heard and been a part of a LOT of birth stories but I have never heard a birth story quite like this one. Vincia’s second birth was the epitome of precipitous labor. Baby number one arrived two days past his due date after 36 hours of labor - eight hours medicated with Pitoc ...  Show more

In the first episode of season 2 we speak to Wild, from The wild womb witch, about "early birth" a beautiful term she uses to describe miscarriage in a way that honors the mother and baby through the journey of losing a baby while pregnant.     TW: trigger warning. We are talking ...  Show more

Welcome to the first episode of Mother Tongue. In this episode, three expat mama's Ellis, Jess and Maryanne who make up the Mother Tongue team, discuss their birthing experiences. Maryanne talks us through her 27-hour labour and the advantages of using a tens machine. Ellis ...  Show more