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Happy Homebirth

The Happy Homebirth podcast is your source for positive natural childbirth stories, and your community of support, education and encouragement in all things homebirth and motherhood.

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Ep 40: Shayla Has an Empowered Freebirth

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/09/01

Have you ever considered what it would be like to give birth as intimately as possible? This certainly may look different for different people. For example—for me, giving birth as intimately as possible meant having just my husband and best friend/apprentice in the room with me for the majority of my labor, with the rest of my birth team filing in at the very end. For Shayla and others, this means giving birth completely alone—with just their family at home. Many people call this unassisted

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52:09

Ep 39: The Heart of Postpartum Together

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/08/26

Show Notes: For those of you who have experienced it—was postpartum anything like you thought it would be? In fact—did you even spend much time considering it before your first birth? I’ll be the first to say that with my first child, I didn’t pay nearly enough attention to postpartum. Sure, I considered breastfeeding… but I expected this to be the one potentially difficult aspect of new motherhood. I didn’t expect the anxiety, and I certainly didn’t expect rage. But postpartum hormones

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Ep 38: A Look at Irish Prenatal Care and Homebirth...

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/08/19

Do you ever consider the similarities and differences of homebirth, and birth in general, around the globe? Episode 37 gives a glimpse into the maternity care of women in Ireland by following Emer’s journey from hospital to homebirth. Emer is a fitness-loving mother of 3 located on the western coast of Ireland. She owns a women’s gym where she works with women in all stages of life, with a specific love of helping women pre and postnatally. She and her business partner run an online blog

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Ep 37: Alexa Chooses Homebirth With Her First Baby

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/08/12

Did you decide to have a homebirth with your first baby, or did this decision take place later down the line? For mamas pregnant with your first, do you ever find yourself thinking, "Perhaps I'll have a homebirth... with my second..."? As a doula, Alexa experienced a number of births before becoming pregnant. This experience pushed her towards the open arms of her homebirth midwives. She knew that she wanted to give birth naturally... and she felt certain that that goal would be more

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51:37

Ep 36: The Transformative Nature of Birth

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/08/05

Is there anything more transformative than birth? Than being reborn as a mother for the first, second, or sixth time? For so many, birth is a catalyst into the next phase of life- not only on the maternal front, but also on the passion and career front. This is exactly what happened to Stefanie. After experiencing her own birth with midwives, she was set on fire with a passion for women and babies. She became a Lamaze instructor, a midwife’s assistant, and a doula. How amazing! During today’s

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Ep 35: When Pregnancy Becomes High Risk...Twice

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/07/29

Brought to you today by my wonderful, amazing, charming, and highly skilled husband who drove around for an hour today to find Wi-Fi and upload this. He is the real deal. #Blessed #MyHero #WhoShotJFK?

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39:42

Ep 34: GlowbodyPT's Guide to a Fit Pregnancy and...

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/07/22

I LOVE working out, and I especially loved it during my most recent pregnancy. Something about focusing on my health while growing my new babe was incredibly empowering. What about you? Did you feel energized and ready to work out during pregnancy? Now that I'm postpartum, I'm biding my time until I can return to working out. The first few weeks post-pregnancy are a sacred time of rest, so I know I must take this just as seriously as any other period of time. But what happens when I get

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44:58

Ep 33: Jasmin Struggles with Stalled Labor

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/07/15

What do you do when labor stalls? Somewhat of a wonky question, as the body is generally far more intelligent than we give it credit. However, there are times when our mind and body are just not connecting and we need help figuring out how to progress. Enter Jasmin-Mom boss and entrepreneur. Jasmin, who herself was born at home, never even considered the idea of homebirth until she became pregnant with her third child. After a very quick second birth she assumed baby #3 would practically fall

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Ep 32: A Cultural Look at Postpartum Healing With Adilah

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/07/08

What happens when you break a bone, undergo surgery, or get sick? Typically, very specific time is taken to rest, and most importantly, to heal. What about when you have a baby? After creating an entirely separate, entirely new life in your womb for 9-10 months, then bringing that life forth one way or another, what do you do? Do you give your body the same type of attention and care that one does when recovering from any other strenuous/difficult event? I sure as heck hope so, but I sure

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Ep 31: All Kinds of Motherhood: Sydney’s Journey as a...

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/07/01

Motherhood: What does this word mean to you? What comes to mind? I know that personally, I think of my own experience- raising my daughter, and now starting again with raising our second girl. Sydney's experience, however, is quite different. She has experienced motherhood from several different aspects: as a biological mother who placed her child for adoption, as a mother raising her second child with her husband, and as a surrogate. This episode details Sydney's experiences in all of these

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Ep 30: Katelyn's Peaceful, Undisturbed Birth

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/06/24

Show Notes: Happy Homebirth hit 10,000 downloads! It's time to celebrate. What do you want to see? A Facebook group? Merchandise? Send an e-mail to katelyn@myhappyhomebirth.com with your suggestions. Imagine your ideal birth. Where are you? Who is with you? In what position are you laboring? Listen in to hear Katelyn's most recent birth. Her experience was "magical," as she was surrounded with exactly the right people in exactly the right time. Katelyn set up her birthing space very

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Ep 29: Rachael Births at the Birth Center... Before...

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/06/17

Deepest Thank You to Our Sponsor! Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Show Notes: Rachael is a mother of 3: Her oldest is 10, she has a 4-year-old son, and a 1.5 year-old babe In 2009, when pregnant with her first, she decided to have a birth center birth. We discuss how uncommon this choice was at that time, at least in the area she was living. She had two friends who had had hospital births without

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Ep 28: MaternityWise's Anne Croudace Shares Her Birth...

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/06/10

Generously Sponsored By: Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Show Notes: Anne is a mother of 6 children who range in age from 25 to 3 She has been a doula/labor support person for 25 years (before the term really even existed!) In 1999, Anne trained formally as a doula. She trained a second time with another organization the following year, and found that the two organizations had rather opposite

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52:15

Ep 27: Doing it at Home with Sarah Bivens

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/06/03

Show Notes: Sarah is the co-host of the Doing it at Home Podcast She is a balance lifestyle coach who works with mothers in integrating their identities, purpose, confidence and sexuality She is wife to her husband Matthew and Mom to her daughter Mya Orgasmic Mama is the name of Sarah’s online membership program that she’s recently launched for moms to have a place to explore conversations regarding sexuality Daily life before having a homebirth: “What the hell were we doing? We didn’t know how

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Ep 26: Katelyn's Blessingway & Pregnancy Update

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/05/29

Show Notes: Currently 38 weeks pregnant Have had quite a successful pregnancy-- this one has gone by much faster (probably because I've been chasing my toddler) Planning to have my daughter at the birth. We've prepared by having her watch birth videos and even listening to/watching the video of me pushing with her This pregnancy I: continued strength training throughout- I feel it made a huge difference for me I did start eating more poorly during February/March, so I did the Whole30 with my

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Ep 25: Mia Advocates for Herself and Baby During...

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/05/27

Show Notes: Mia and her fiancé have been together for 7 years and have two precious sons together. She comes for a naturally minded family- some of her aunts had had homebirths. However, she was not very educated on the subject. She planned for a hospital birth and had a pretty good experience. She later experienced a friend’s homebirth (about 8 months after her own hospital birth) and realized that’s what she would want to do with any subsequent children. Mia found out that she was pregnant with

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Ep 24: Leah's Midwife Handles a Serious Complication

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/05/20

Show Notes: Leah is a registered nurse engaged to a UFC fighter, Brandon Davis. They have just grown their family with a new baby! She had a homebirth with her first baby. When asked how she decided to have a homebirth, she said she’s always been fascinated with it, but she doesn’t have any friends or family members who had had homebirths previously. That being the case, it took a large amount of research on her part to come to the decision and know for certain she wanted to give birth at

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Ep 23: Believe in Midwifery with Madeline Murray

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/05/13

Thank you to our sponsor!: Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Show Notes: Madeline Murray is a CPM working in Atlanta, Georgia. She is part of a 3-midwife practice called Modern Midwifery She had her first child this past year, and remembers people telling her that having a baby would make her a better midwife. Though she’s not sure if she agrees, she definitely thinks being a midwife made her a

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Ep 22: Birth Photographer Kendra Miller is Inspired...

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/05/06

Thank You, Sponsors! Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Dreckman Family Chiropractic http://www.familychiropracticinsimpsonvillesc.com/ 864-757-9901 Show Notes: Kendra is a mom of 4: a 6 year old, 4 year old, 2 year old, and 1 month old Before becoming a mother, she was a vet tech. After the birth of her first child, Kendra entered the world of birth photography and has not looked back! She and her

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Ep 21: Dear Darby Sisters Share Their Birth Stories...

Happy Homebirth ·

2019/04/29

We Love You, Sponsors! The Mama Needs Box mamaneedsbox.com mamaneedspodcast.com instagram.com/mamaneedsbox Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Stephanie Sibbio’s Glowing Mama To Be Course: www.myhappyhomebirth.com/glowingmamacourse (15% off with the code: happyhomebirth15 ) instagram.com/stephsibbiofitness April and Aleena are sisters, Aleena is the oldest, so she gets to go first! Aleena has 4

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