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Pain Free Birth

In the Pain Free Birth Podcast, your host, Karen Welton, invites you to discover the truth about how God brilliantly designed the female body for birth. Karen is a certified doula, childbirth educator, and coach who teaches women all around the world how to give birth without pain and fear through her online courses and content.In this show, we geek out about the hormonal physiology of birth, supernatural childbirth, bliss and ecstasy in labor, pregnancy, postpartum, motherhood, and everything in

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40:09

#83 | Labor Doesn't Happen to Us, it Happens for Us:...

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2026/01/06

What happens when you stop fighting labor and start working with your body? In today’s episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Mallory Ryan, a mom of two who shares her deeply transformative birth experiences. Mallory walks listeners through her first unmedicated birth at a birth center and her second, rapid home birth that she describes as joyful, empowering, and profoundly connected to God’s design for birth. Whether you are pregnant, preparing for birth, or simpl...

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55:31

Best of: The Power Of Christian Hypnobirthing with...

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2025/12/30

While Tara was blacking out from pain, losing hope, and believing she didn't have enough faith for a pain free pregnancy, she experienced a deeply spiritual experience that led her to creating the first of its kind, her own app, for Christian Hypnobirthing. Tune in to find out how drastically different Tara's births were with and without the power of hypnobirthing, how our thoughts and emotions can imprint on our babies brains, and how you can use hypnobirthing beyond labor! EPISODE HIGHLIGHT...

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57:48

Best of: Praying for the Impossible: Alla’s Fast Twin...

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2025/12/23

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IS LIVE! https://resources.painfreebirth.com/pfb-12-days-of-christmas In this episode, Alla shares her miraculous twin home birth story - giving birth precipitously to healthy babies at 38 weeks pregnant in her bathtub and overcoming fear so she could have a supernatural birth experience through prayer and trust in God. CONNECT WITH KAREN: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ Spotify Podcast - h...

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#82 | When Birth Gets Better and Better: A VBAC Home...

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2025/12/16

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IS LIVE! https://resources.painfreebirth.com/pfb-12-days-of-christmas What if your next birth didn’t have to look anything like your last one and could actually be better? In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Blake, a mom of four who shares her incredible journey from a discouraging first C-section to three transformative home births after cesarean. Blake walks listeners through each birth from a 77-hour marathon VBAC to a three-hour birth ...

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66:22

#81 | What Babies Feel at Birth: Prenatal Psychology,...

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2025/12/09

What if everything we thought we knew about birth was missing the most important perspective - the baby’s? In today’s episode, Karen sits down with renowned neonatal resuscitation instructor and midwife Karen Strange, whose groundbreaking work has reshaped how more than 17,000 birth professionals understand newborns, birth physiology, and the imprinting that happens in the earliest moments of life. With over three decades of experience, Karen Strange brings a trauma-informed, baby-cente...

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56:52

#80 | She Saw Jesus During Labor: A Supernatural...

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2025/12/02

What if birth wasn’t something to fear… but a place where heaven meets earth? In today’s episode, Caitlin Svoboda shares a supernatural, pain-free home birth story that will leave you breathless. In this interview, Caitlin opens up about her sixth pregnancy, her deep trust in God’s design for birth, and the unexpected spiritual encounter that forever changed how she views motherhood. From spiritual visions and the “veil of heaven” thinning, to a fast, instinct-led labor and a peaceful 10-poun...

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60:00

#79 | My Pelvic Floor Parted Like the Red Sea: Sara’s...

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2025/11/25

This Black Friday get $75 off the full course plus the birth partner bootcamp for free What happens when a traumatic first birth becomes the catalyst for two radically pain-free, God-filled home births? Today’s episode is a powerful testimony of redemption, physiology, faith, and a mother reclaiming her God-given authority in birth. In this conversation, Karen sits down with Sara Gilboy, a mom of three from Toronto, Canada, who experienced a deeply traumatic first home birth during COVI...

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54:42

#78 | The Secret to a Pain-Free Home Birth And How...

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2025/11/18

What if the secret to a pain-free birth isn’t found in a technique or a position… but in your ability to surrender? In this episode, Karen sits down with Taylor Cleveland, a mom who experienced a radically pain-free second home birth after taking the Pain-Free Birth Course. Taylor opens up about her first difficult labor, the mental battle she faced, and how a simple mindset shift changed everything. She shares how learning to fully surrender physically, mentally, and spiritually led to...

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60:12

#77 | What the Bible Says About Birth

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2025/11/11

For generations, women have been told that pain in labor is simply part of the curse and that it’s what Eve brought upon us in the Garden of Eden. But is that truly what Scripture teaches? In this episode, Karen takes a deep dive into Genesis 3:16 and the verses that have shaped our modern beliefs about birth, pain, and womanhood. You’ll learn how a single mistranslated word has influenced centuries of theology and fear surrounding birth and how reclaiming the truth of God’s design can set wo...

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37:51

#76 | A Supernatural Birth: From 3cm to Birth in 45...

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2025/11/04

What if birth was never meant to be painful? In this episode, Karen sits down with Sammy Murry, a holistic mama of three (soon to be four!) who shares how her third birth became the most peaceful, pain-free, and faith-filled experience of her life. After two beautiful but challenging labors, Sammy discovered the book Supernatural Childbirth and began to pray differently and believing that God could rewrite her birth story. She walks us through how she prepared her heart, strengthened he...

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52:19

#75 | Pain-Free VBAC at 41 Weeks: How Jenny Had a...

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2025/10/28

What if your body was powerful enough to birth a ten-pound baby without force, fear, or tearing? In this powerful VBAC home birth story, Jenny Duke shares how she went from a planned C-section with her first baby to an unmedicated, pain-free VBAC birth of her second-a ten-pound baby born at 41 weeks and 4 days. Jenny opens up about her first pregnancy, discovering her baby was breech, and how that unexpected cesarean became a divine setup for her healing and preparation. She walks through how...

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52:46

#74 | God’s Design for Birth: How Shelby Experienced...

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2025/10/21

What happens when a labor and delivery nurse decides to trust God’s design for birth, surrender control, and experience birth the way He intended? After seven long years of infertility and waiting on God’s timing, nurse and mama Shelby Swanton miraculously conceived her daughter and went on to experience a pain-free, supernatural, and deeply spiritual birth. In this episode, Shelby shares her journey from years of disappointment and doubt to an ecstatic, worship-filled birth that defied every...

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59:37

#73 | Induced for No Reason? What Every Pregnant...

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2025/10/14

What if birth didn’t need to be managed, induced, or controlled? In this episode, Karen sits down with Dr. Melanie Jackson, known as Melanie the Midwife, to unpack why the modern maternity system so often views women’s bodies as “a ticking time bomb” and how that fear drives the epidemic of unnecessary inductions. With 17 years of experience as an Australian midwife, Melanie brings evidence-based wisdom and a rebellious spirit to the conversation. She shares what she discovered in her P...

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46:53

#72 | What Happens When You Invite God into Your Birth

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2025/10/07

What happens when you’ve done everything “right,” but your labor still isn’t going according to plan? In this episode, Karen interviews Bernise Theron, a pastor’s wife and mom of three from South Africa, who found herself facing one of the most faith-testing moments of her life in labor. After months of praying, preparing, and believing for a peaceful birth, she suddenly faced unexpected complications, fear, and a decision that would change everything. But instead of panic, Bernise and her hu...

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66:25

#71 | From Emergency C-Section to Pain-Free VBAC Home...

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2025/09/30

What happens when your first birth leaves you traumatized and fearful—but God writes a redemptive story through your next births? In this powerful episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Grace Kaminkow, a mom of three, who went from an unexpected emergency c-section to experiencing a VBAC home birth and eventually a pain-free birth filled with faith and worship. Tune in to hear: How her first c-section birth unfolded after a cascade of interventions and left her question...

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59:21

#70 | How Birth Shaped My Motherhood: Six Kids and...

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2025/09/23

In today’s episode, Karen sits down with Tommi Kirkpatrick, a mother of six whose powerful story captures the highs, lows, and supernatural beauty of birth and motherhood. From her first home birth to the moment she thought she couldn’t go on, Tommi vulnerably shares how each of her births shaped her faith, her family, and her understanding of what it means to be a mother. Whether you’re preparing for your first baby or your sixth, this conversation will give you hope, courage, and a re...

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73:15

#69 | Birth in War Zones and Triplet Home Birth with...

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2025/09/16

What if the “impossible” was actually possible? In this jaw-dropping episode, Karen sits down with midwife Kristine Lauria, a global midwifery director with more than 30 years of experience, to unpack the viral story of a home birth triplet delivery. Kristine has attended over 5,000 births worldwide — from refugee camps in South Sudan with Doctors Without Borders to high-risk deliveries in the U.S. — and she brings an unmatched perspective on what physiological birth can truly look like. Tune...

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75:38

#68 | From Two C-Sections to a Pain-Free Home Birth

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2025/09/09

What happens when you’ve been told your body “can’t” birth vaginally… and then God writes a different story? In this episode, Karen sits down with Audrey Stinson, a mom of four, who went from believing she would never experience a vaginal birth to having not one, but two redemptive home births—the last being completely pain-free. Audrey vulnerably shares her journey through two cesareans, the heartbreak of feeling her body was “broken,” and the desperate prayers that led her to invite God ful...

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57:08

#67 | What Every New Doula Needs to Know About...

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2025/09/02

In this episode, Karen sits down with Kendall Pattillo — a mom of two (with one on the way!), wife, follower of Christ, and graduate of the Pain Free Birth Doula Mastermind. Although she’s just beginning her doula career, Kendall has already supported a variety of powerful births: VBACs, hospital births, birth center births, and home births. Whether you’re a new doula searching for wisdom, a mom preparing for birth, or a partner curious about how doulas support families, this episode is full ...

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61:52

#66 | How to Protect Your Birth Experience in the...

Pain Free Birth ·

2025/08/26

What if walking into a hospital birth didn’t mean giving up your voice? In this powerful conversation, Meredith and Alicia from Intentional Birth share how to advocate for yourself in a hospital setting so you feel respected, informed, and truly in charge of your birth. From simple language shifts to knowing your legal rights, you’ll walk away with practical tools you—and your partner—can use to create a positive, empowering experience, no matter what unfolds. Tune in to hear: Why birth traum...

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