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.
The Homebirth Midwife podcast is hosted by Sarah McClure, CPM, LDM, LM and Charli Zarosinski, CPM, LDM, LM, founders and primary midwives of Hearth and Home Midwifery, a homebirth practice in Oregon and Washington. They are experts on all things related to natural pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum. Each week the podcast delves into the topics you want to know about regarding your pregnancy and birth.
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Ep 222: A Honeymoon Baby and Homebirth with Kelly Benner
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When you get pregnant on your wedding night and thrown into prenatal decision-making a little sooner than expected, what kinds of decisions do you make? And this week we're speaking with my friend and student, Kelly Benner. We'll learn about how Kelly and her husband Ian were thrown straight out of wedding prep and straight into baby prep. It was s…
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TOLAC in the Community Setting & Uterine Rupture
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Most people, when they talk about VBAC (or TOLAC), will talk about uterine rupture. So what is a uterine rupture? How does it happen? How likely is it to happen? And what is the protocol for prevention and assessment in the community setting? Charli and Sarah review the statistics and how the topic of uterine rupture is dealt with with experience m…
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Ep 221: Exploring Matrescence with Anisha Patel
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What is matrescence and how do we prepare for it? This week, we're speaking with Anisha Patel, published author, speaker, postpartum coach and founder of MasalaMommy.com. Anisha has a heart for supporting women in their transition into motherhood, and she's going to be sharing her understanding of Matrescence and Ayurveda with us today. I've got a …
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Ep 220: Aimee Uses Homebirth to Reclaim Her Motherhood Journey
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When your first birth leaves you feeling the victim, and when that feeling pervades into your experience of motherhood-- is that it for you? How do you recover? This week, we're speaking with my incredible friend Aimee Rowden. Aimee is the wife of Ben and mother of Benjamin & Ivy. She and Ben are working towards a more sustainable future for their …
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Ep 219: Katelyn’s Third Trimester Update
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This week I'm sharing all of the updates! From pregnancy to family to business... I want to give you a peek of what's going on in my world. ⚡FLASH SALE⚡This week only- 40% Savings on The Homebirth Collective & Happy Homebirth Academy: Join The Homebirth Collective Join Happy Homebirth AcademyBởi Katelyn Fusco
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Two Home Birth Stories with HAH Client Andrea
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Listen to Andrea, a two-time home birth client with Hearth & Home Midwifery, talk about her experience giving birth to her daughters, what the experience means to her, and how she almost missed it. --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com
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Ep 218: Surprise Pregnancy Brings Healing to Old Traumas with Amanda Lopez
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When you found out you were pregnant, what emotions ran through your brain? Excitement? Thrill? Joy? Or did you experience fear, shame, or a resurgence of old traumas? This week, we're speaking to Amanda Lopez. A mama to 3 children, two of whom were born to her while Amanda was still a teenager. We'll be discussing Amanda's experiences as a teen mo…
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Ep 217: Michelle’s Very Similar, Very Different Births!
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Two births: One at home and one in the hospital-- the exact same situation arises in both scenarios-- do you think they'll be handled the same or differently? This week, we're speaking with Michelle, owner of Alma Aesthetics, wife and mother of two precious children. Michelle and her husband experienced both hospital and homebirth, and we'll hear h…
Palpation, or touching, the pregnant belly during labor gives LOTS of information! Sarah & Charli go over why it’s done so much in the midwifery model and what information it provides both prenatally, in labor, and postpartum. --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com
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Ep 216: Made for This Birth with Mary Haseltine
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Do you know-- that you were made for this birth? This week, we're speaking to my friend and birth colleague Mary Haseltine. Mary is a doula, author, and birth educator for 10 years; She has had seven full term babies - 5 born at home, 2 in the hospital and one home miscarriage; Her births include had 2 precipitous births, 1 vaginal breech, 4 babies…
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Ep 215: An Unpredictable Homebirth with Miriam Kleynerman
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Which birth story was your birth like? Did you hear an experience that was similar to yours as you prepared, or was your experience totally different from anything you'd imagined? This week, we're speaking to Miriam. Miriam is a first time mama to a 9 month old baby girl, Noah Ivy, a social impact consultant and Brooklyn transplant turned aspiring …
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Home Birth Story with Hearth & Home Client Abby
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Today on the podcast Sarah & Charli chat with labor and delivery nurse and former Hearth & Home client Abby, who had her third baby at home with the practice. --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com
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Ep 214: Managing Gestational Diabetes and Achieving Homebirth with Cassidy Lilly
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Is Gestational Diabetes a birth-ruiner, or is there more to the picture than just a label? This week, we're speaking to Cassidy Lilly, a mother to 3 babies, born 3 very different ways. Today we'll hear Cassidy's story of cesarean, then medicated vbac, and finally an incredible homebirth. We'll learn about how she was diagnosed with GD in her third …
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Ep 213: First Time Peaceful Homebirth as a First Time Foster Mom with Alexis Meisenholder
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Change can be tough. How do we integrate the arrival of our new baby? Moreover, how do we integrate the arrival of our new baby mere weeks after the arrival of our foster child and a move into a new home? This week, we're speaking to Alexis. A foster-turning adoptive mother to a 7-year-old daughter, and homebirth bio mom to a 1 year old baby boy. A…
It’s NORMAL to feel a sense of anxiety before labor, whether it’s your first time doing it or not! The midwives share what they hear from clients about labor anxiety and what you can do about it if you’re experiencing it. --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com
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Ep 212: From Mothering Struggle to Success with Blythe Hoerr
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What was it like-- finding out that you and your spouse were pregnant with your first child? Were you thrilled, shocked... utterly horrified? This week, we're speaking to Blythe, and incredible mother to two precious boys. We're going to hear how Blythe's entrance into motherhood- beginning at the knowledge of her pregnancy was tumultuous and diffi…
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Ep 211: Becoming the Decision-Maker of Your Birth Experience with Courtney Paba
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What does it mean to have a ‘good’ homebirth? What does it look like, and how does it feel? This week, we are speaking with Courtney Paba. I’m so honored to be interviewing Courtney, who was the very first of my students in The Homebirth Collective. Since then, we’ve had many more, including one just yesterday to ring in the New Year!I am overjoyed…
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Two Birth Experiences with Hearth & Home Client Moriah
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Today on the podcast Sarah & Charli interview Moriah, a client who has had both of her babies with Hearth & Home Midwifery. She transferred to the hospital in labor with her first, and had her second at home. Moriah compares the two experiences in today’s episode. (BTS sneak peek: you can hear Sarah get called to a birth part way through this episo…
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Ep 210: Opting Out of the Hospital and into Homebirth with Jamie Murphy
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What do you consider a normal pregnancy and birth? And how does your idea of normal stand up to the routine birth procedures we find in the industrial-medical complex? Same? Different? And today we're speaking with Jamie Murphy. Jamie is a fertility awareness educator with a passion for body literacy and menstrual activism. Through her work, Jamie …
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Ep 209: I Wanted to be the BEST Mother. Here’s How Homebirth Prep Helped!
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𝗜 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿… 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱! So often we get lured into this trap of an idea: you can prepare for Birth, but you can’t really prepare for motherhood. It just happens. ‼️SPOILER ALERT‼️ They’re intimately linked. The problem? Traditional childbirth classes: ➡️ focus on simply avoiding pain. So… if we experience p…
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How To Get Your Partner On Board with a Home Birth
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This one is from listener questions! We hear from a lot of you that you want to have a homebirth, but your partner doesn’t feel quite comfortable with the idea. Here are some ideas for how to talk to your partner about this really important decision in your life. — https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com
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Ep 208: ”But What If I Fail?” - 3 Ways to Overcome Your Homebirth Fears
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“𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗜 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹?” - 𝟯 𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 We’ve got to: 1. Stop letting fear drive the bus (he doesn’t even have his license) 2. Determine who you’re willing to gain your information from. 3. Realize that failure has far led to do with outcomes than it does mindset and surroundings. Are you the hero or the victim? Listen in to…
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Ep 207: From Addiction and Homelessness to Hope and Homebirth with Gabrielle Manier
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What was life like for you before you became pregnant? Were you pretty much the same person then as you are now, or have you changed drastically? Today we'll be speaking with Gabrielle, and precious mother who has truly been pulled from death to life. From addiction to heavy narcotics and homelessness to being pulled out and called into life throug…
Another question from the listeners! You all wanted to hear about what a lip is, what causes it, and what can be done about it in a home birth. — https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com
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Ep 206: Raising Children While Healing Your Inner Child with Greta Zukoff
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What do we do if we notice that we have some negative patterns of thinking? Or maybe we find ourselves repeating the same mistakes over and over…feeling totally blocked. How can we become unblocked? How can we view the world from a positive lens. I’m so thrilled to have my guest today, Greta Zukoff. Greta is my own personal tapping coach, and I’ve …
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Ep 205: Free Your Family From Harmful EMFs (and 2 freebirths!) With Courtney Taylor
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Are you ready to have all of your EMF questions answered? This week we're speaking to Courtney Taylor. Courtney is a freebirth mom to two children, and she works as a researcher and customer support provider for BluShield USA. In this episode, we'll hear Courtney's two birth stories, and then we'll spend the remainder of the show answering the list…
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Survival Skills of the Home Birth Midwife
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You asked for it! Many of you wanted to know a little bit more about what it’s like behind the scenes of the homebirth midwifery practice. Here are some of our essential survival skills for practicing midwifery in the community setting. — https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com
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Ep 204: Conscious Conception and Conscious Protection of Our Families
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What you can't see can't hurt you, right? This week, we're speaking with the incredible Natalie Amalani. Natalie is an accomplished woman who strikes a delicate balance between her personal and professional life. She has a bachelor's degree in art with an emphasis in painting, she is an entrepreneur who owns and operates two businesses, which we'll…
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Ep 203: From Hormone Healing to a Happy Homebirth with Amanda Montalvo
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When your Nutritionist is on point and you're doing everything seemingly correctly and yet you still have trouble conceiving or maybe even going into labor, where can we look? What is it that may be impacting our experience? This week, we are speaking with my friend Amanda Montalvo she is a Hormone healing Rd (@hormonehealingrd) on Instagram if you…
The midwives talk about large-for-gestational age babies, how they’re diagnosed, how informed choice can help parents to make decisions about management, and what some of the complications can be. We also talk about how normal these big babies can be! --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com