Show Notes: Hillary Talbott Roland is the co-creator of the Art of Acupuncture in St. Petersburg, FL and the author of Fertile Minds Radio. She is a wholistic fertility specialist, board certified in Traditional Chinese Medicine and reproductive medicine. She utilizes the modalities of Traditional Chinese Medicine; acupuncture, herbalism & meditation as well as coaching and functional medicine to help her clients realize their fullest capacity of health before, during and after conception in...
Sep 23, 2019•48 min•Ep. 45
Show Notes: Picture this: You’re pregnant for the second, third, or maybe fifth time. What do you do? I mean, you’ve done this before. You certainly know all there is to know, right? This week’s guest, Elizabeth Bauer, takes education seriously, and just because she’s done something once doesn’t mean she isn’t going to learn and prepare even more for the next go ‘round. Elizabeth takes us on a journey of her birthing experiences. From a frenzied birth center birth to a birth without the midwife ...
Sep 16, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 44
Show Notes: Under what circumstances would you decide to give birth at home? In the hospital? Today’s episode explores this idea, as we delve into Rhiannon’s birth stories. Rhiannon experienced two lackluster hospital births, one of which was very aggressive in nature. It was at this point that she decided to learn more about birth. After finding out she was pregnant with her third, Rhiannon reached out to a midwife. She was so excited to begin care… until she found out she was pregnant with twi...
Sep 09, 2019•48 min•Ep. 42
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 chil...
Sep 01, 2019•38 min•Ep. 41
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 can be…i...
Aug 26, 2019•52 min•Ep. 40
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 called ...
Aug 19, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 39
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 difficult t...
Aug 12, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 38
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 ep...
Aug 05, 2019•52 min•Ep. 37
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Jul 29, 2019•52 min•Ep. 36
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 the gree...
Jul 22, 2019•40 min•Ep. 35
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 ou...
Jul 15, 2019•45 min•Ep. 34
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 as hec...
Jul 08, 2019•57 min•Ep. 33
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 are...
Jul 01, 2019•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 32
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 intentionall...
Jun 24, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 31
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...
Jun 17, 2019•44 min•Ep. 30
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 met...
Jun 10, 2019•56 min•Ep. 29
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 ...
Jun 03, 2019•52 min•Ep. 28
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 hus...
May 29, 2019•28 min•Ep. 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 wit...
May 27, 2019•35 min•Ep. 26
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 home. ...
May 20, 2019•42 min•Ep. 25
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 ter...
May 13, 2019•43 min•Ep. 24
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 ...
May 06, 2019•51 min•Ep. 23
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 child...
Apr 29, 2019•48 min•Ep. 22
Check Out These 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 Show Notes: Carrissa is a mother of 6 children: 5 girls and 1 boy. She always knew that she ...
Apr 22, 2019•34 min•Ep. 21
Thank you to our sponsors: 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: stephsibbiofitness Show Notes: “Holistic Hilda” is a health coach and podcast coach in the D.C. area. She has 4 young adult children, and a husband who is an athletic director Hilda’s own birth sto...
Apr 15, 2019•38 min•Ep. 20
Thank you to our sponsors: 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: stephsibbiofitness Show Notes: Sarah and her husband have been together for 10 years now, and have lived all over the world. She has two children: Manning and Alex Sarah’s first birth was in a birt...
Apr 08, 2019•57 min•Ep. 19
Thank You, Sponsors! 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: stephsibbiofitness Body Works Physical Therapy http://bodyworks-physicaltherapy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/MamaBodyWorks Email: bodyworkspt.llc@gmail.com Phone: (864) 757-2440 Dreckman Family C...
Apr 01, 2019•43 min•Ep. 18
Episode 16's Amazing Sponsors: Mom After God's Own Heart https://momaftergodsownheart.com/ https://www.etsy.com/shop/MomAfterGodsOwnHeart https://www.facebook.com/MomAfterGodsOwnHeart/ https://www.instagram.com/momaftergodsownheartshop/ Be sure to check out the Giveaway going on this week! Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Body Works Physical Therapy http://bodyworks-physicaltherapy.com/ https://ww...
Mar 25, 2019•46 min•Ep. 17
We are so grateful for this week's sponsors: Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Body Works Physical Therapy http://bodyworks-physicaltherapy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/MamaBodyWorks Email: bodyworkspt.llc@gmail.com Phone: (864) 757-2440 Show Notes Jenny has been running Nourished Kitchen for over 11 years now- what started as a small hobby has blossomed into a vibrant community of people c...
Mar 18, 2019•38 min•Ep. 16
Please check out our sponsors! Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363 Body Works Physical Therapy http://bodyworks-physicaltherapy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/MamaBodyWorks Email: bodyworkspt.llc@gmail.com Phone: (864) 757-2440...
Mar 11, 2019•42 min•Ep. 15
