The Natural Birth Podcast Anna The Spiritual Midwitch

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Lauren.

Lauren is a mama of 1 originally from England, now living in New Zealand for seven years.



She’s a pastry chef and qualified personal trainer, now focusing on raising her baby girl. She’s been vegan for ten years and is trying to live a low tox holistic kinda lifestyle.



During her whole pregnancy she felt very skeptical about inviting her midwife to her birth as she was aware how a medical midwife can unfortunately get in the way of a physiological birth.



She ended up labouring with her partner and dog for 18.5 hours until her body started pushing and she decided to call her midwife.



Her baby ended up coming 1.5 hours later shortly after the midwife arrived and her midwife stayed hands off, no one else touched her baby besides her or her partner for a few hours until she wanted her to.



She also had a 2nd degree tear and decided against advice to not get any stitches and really believe she healed better because of it.



Lauren feels very empowered and proud to have had her first birth at home.



Curious about Lauren? Find her on Instagram as @Laurenhadfieldpilcher



If you didn’t know already I have 3 really epic free resources that you can access and download at sacredbirthinternational.com



There’s two E - books, one called 6 Steps to Having a Natural & Empowering Birth Experience and one called Routine Hospital Birth Procedures Inform yourself and make an Educated Decision!



This is a comprehensive E-Book with 28 full pages for your information and assistance in creating an informed birth plan. Whether you are having a hospital, birth center or home birth as you never know where your birth journey will take you. Knowledge is power.



Finally, if you are planning a home birth like Lauren then download my free home birth checklist. There will definitely be things in there that you might not have thought of.

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Today on the Natural Birth Podcast we have Amanda.



Amanda is a mama of 2 from Texas.



She’s a birth photographer, birth assistant, doula and placenta encapsulator and a secretary and social media coordinator for a birth center.



She says that she is blessed to mostly work from home and have the ability to homeschool her daughter.



In todays episode we get to hear about her two birth stories. The last one I saw powerful photos of on Instagram where Amanda was squatting in such a primal powerful position birthing her baby and I just had to reach out and say ”Hey do you want to share your story on the poddy”, and here she is doing just that.



Curious about Amanda? Find her on Instagram as @loverandbeloved

 

200 Episodes & Special Offer!



This is the 200th episode of the natural birth podcast!



WOW! And we are coming up to 4 years in a few weeks but first things first!



Can you believe it!?!



I know many of you listen to each and every one of these episodes to prepare for your natural birth and I am so pleased that I now have 200 unique natural and positive birth stories to help you reprogram your subconscious mind!



What an epic resource!



And speaking of resources.



To celebrate this 200th episode you are welcome into my Online Community The Village for free for a whole month when joining this week!



Being a part of my village means monthly live Q&A and sharing circles with me and the village sisters.



It means accessing resources and birth nerds, maidens, mothers and magas as well as my sacred birth worker mentees 24/7.



It’s a warm, friendly, cozy and hearth centered village that truly supports women in all stages of life, especially around birth and child rearing.



And this week you can join for free and get a whole month in the village and meet me and hang out totally free of charge!



Yay!



Join the Village here!



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Today on the Natural Birth Podcast we have Carla.

Carla is a mama of one from Sydney.



She’s a pelvic floor physiotherapist who has worked in some of the largest maternity hospitals in Sydney.



Her work has involved supporting women as they recover from third and fourth degree tears, bladder and bowel incontinence, sexual and pelvic pain and prolapse concerns. 



Carla is also a yoga and meditation teacher and during her pregnancy she went on a journey to resolve her birth fears, especially the one about tearing and injury to her vagina and pelvic floor, and explore birth's spiritual dimensions.



By listening to women’s stories on this podcast and being in community with other women who have had physiological births she was able to go from thinking she’d opt for an elective Cesarean to save her pelvic floor to having a home birth in her bathtub.



This episode is so good for you who might have a fear of tearing, a fear that is so common.



Carla is excited to share her story with other women to help continue to alleviate birth fears and navigate the often paternalistic nature of maternity care.



Curious about Carla? Find her on Instagram as @carlasank



If you didn’t know already I have 3 really epic free resources that you can access and download at sacredbirthinternational.com



There’s two E-books, one called 6 Steps to Having a Natural & Empowering Birth Experience and one called Routine Hospital Birth Procedures Inform yourself and make an Educated Decision!



This is a comprehensive E-Book with 28 full pages for your information and assistance in creating an informed birth plan. Whether you are having a hospital, birth center or home birth as you never know where your birth journey will take you. Knowledge is power.



Finally, if you are planning a home birth like Carla then download my free home birth checklist. There will definitely be things in there that you might not have thought of.



Well that’s me and my free resources folks. Find them all via the link in the show notes or at sacredbirthinternational.com



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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Sophia.



Sophia is a mother of 3 from the UK, living in Corfu Greece.



She is a midwife, who is obsessed with bringing pregnancy and birth back into the hands, hearts and wombs of women and families. And she is a Sacred Birth Worker Mentee of mine.



Imagine my delight to have her both in my mentorship as well as coming on here to share her amazing natural and empowering birth stories!



This episode is so very rich as us two midwives cackle away as we tend to do when we meet a soul sister midwife on the same path.



Sophia grew up in London to an English mother and Mexican father and has always had a deep interest in pregnancy, birth and in living and working close to the veil between realities.



She believes that pregnancy and birth are golden opportunities to find healing and bring us closer to our true authentic selves.



After an acting degree, traveling, and directing a production of 'the vagina monologues' she finally realized that her true calling was to be a midwife.



And right now she is starting up a home birthing midwifery service in Corfu Greece where the majority of women can only access obstetric care and where the c/s rate is sky high which is expected when you hire a surgeon for your birth!



Sophia has had three incredible physiological births, two at home and one in a birth center.



The first was long, like an elegant waltz, the second fiery, like a passionate flamenco solo and the third like an improvisation with the stars and source. 



Curious about Sophia? Find her on Instagram as @holistic_midwifery



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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Natalie.

Natalie is a mama of one from the UK, now living in Thailand.

She is an artist and a property developer, and a lover of meditation and alternative health and living a unique, authentic life. 

Natalie found out she was pregnant whilst on a snowboard season in Japan and was initially absolutely terrified at the thought of birth.

She made it her mission to feel confident and calm about her birth by the time her baby arrived. And instead of fear of birth she had a fear of birthing in the hospital and being interfered with.

So she chose a home birth with midwives and a doula.

Her story is a fast and furious birth with a plot twist. And even though her birth wasn’t the undisturbed birth she might have wanted she was so present, trusting in her body and her intuition and managed to birth her baby in just over 5 hours at home in the pool.

She caught her baby by herself and absolutely loves telling her birth story.

Curious about Natalie? Find her on instagram as @natalieellisart

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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Sarah.



Sarah is a mama of 2 from Cornwall, UK.



She is a holistic nutritionist and passionate about all aspects of health and wellness, the importance of our connection to nature and living as empowered beings for a happy, healthy life.



When Sarah first became pregnant she was fearful of birth, but through claiming it and educating herself and doing daily meditation she ended up transforming her fear into feeling calm and eager to birth.



She had a birth center birth for her first baby and a fairly short first birth that made her feel empowered, but nothing compared to her second birth.



For her second she dove even deeper into her inner work and reprogramming her mind and ended up having a 3 hour labour that really just felt like one hour.



Hear about it all in today's episode!



Curious about Sarah? Find her on Instagram as @itsmesarahmartin



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