The Birth Prep Podcast with Taylor Minaberry

Taylor Minaberry
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Welcome to The Birth Prep Podcast, where we ditch the fear, conquer the hospital hustle, and help you step into the delivery room like the HGIC (Head Girlie in Charge) you were born to be! 💪 Hosted by Taylor Minaberry, birth prep coach and your ultimate birth bestie, this podcast is your go-to guide for pulling off an unmedicated birth in the hospital - without the guesswork, overwhelm, or unnecessary interventions. Expect real talk, expert insights, and birth-changing strategies to help you: ✔️ Build unshakable confidence in your body’s ability to birth ✔️ Master natural pain management like a pro ✔️ Spot (and handle) the hospital hustle before it derails your plan ✔️ Create a birth team that’s 100% in your corner ✔️ Advocate for yourself and birth on your terms This is where education meets empowerment, so you can walk into birth feeling prepared, supported, and in control. Ready to take charge of your birth? Hit play - let’s get prepping! 🎧

  1. 4d ago

    Ep 46 - Newborn Hospital Procedures with Allison ✨

    Hey! Today, we’ve got a special guest joining us - Allison from raising.lions.not.sheep_ on Instagram. She’s a mom of three and a huge advocate for medical freedom, passionate about sharing the truth about the procedures and interventions that affect our babies. In this episode, we're diving into something super important and sometimes a bit controversial: newborn procedures in the hospital. We’ll chat about the hepatitis B vaccine, the vitamin K injection, and erythromycin eye ointment. Allison is going to share her journey of digging into vaccine research, all sparked by her own pregnancy and the drive to make the best decisions for her kids. She stresses how crucial it is to really understand these procedures so we can make informed choices instead of just going with the flow. This episode is loaded with valuable info and resources to help us parents navigate these choices and stand up for our newborns' health! Follow Allison on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raising.lions.not.sheep_/ Check out Allison's resources: https://msha.ke/raising.lions.not.sheep Visit Allison's shop, Awake Apparel: https://awakeapparel.square.site/ Back up instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raising.lions.not.sheep_2/

  2. Sep 10

    Ep 45 - The Man's Role in Pregnancy and Childbirth with Travis Stroud ✨

    If you’ve ever wished your husband or birth partner would actually GET IT when it comes to birth prep, momma, this episode is for you. I’m chatting with Travis Stroud, aka Doula Dude, about why men need to stop treating birth as “her thing” and start learning how to actually show up for the woman and baby they’re responsible for protecting. We go DEEP into birth education, unlearning what we’ve been taught, protecting momma’s peace, taking ownership of your birth choices, and why preparing for birth is really preparing for parenthood. Inside this episode: ✨ Why Travis went from knowing basically nothing about birth to becoming completely obsessed with learning about it alongside his wife ✨ Why “just be supportive” isn’t enough for dads, and what it actually looks like for a man to take responsibility and protect his wife’s peace during pregnancy and birth ✨ The importance of learning what physiological birth actually looks like BEFORE you start making decisions about interventions, providers, birthplaces, and everything else ✨ Why birth stories, birth education, and a little bit of unlearning can completely change the way you see what’s possible ✨ Why your birth prep isn’t just about getting the birth you want, but about laying the foundation for your marriage, your family, and the way you step into parenthood togetherConnect with Travis on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doula.dude/Connect with Samantha (Travis' wife): https://www.instagram.com/risingsoulsamantha Travis' Recommended Resources: linktr.ee/Doula.dude Husband-Coached Childbirth by Dr. Robert Bradley - Travis’s top recommendation for dads who want to start learning about birth from a male perspective. He specifically recommends starting here because it teaches husbands how to coach and support their wives through childbirth. Uncovering Birth Doula Training by Eyla Cuenca - The doula training Travis’s wife completed and the resource he credits with giving them the majority of the birth education that shaped their decisions. Ayla also offers postpartum doula training. And of course, if you're here because you want to prepare for an unmedicated hospital birth, don't forget that you don't have to choose free birth or home birth to take ownership of your experience! You just need to be willing to learn, prepare, and become the HGIC 💖

  3. Jul 16

    Ep 44 - "As Long As Baby Is Healthy" Is the Bare Minimum ✨

    We've all heard it: "Well... as long as the baby is healthy." It sounds comforting, grateful - even reassuring. But what if that phrase is actually shutting down one of the most important conversations we need to be having about birth? 👀 In this episode, we're calling it what is: a healthy baby is the bare minimum - not the gold standard - and your experience matters just as much as the outcome. ✨ Why this phrase gets thrown around so easily - and why it shuts women down✨ How it can minimize and dismiss very real birth trauma✨ Why you can feel grateful for your baby and still be upset about your birth✨ What respectful, informed care should actually look like (hint: you’re part of the decision-making)✨ Why birth prep isn’t just about “getting through it” or avoiding pain If you've ever walked away from your birth feeling unseen, unheard, or like things happened to you instead of with you—this episode is for you. 🙌 Ready to prepare for the birth you actually want? Inside The Birth Prep Course, you'll learn how to walk into your hospital birth feeling informed, confident, and in control of your decisions - so you can advocate for yourself and feel good about your experience, no matter how it unfolds. 👉 Learn more here: https://www.thebirthprepcoach.com/tbpc-e 📲 Let's connect! Instagram: @thebirthprepcoach If this episode resonated with you, share it with another mom who needs the reminder that her experience matters, too! 💖

  4. Jul 2

    Ep 43 - Preparation IS the Pain Management Plan ✨

    Choosing an unmedicated birth doesn't mean choosing to feel everything with no plan. It means building a different kind of plan - one that is more effective, more accessible, and more overlooked than anything a hospital can offer you. In this episode, I break down exactly why preparation is your most powerful pain management tool and what that preparation actually looks like in practice. In this episode:💖 Why the way our culture talks about labor pain is priming women to experience more of it💖 The science behind why preparation physically changes your experience of pain - not just mentally, but neurologically and hormonally💖 The marathon analogy that reframes everything about how we think about birth and pain tolerance💖 What real pain management preparation actually looks like: stage-by-stage education, breathing and relaxation practice, comfort measures, mindset work, and birth environment💖 Why knowing your tools and having practiced your tools are two completely different thingsReady to build your real pain management plan? The Birth Prep Course walks you through every single piece - the education, the skills, the mindset work, all of it - so you walk into your birth prepared, not just hopeful. There's more info here: https://www.thebirthprepcoach.com/tbpc-eand you can always DM me over on Instagram with any questions you have! https://www.instagram.com/thebirthprepcoach

  5. Jun 18

    Ep 42 - Stop Going to the Hospital So Early (It's Wrecking Your Unmedicated Birth) ✨

    One of the most common - and most consequential - mistakes women make when planning an unmedicated hospital birth has nothing to do with their provider, their birth plan, or their mindset. It's going to the hospital too early. In this episode:💖 What actually happens to your labor when you arrive at the hospital too early - and why your home is doing something for your oxytocin that the hospital simply cannot replicate💖 The most colorful analogy I have ever used on this podcast to explain why your birth environment matters (you'll never forget it, I promise 🤣)💖 Why the 5-1-1 rule is a generic guideline built for women without birth education - and why you deserve better than a generic guideline💖 How to actually know when it's time to leave: early vs. active labor, the emotional signpost, your personal factors, and trusting yourself💖 A real story from a momma (podcast listener) who showed up to the hospital at 10 centimeters and had the birth of her dreamsReady to actually understand your labor so you can make confident decisions in real time? That's exactly what we do inside The Birth Prep Course - the stages, the environment, the timeline, all of it.More info here: https://www.thebirthprepcoach.com/tbpc-e

  6. Jun 11

    Ep 41 - The Fear-Tension-Pain Cycle (& How to Conquer it) ✨

    If you've ever wondered why some women walk out of their unmedicated births saying "I can't believe I did that" while others feel like they barely survived - this episode is your answer. Today we're talking about the fear-tension-pain cycle. What it actually is, how it works inside your real body, and exactly what you can do to stop it before it ever gets started. In this episode: 💖 The physiological chain reaction that connects fear, tension, and pain in labor - and why it has absolutely nothing to do with how tough you are 💖 Why adrenaline is the enemy of oxytocin, what that actually costs you in labor, and why this is the reason so many unmedicated births fall apart 💖 Why education is the single most effective fear prevention tool for birth - not positive thinking, not more affirmations, not just trusting your body 💖 The critical difference between being educated and being prepared - and why you genuinely need both to walk into that room ready 💖 The personal story from my third birth that changed everything, and the faith that carried me through preparing for my sixth Ready to break the cycle before it starts? Everything we cover in this episode - the education, the breathing and relaxation skills, the mindset work, the comfort measures - is all built out inside the Birth Prep Course!Enroll here: https://www.thebirthprepcoach.com/tbpc-e

  7. May 28

    Ep 40 - How to Use Your B.R.A.I.N. ✨

    There is a five-letter framework that will completely change how you show up in your prenatal appointments and your labor room. Inside we break down B.R.A.I.N. - the informed consent tool that turns you from a passive patient into the HGIC of every single decision made about your birth! B - Benefits R - Risks A - Alternatives I - Intuition N - Nothing (or not yet) 💖 B.R.A.I.N. Cheat Sheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iaz3ltAsZ2-TP0hXdA7cXYzYvUtOxOwt/view?usp=sharing 💖 This is a small fraction of the work we do inside The Birth Prep Course. You can find more info and enroll here: https://www.thebirthprepcoach.com/tbpc-e

  8. May 21

    Ep 39 - Your Birth Partner is a TOOL ✨

    Your birth partner could be the difference between the birth you planned and the one you're still emotionally recovering from two years later - and most of them are walking into that room completely unprepared. In this episode, we break down exactly what it takes to turn a well-meaning partner into a genuinely powerful one. 💪 In this episode:✨ The unprepared partner problem - why good intentions are not enough, and what happens in the room when your partner doesn't have a real job description✨ The 4 things every birth partner needs to know before labor starts - including why knowing what transition looks like could be the single most important thing you do together✨ The 3 layers of birth partner training: mindset, information, and hands-on skills - and how to actually work through each one before your birth day✨ Why an unprepared partner can accidentally derail your unmedicated birth without meaning to - and what to do instead✨ A direct word to the birth partners listening - because what you do and don't do in that room matters more than you know Ready to do this work together? Everything we talked about in this episode - the education, the skills, the mindset prep - is all inside The Birth Prep Course. Enroll here: https://www.thebirthprepcoach.com/tbpc-e

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Welcome to The Birth Prep Podcast, where we ditch the fear, conquer the hospital hustle, and help you step into the delivery room like the HGIC (Head Girlie in Charge) you were born to be! 💪 Hosted by Taylor Minaberry, birth prep coach and your ultimate birth bestie, this podcast is your go-to guide for pulling off an unmedicated birth in the hospital - without the guesswork, overwhelm, or unnecessary interventions. Expect real talk, expert insights, and birth-changing strategies to help you: ✔️ Build unshakable confidence in your body’s ability to birth ✔️ Master natural pain management like a pro ✔️ Spot (and handle) the hospital hustle before it derails your plan ✔️ Create a birth team that’s 100% in your corner ✔️ Advocate for yourself and birth on your terms This is where education meets empowerment, so you can walk into birth feeling prepared, supported, and in control. Ready to take charge of your birth? Hit play - let’s get prepping! 🎧

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