The Ordinary Doula Podcast

Angie Rosier
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Welcome to The Ordinary Doula Podcast with Angie Rosier, hosted by Birth Learning. We help folks prepare for labor and birth with expertise coming from 20 years of experience in a busy doula practice, helping thousands of people prepare for labor, providing essential knowledge and tools for positive and empowering birth experiences.

  1. 1D AGO

    E106: Morning Sickness, Made Understandable

    Send us a text Nausea that won’t quit can turn early pregnancy into a maze of guesswork, guilt, and survival tactics. We’re pulling that experience into the light with a clear look at what drives “morning” sickness, why it rarely sticks to mornings, and how to find practical relief that respects your limits. Drawing on years of doula care and personal trial and error, we map the spectrum—from everyday nausea to hyperemesis gravidarum—so you can recognize red flags early and get the right support. We talk through real-world strategies that fit into a busy life: small, frequent snacks that keep your stomach from tipping into empty, gentle proteins paired with bland carbs, and hydration plans that work when plain water tastes off. You’ll hear how ginger, vitamin B6 with doxylamine, and P6 acupressure can help, along with environmental tweaks like cooler air and scent-free spaces. When symptoms surge, we walk through medical options, from antiemetics to IV fluids, and why early intervention protects both you and your baby. Throughout, we name the emotional weight of constant nausea, and how humor, permission to slow down, and a small, informed support circle can restore dignity and hope. This conversation holds space for the messy middle: the days when brushing your teeth is a victory, the moments when a bowl of cereal genuinely saves the afternoon, and the stories that remind you you’re not alone. If you’re navigating nausea now, or supporting someone who is, you’ll leave with clear tools, language to ask for help, and a kinder frame for the work your body is doing. Subscribe for deeper, evidence-informed guidance on pregnancy and birth, share this with a friend who needs reassurance, and leave a review with your go-to nausea tip—what helped you most? Visit our website, here: https://birthlearning.com/ Follow us on Facebook at Birth Learning Follow us on Instagram at @birthlearning Show Credits Host: Angie Rosier Music: Michael Hicks Photographer: Toni Walker Episode Artwork: Nick Greenwood Producer: Gillian Rosier Frampton Voiceover: Ryan Parker

    25 min

  2. JAN 2

    E105: Complete Childbirth Prep vs Scrolling with Andrea Lythgoe

    Send us a text The internet gives you a million opinions on birth; we give you a map. Angie sits down with veteran childbirth educator and doula Andrea Lythgoe to unpack how a thoughtful class can transform uncertainty into confidence, whether you’re planning an unmedicated birth or want to be epidural-ready. We explore what a local class adds that videos can’t: real-world insight into your birthplace, equipment practice, and the language to navigate risks, benefits, and alternatives with your care team. Across a lively, practical conversation, we compare formats and methods so you can choose what fits your goals, budget, and schedule. From weekend intensives to seven-week series, from live online to private sessions, you’ll hear how each option supports different learning styles. We break down the pros and cons of hospital versus independent classes, why quality varies, and how to spot a program that respects your birth plan. You’ll also get a clear overview of approaches like the Bradley Method, hypnosis-based programs, Birthing From Within, and research-forward courses tailored to analytical minds. We also address the reality of information overload. Social media and TV can raise awareness and anxiety at the same time, leaving parents informed yet confused. Andrea shares how skilled educators filter noise, answer nuanced questions in real time, and guide you through hands-on practice so comfort measures become second nature. Expect actionable tips on matching a class to your personality, using local knowledge to reduce surprises, and carving out time to prepare with intention. Ready to feel prepared instead of overwhelmed? Press play, learn how to pick a class that truly fits, and then share this episode with a friend who’s expecting. If you find value here, follow the show, leave a quick review, and tell us: what’s the one skill you most want to practice before labor? Visit our website, here: https://birthlearning.com/ Follow us on Facebook at Birth Learning Follow us on Instagram at @birthlearning Show Credits Host: Angie Rosier Music: Michael Hicks Photographer: Toni Walker Episode Artwork: Nick Greenwood Producer: Gillian Rosier Frampton Voiceover: Ryan Parker

    33 min

  3. 12/26/2025

    E104: From Birth Center Plans To NICU Reality

    Send us a text What happens when a carefully planned birth center delivery is suddenly rerouted by preeclampsia, a hospital admission, and a 34-week induction? We sit down with Andrea and Joakim to tell the full story of Magnus’s early arrival: the shock of a one-day pivot, the seven-week NICU marathon, and the quiet work of rebuilding trust in themselves as new parents. We walk through the real logistics and the raw feelings. Twice-daily drives to the hospital. Care times every three hours. Learning the language of oxygen saturation, NG tubes, and feed volumes. Andrea shares the steep curve of breastfeeding a preterm baby—latching practice, non-nutritive sucks, and negotiating how much to supplement when transfer is hard to measure. Joakim opens up about the partner perspective, where limited hands-on time and a sleepy newborn can delay bonding and leave you wondering if you’re connecting at all. Together we unpack the “island” step-down unit, the optimism of almost-going-home, and the frustration of rotating teams and shifting milestones that made discharge feel like a moving target. This conversation is equal parts practical and heart-forward. You’ll hear how they advocated for small choices within big hospital protocols, why one ointment change mattered, and how both gratitude and grief can be true at the same time. We talk about bringing Magnus home—no beeping monitors, just breath sounds in the dark—and how anxiety gave way to rhythm, confidence, and a breastfeeding breakthrough. If you’re a NICU parent, preparing for birth, or supporting someone through a preterm journey, you’ll find empathy, clear takeaways, and language to ask better questions. Subscribe for more grounded birth stories, share this episode with someone who needs it, and leave a review to help other parents find honest support. What part of their journey resonated most with you? Visit our website, here: https://birthlearning.com/ Follow us on Facebook at Birth Learning Follow us on Instagram at @birthlearning Show Credits Host: Angie Rosier Music: Michael Hicks Photographer: Toni Walker Episode Artwork: Nick Greenwood Producer: Gillian Rosier Frampton Voiceover: Ryan Parker

    40 min

  4. 12/19/2025

    E103: A Series of 19 Unmedicated Births

    Send us a text Nineteen cousins, all born without medication, and not a single birth story was copy-pasted. Angie opens up about how a simple desire for unmedicated labor grew into a family pattern shaped by childbirth education, midwifery care, and steady partner support. What started as a personal preference became a repeatable approach: learn the physiology, choose a team aligned with your goals, and keep the plan flexible enough to adapt in real time. We walk through three sisters-in-law with very different personalities who arrived at similar choices for their own reasons. One expected an epidural and induction because “that’s what everyone does,” then flipped after a powerful class and a supportive doula. Another navigated six births, including a surprise “caboose” during COVID and one labor that needed a small Pitocin boost. A third moved from hospital to birth center to home, even welcoming an 11‑pound baby, while her partner became an effective, hands-on advocate. Across these stories, midwives, education, and continuous support show up as quiet levers that change outcomes without heavy-handed rules. The goal isn’t a gold star for going unmedicated. It’s informed choice, compassionate care, and a team that knows when to wait, when to move, and when to use tools thoughtfully. Angie shares candid reflections, practical insights for selecting providers and classes, and a grounded reminder that empowerment comes from consent and preparation, not perfection. You’ll leave with concrete ideas for aligning your birth plan with the right setting and people, plus renewed confidence that partners and doulas can make the room feel safer, calmer, and more human. If this resonated, follow the show, share it with someone preparing for birth, and leave a review telling us what part shifted your thinking. Visit our website, here: https://birthlearning.com/ Follow us on Facebook at Birth Learning Follow us on Instagram at @birthlearning Show Credits Host: Angie Rosier Music: Michael Hicks Photographer: Toni Walker Episode Artwork: Nick Greenwood Producer: Gillian Rosier Frampton Voiceover: Ryan Parker

    14 min

  5. 12/12/2025

    E102: Sacred Birth International with Anna Lundqvist

    Send us a text What if birth is a rite of passage, not a procedure? Angie sits down with Swedish mentor and former midwife Anna Lundqvist to explore how intuition, preparation, and grounded advocacy can transform pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. Anna traces her path from Australia’s home birth culture in Byron Bay—where physiological birth and birth centers were the norm—to the painful decision to leave hospital practice after witnessing obstetric violence. When her Australian credential wasn’t recognized back home in Sweden, she stepped fully into education and mentorship, founding Sacred Birth International to support families and train a new kind of birth worker. We dive into practical ways parents can build inner authority: understanding physiology, clarifying values, practicing consent and refusal, and learning to filter outside advice through personal intuition. Anna explains why “you birth the way you live,” showing how daily habits of presence, breath, and boundaries translate directly into the labor room. For professionals, she outlines the Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship, a comprehensive program that blends deep inner work with clinical awareness—covering variations of normal, trauma-aware care, hospital navigation, and advocacy that is calm, clear, and effective. Along the way, we talk about the power of community debriefs to prevent burnout, the role of sacred space in any setting, and the quiet beauty of a home birth where attendants step back and a family leads. Whether you’re preparing to give birth or to support it, you’ll leave with language, tools, and confidence to protect physiological birth, honor consent, and keep the mother at the center. If this conversation resonated, share it with a friend, subscribe for future episodes, and leave a review to help others find the show. Your voice helps keep this work visible and strong. Visit our website, here: https://birthlearning.com/ Follow us on Facebook at Birth Learning Follow us on Instagram at @birthlearning Show Credits Host: Angie Rosier Music: Michael Hicks Photographer: Toni Walker Episode Artwork: Nick Greenwood Producer: Gillian Rosier Frampton Voiceover: Ryan Parker

    39 min

  6. 12/05/2025

    E101: Babies Scheduled My Week

    Send us a text The calendar looks like dropped spaghetti, but every twist tells a story. We walk you through two real weeks of on-call life as a doula and lactation consultant—spontaneous labors that stall and surge, VBAC momentum at 3 a.m., and the quiet, steady work of helping a four-day-old learn to feed. It’s part logistics, part heart, and fully devoted to helping families feel informed, supported, and seen. We start with a long Monday labor that resets midstream, the kind of day where patience matters more than numbers on a cervix check. From there, text threads turn into a nighttime return and a calm delivery. The next sunrise brings home visits: a determined parent with a fussy latch, prenatal sessions shuffled when membranes start leaking, and a VBAC that takes off after an epidural with only low-dose Pitocin. You’ll hear a candid look at a breech external cephalic version—three careful attempts, no turn, and a doctor who keeps options open. Between hospital corridors and car rides, we dive into real feeding fixes: structured schedules for sleepy newborns, weight checks that guide adjustments, storage plans for oversupply, and practical techniques that protect nipples and confidence. The pace ramps at the hospital, where a dozen bedside consults and dozens of follow-up calls compress common early hurdles into clear steps: skin-to-skin, responsive feeding, asymmetrical latch, and data you can trust from diapers to grams. Then a curveball: a first-time parent who’s suddenly eight and a half centimeters after a day of apple picking, a long overnight, and a cesarean chosen with care when instruments won’t help. Through it all, life keeps moving—kids’ concerts, workshops, and a 50th anniversary that somehow stays untouched by the pager. The through line is simple: show up, listen well, adapt, and celebrate every small win that moves a family forward. If you value honest birth stories, evidence-based breastfeeding support, and the human side of hospital care, you’ll feel at home here. Subscribe, share with a friend who’s expecting, and leave a review with the moment that stayed with you most—we read every word and it helps others find the show. Visit our website, here: https://birthlearning.com/ Follow us on Facebook at Birth Learning Follow us on Instagram at @birthlearning Show Credits Host: Angie Rosier Music: Michael Hicks Photographer: Toni Walker Episode Artwork: Nick Greenwood Producer: Gillian Rosier Frampton Voiceover: Ryan Parker

    23 min

  7. 11/28/2025

    E100: A Conversation with My Four Daughters

    Send us a text A hundred episodes felt like the right moment to gather around the kitchen table and pull back the curtain on what it’s like to grow up with a doula mom. Angie sits down with her four daughters for an honest, funny, and moving conversation about family culture, witnessing a home water birth, and how open dialogue turned birth from something to fear into something to understand. If you’ve ever wondered how advocacy actually plays out in labor, or what kids absorb when birth is normalized at home, this one hits close. We talk about the on‑call lifestyle and the teamwork it demanded—older siblings stepping up, dad filling the gaps, and a community ready to drive, cook, and cheer. The daughters describe how using clear language for bodies and birth gave them confidence to support friends, ask better questions, and process hard birth stories with empathy. They share vivid details from their brother’s birth, from quiet living room light to the rush of first moments, plus the often overlooked truth that immediate postpartum procedures can feel tougher than the last contractions. The conversation also looks forward: unmedicated birth goals, skin‑to‑skin, breastfeeding, and the crucial role of well‑prepared partners who can advocate when words are hard to find. We tackle social media myths, dwindling birth rates, and the narrative that motherhood is only sacrifice. Instead, we offer a grounded perspective: informed choice, compassionate support, and flexible plans can transform experiences in hospitals, birth centers, or at home. Along the way, there’s humor—uterus mugs and an unforgettable frozen placenta—because normalization thrives on warmth as much as facts. If you care about birth, postpartum support, or simply want to hear how family culture shapes health literacy, press play. Then share this episode with someone who needs a reframed, hopeful take on labor. Subscribe, leave a review, and tell us: what’s one belief about birth you’d like to rethink? Visit our website, here: https://birthlearning.com/ Follow us on Facebook at Birth Learning Follow us on Instagram at @birthlearning Show Credits Host: Angie Rosier Music: Michael Hicks Photographer: Toni Walker Episode Artwork: Nick Greenwood Producer: Gillian Rosier Frampton Voiceover: Ryan Parker

    43 min

  8. 11/21/2025

    E99: Embrace The Wabi-Sabi Of Birth

    Send us a text Birth rarely reads the script we write for it—and that can be a source of strength rather than stress. We dig into the wabi-sabi mindset, a Japanese aesthetic that celebrates imperfection and impermanence, and translate it into a practical philosophy for labor, delivery, and the tender days that follow. With two decades of doula experience, we share grounded stories and simple tools that help you hold your plan with care while staying responsive when the path turns. You’ll hear how one client progressed beautifully before meeting an unplanned cesarean with grace, and how another moved from long, uneven early labor to a swift, powerful finish after a spontaneous release of membranes. We unpack why satisfaction in birth hinges less on a single outcome and more on agency, informed consent, compassionate support, and the freedom to adapt. If you’re preparing for a VBAC, considering pain relief options, or crafting a low-intervention plan, you’ll learn how to create layered preferences that travel with you through induction, epidural, or surgery without losing your values. We also widen the lens to postpartum and feeding, where “good enough” often beats “perfect.” Expect practical language for asking better questions, building option sets for different scenarios, and staying connected to your body, your baby, and your team. By embracing the beautifully crooked seams of your story, you protect your energy, reduce disappointment, and make more space for awe. If this conversation helps you breathe a little easier about what’s ahead, follow the show, share it with a friend who’s preparing for birth, and leave a review to help others find us. Your story matters—and it can be powerful even when it’s a little wabi-sabi. Visit our website, here: https://birthlearning.com/ Follow us on Facebook at Birth Learning Follow us on Instagram at @birthlearning Show Credits Host: Angie Rosier Music: Michael Hicks Photographer: Toni Walker Episode Artwork: Nick Greenwood Producer: Gillian Rosier Frampton Voiceover: Ryan Parker

    18 min
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Welcome to The Ordinary Doula Podcast with Angie Rosier, hosted by Birth Learning. We help folks prepare for labor and birth with expertise coming from 20 years of experience in a busy doula practice, helping thousands of people prepare for labor, providing essential knowledge and tools for positive and empowering birth experiences.

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  • Creator
    Angie Rosier
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    109
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 The Ordinary Doula Podcast
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