Beka shares her journey of experiencing a hospital birth with her first, loss and pregnancy after loss, and then two beautiful homebirths. To see more from Beka be sure to follow her https://www.instagram.com/beka.xo.co/
Important Links + Resources✨
Explore The Homebirth Vault – your all-in-one space for homebirth preparation: https://birthsathome.com/pages/the-homebirth-vault
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Jenni shares her two different homebirth stories with us, one being long and hard and ending in a postpartum transfer, the other being short and fast and absolutely redemptive!
Important Links + Resources
✨ Explore The Homebirth Vault – your all-in-one space for homebirth preparation: https://birthsathome.com/pages/the-homebirth-vault
🎙️ Want to Share Your Homebirth Story on the Podcast? Fill out the submission form here: https://airtable.com/appIpUj5HcMj8xspE/shrugm504HmilhpS9
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📌 Anastasia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loambirthservices/👇 Important Links + Resources✨ Explore The Homebirth Vault – your all-in-one space for homebirth preparation: https://birthsathome.com/pages/the-homebirth-vault🎙️ Want to Share Your Homebirth Story on the Podcast? Fill out the submission form here: https://airtable.com/appIpUj5HcMj8xspE/shrugm504HmilhpS9🫴 Support the Podcast – if these stories have inspired or helped you in any way, consider making a loving donation: https://birthsathome.com/products/podcast-donation📲 Connect with Me + More Links – www.msha.ke/birthsathome💛 Love the Podcast? Share it with a fellow mama, tag me in your stories, and leave a 5-star rating + review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it helps more women find these empowering stories!
Sam talks about her journey of choosing a homebirth with her first birth after experiencing a not so great hospital stay unfortunately due to having a miscarriage with her first pregnancy. We also talk about the importance of the postpartum period and care.
📌 Sam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/postpartumnurtureco/
👇 Important Links + Resources
✨ Explore The Homebirth Vault – your all-in-one space for homebirth preparation: https://birthsathome.com/pages/the-homebirth-vault
🎙️ Want to Share Your Homebirth Story on the Podcast? Fill out the submission form here: https://airtable.com/appIpUj5HcMj8xspE/shrugm504HmilhpS9🫴 Support the Podcast – if these stories have inspired or helped you in any way, consider making a loving donation: https://birthsathome.com/products/podcast-donation
📲 Connect with Me + More Links – www.msha.ke/birthsathome
💛 Love the Podcast? Share it with a fellow mama, tag me in your stories, and leave a 5-star rating + review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it helps more women find these empowering stories!
Ali shares her homebirth stories with us and goes into how her first ended up being a postpartum transfer due to a hemorrhage and how she was able to prepare for her second after that experience with her first.
📌 Ali's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alisarberg/
👇 Important Links + Resources
✨ Explore The Homebirth Vault – your all-in-one space for homebirth preparation: https://birthsathome.com/pages/the-homebirth-vault
🎙️ Want to Share Your Homebirth Story on the Podcast? Fill out the submission form here: https://airtable.com/appIpUj5HcMj8xspE/shrugm504HmilhpS
🫴 Support the Podcast – if these stories have inspired or helped you in any way, consider making a loving donation: https://birthsathome.com/products/podcast-donation
📲 Connect with Me + More Links – www.msha.ke/birthsathome
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Christina shares about her experience with living in France, a very anti-homebirth country, and wanting to birth outside of the medical system. Her dreams of wanting a physiological freebirth and believing she would NEVER go into the hospital system were very abruptly shattered when she found out about her baby's diagnosis. She then realized birth is not so black and white, we were able to discuss a bit about the dangers of freebirth culture, while also holding space for the women who feel a very deep and intuitive call to freebirth. Christina goes on to share her second birth experience which was a full circle moment of getting the birth she had always wanted from the very beginning.
*I want to be transparent in saying that I do not support or stand with the Free Birth Society. My values and approach to birth work differ greatly from theirs*
👇 Important Links + Resources✨ Explore The Homebirth Vault – your all-in-one space for homebirth preparation: https://birthsathome.com/pages/the-homebirth-vault
🎙️ Want to Share Your Homebirth Story on the Podcast? Fill out the submission form here: https://airtable.com/appIpUj5HcMj8xspE/shrugm504HmilhpS9
🫴 Support the Podcast – if these stories have inspired or helped you in any way, consider making a loving donation:https://birthsathome.com/products/podcast-donation
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Rachel shares her experience with Birthing at a Birth Center and why she decided to go a different route with her next baby which was to have a Freebirth.
Resources & Links:
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In this episode of Births at Home: The Podcast, I sit down with Kelly, a mom of four, birth doula, and birth photographer, to talk about her journey from hospital births to her first home birth in November 2024. While home birth is often portrayed on social media as calm, peaceful, and pain-free, Kelly’s experience was a reminder that birth is raw, intense, and deeply personal.
She opens up about the challenges of pregnancy, transitioning from OB care to traditional midwifery, and the unexpected realities of labor—including a five-hour pushing phase that tested her physically and emotionally. We also discuss how social media can create unrealistic expectations about birth and why it’s important to honor every experience, even when it doesn’t fit the “perfect” birth narrative.
What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
✨ The realities of home birth vs. how it’s often portrayed online
✨ Kelly’s journey from hospital births to her first home birth
✨ The challenges of balancing doula work, military life, and pregnancy
✨ Dropping OB care and trusting traditional midwifery for her fourth pregnancy
✨ The emotional and physical demands of a long pushing phase
✨ The importance of not comparing your birth to what you see on social media
✨ Postpartum reflections—accepting your unique birth experience
✨ Kelly’s work as a birth doula, photographer, and her upcoming move to Florida
Kelly’s story is a powerful reminder that birth is unpredictable, intense, and transformative—and that no one experience defines what birth “should” look like.
Resources & Links:
📌 Follow Kelly on Instagram: @slimmliving_birthsupport
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Aly, host of the podcast Peaceful Homebirth, shares with us her birth stories and how she went from having a cesarean in the hospital to VBACs at home.
Aly's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peacefulhomebirth/
Birth Mindset Mentorship: https://birthsathome.com/products/birth-mindset-mentorship
My offerings & links: https://msha.ke/birthsathome
Podcast Love Donation: https://birthsathome.com/products/podcast-donation
Alli a mama of five, shares with us her four birth experiences (I know the math doesn't add up but one of her pregnancies were twins!). Two of her births were in the hospital and two were freebirths. She goes into how mindset played a big role in her most recent birth and we dive a little deeper into this topic of birth mindset in this episode. If you want to learn more about mindset work for birth prep I will be hosting a free birth mindset workshop This Saturday! Register with the link below:
Free Birth Mindset Online Workshop: https://birthsathome.com/products/birth-mindset-workshop
Alli's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.milkprotector/
My offerings & links: https://msha.ke/birthsathome
Podcast Love Donation: https://birthsathome.com/products/podcast-donation
Season 3 Launch! A small chatty episode officially announcing my Birthkeeper/Midwifery studies and sharing about the importance of your birth mindset.
Free Birth Mindset Online Workshop: https://birthsathome.com/products/birth-mindset-workshop
My offerings & links: https://msha.ke/birthsathome
Podcast Love Donation: https://birthsathome.com/products/podcast-donation
Holly shares her birth and postpartum journeys with us, from having her first at a birth center and a rough postpartum period to having her next two babies at home and learning so much about the importance of the postpartum period.
Holly's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eat.mamameals/ Holly's Website: https://mama-meals.com/ Discount Code: BIRTHSATHOME Homebirth Story Submission Form: https://airtable.com/appIpUj5HcMj8xspE/shrugm504HmilhpS9 Follow Esmeralda on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/birthsathome/ My website: https://birthsathome.com/ More links: https://msha.ke/birthsathome
Tori, author of Ready to Unpop, shares her unplanned homebirth story with her first baby and then follows by sharing her second babys planned homebirth. Stay until the end of the episode to hear all about her book, an amazing resource for all mamas!
Tori's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bytorismith/ Tori's Website: https://www.readytounpop.com/ Homebirth Story Submission Form: https://airtable.com/appIpUj5HcMj8xspE/shrugm504HmilhpS9 Follow Esmeralda on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/birthsathome/ My website: https://birthsathome.com/ More links: https://msha.ke/birthsathome
Brigitta shares her homebirth story with us, she decided to have her first baby at home, hired a doula and midwife, however ended up having an accidental unassisted birth because her midwife missed the birth by a few minutes!
Brigitta's Website: https://thedailyroses.com/
Homebirth Story Submission Form: https://airtable.com/appIpUj5HcMj8xspE/shrugm504HmilhpS9 Follow Esmeralda on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/birthsathome/ My website: https://birthsathome.com/ More links: https://msha.ke/birthsathome
Jordan shares about choosing a freebirth with her second after having a hospital birth with her first.
Freebirth Society Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/free-birth-society/id1231912533
Jordan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seedsoflifeapothecary/
Jordan's Website: https://linktr.ee/seedsoflifeapothecary
Homebirth Story Submission Form: https://airtable.com/appIpUj5HcMj8xspE/shrugm504HmilhpS9
The Empowered Homebirth Course: https://birthsathome.com/pages/empowered-homebirth-course Follow Esmeralda on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/birthsathome/ My website: https://birthsathome.com/ More links: https://msha.ke/birthsathome
Chelsea shares with us her traumatic hospital birth and then her redemptive and beautiful homebirth after cesarean story. We also touch on intuition and postpartum. Homebirth Story Submission Form: https://airtable.com/appIpUj5HcMj8xspE/shrugm504HmilhpS9 The Empowered Homebirth Course: https://birthsathome.com/pages/empowered-homebirth-course Follow Esmeralda on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/birthsathome/ My website: https://birthsathome.com/ More links: https://msha.ke/birthsathome
Emily shares her empowering and redemptive homebirth story after her first birth experience being a traumatic homebirth transfer.
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Shandy shares with us her story of going from having her first two babies in the hospital to having her last at home as an accidental freebirth. She then goes on to share how that experience has changed her as a woman and birth worker.
Shandy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/threelightsbirth/
The Empowered Homebirth Course: https://birthsathome.com/pages/empowered-homebirth-course
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Katrina shares with us a bit about her two births in the hospital and then goes into how social media influenced her in the best way to have a homebirth with her third. Her homebirth story embodies just how powerful we are as women.
Katrina's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katrinakpatry/
The Empowered Homebirth Course: https://birthsathome.com/pages/empowered-homebirth-course
Homebirther Pullover: https://birthsathome.com/products/homebirther-pullover
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Kristi shares with us bits and pieces of all her births, from hospital births to birth center births, to home births. She even shares with us her twin homebirth story with one born in frank breech position. Krista also tells us about her book "What to Create When You're Creating"
Kristi's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristi_the_healthifiedmother/
What to Create When You're Creating: https://amzn.to/48u5HOv
The Empowered Homebirth Course: https://birthsathome.com/pages/empowered-homebirth-course
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