Happy Homebirth
The Happy Homebirth podcast is your source for positive natural childbirth stories, and your community of support, education and encouragement in all things homebirth and motherhood.
Episodes
January 1, 2024 • 83 mins
Once you've experienced a traumatic birth, the best you can hope for from that point on is just-- a birth without trauma, right? It's best to just play it safe- not to push the envelope....?
Regina has been married to her husband Miles for 11 years and mother to their 3 children. Currently the Lowenfields live in Southern Indiana where they are building an events venue on their 75 acres. Today we'll hear how Regina and Miles expe...
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December 28, 2023 • 58 mins
You can't have a homebirth after 3 c sections, pre-eclampsia and being a "geriatric pregnancy", can you?
This week, we're speaking with Jan DeAngelo, 43 year old mother of 4 babies who changed EVERYTHING in between her third and fourth births. We'll hear how she took control of her care and her family's wellbeing, and gave birth with confidence to her most recent little one.
Episode Roundup
- You're not high risk until you're...
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December 25, 2023 • 53 mins
Which is more important in birth preparation and birth itself? The body--or the mind?
This week we're speaking with Errika Horner, a stay-at-home mom of 2 girls and blogger in her spare time, sharing healthy recipes and intentional homemaking inspiration on her website: thehomeintent.com.
Episode Roundup
- As Errika's story demonstrated, it is possible to have a positive birth experience in the hospital, if that’s the option yo...
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December 19, 2023 • 86 mins
When you imagine a beautiful homebirth, what comes to mind? Everything unfolds perfectly, or nearly perfectly, right?
This week, we're speaking with Coco Brown. Coco is a mother, currently navigating the labyrinth that is postpartum using ancestral knowledge and intuition to guide her. She is a maternal health and nourishment advocate sharing her intimate journey through home birth, postpartum, intuitive motherhood and well being...
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December 18, 2023 • 60 mins
When you've had a hospital birth but your epidural failed, why not bring it on home for baby #2?
This week we're speaking to Brianna, who did just that-- decided to head home after the frustrating experience of a failed epidural. We'll hear how she was able to tap into her intuition and her primal instincts to make her homebirth a wonderful success.
Episode Roundup:
- Brianna experienced the intensity of labor with her firs...
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December 4, 2023 • 52 mins
Sleeping with your baby-- we've probably all done it once or twice, but is it actually safe?
This week we're speaking with Taylor Kulik. Taylor is an occupational therapist and holistic sleep and parenting educator who developed a passion for helping new mothers overcome their sleep-related fears and helping them get back to trusting in their intuition. She provides radical re-education about how babies and children should sleep,...
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November 27, 2023 • 58 mins
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November 20, 2023 • 100 mins
What does it look like to take charge of your birth experience after a previously disempowering one?
This week, we'll be speaking with McKenzie, a mother to two children and student from The Homebirth Collective--with two very different pregnancy and birth stories. We'll learn how McKenzie's first pregnancy and birth laid a groundwork for questioning herself, yet how that's absolutely not the end of her story-- and what she did t...
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November 13, 2023 • 25 mins
Have you ever felt like you were seeing a revolving door of different doctors throughout your pregnancy? HOW can you feel confident and comfortable with the provider if it just. keeps. changing?
This week we're speaking with Shayna- a mother to two precious boys, one born in the hospital and one at home. We'll hear how Shayna dealt with switching doctors in her first pregnancy, and how a revolving door of doctors in her second pr...
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November 6, 2023 • 87 mins
Did you know that you can use your birth to deeply unite your family unit?
Today we're speaking with Anna, a mother of three precious children with a bend towards all things holistic. Anna and her husband decided to use their third birth experience as a catalyst for the entire family-- truly restructuring the way that they experienced parenthood and the culture that they wanted to present to their family. I can't wait for you to ...
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October 30, 2023 • 48 mins
Has your perception of an event ever changed after a period of time? If so, how did that impact your future decision-making?
And today we're speaking with Bree Darby. Bree is a mama of two girls, 4 years and 3 months, and a bonus mom of one boy, 11. She is a working/stay-at-home mom in the suburbs of Philadelphia who spends her time outside of work exercising, enjoying the outdoors, or spending time with her family. After a hospi...
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October 22, 2023 • 66 mins
What happens when becoming pregnant goes from being quick and easy to long, emotional and difficult?
This week, we're speaking with Shyla Brown, a mother of 4 babes- 3 of whom were born at home. We'll walk through Shyla's experiences of pregnancy, which range from fast and unexpected to long-awaited while she struggled with secondary infertility. Shyla will share what she learned from that experience and the pelvic therapy that m...
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October 16, 2023 • 91 mins
How do we encourage optimal growth of our bodies and the bodies of our babies in pregnancy and birth? What are the foundational pieces to this?
This week we're speaking with Margaret Barry. After a history of restrictive dieting and over-exercising, Margaret decided to seek out a better understanding of physiology that goes beyond the unsustainable diets and quick fixes commonly promoted in the women’s health world.
After succ...
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October 9, 2023 • 88 mins
How can we lean into the primal nature of birth and experience it as the full right of passage that it was designed to be?
Today we're speaking with Karey, a stay-at-home, soon to be homeschooling mom of three. In this episode, we'll uncover the work that Karey did, particularly between her second and third birth, that led to a deeper understanding of the transformative power that birth holds for those who seek.
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October 2, 2023 • 52 mins
When birth goes well in all of the physical ways, does that necessarily mean that it carried the emotional depth you desired?
This week we're speaking with Cortney Steffensmeier.
Cortney is the mother of 3 littles who ignited her passion for breastfeeding and maternal postpartum support. After working for nearly 10 years in western medicine, Cortney received a deeper calling to stay home with her babies while cultivating a netw...
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September 25, 2023 • 72 mins
Surrendering to Physiological Birth and Motherhood with Jessica Livengood
What does it mean to surrender to your birth experience? To surrender to motherhood?
This week's episode, we'll be speaking to my friend and Homebirth Collective student Jessica about her experiences with surrender in birth and motherhood. This conversation is so deep and SO useful- I know you're going to gain amazing insight from it.
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September 18, 2023 • 92 mins
What happens when you live and breathe homebirth, but you can't quite visualize how you want your birth to unfold.
Today I (Katelyn) am sitting down with my husband Thomas to share the birth story of our precious son, Thomas Jr.
For our previous birth stories:
Lillian's Birth
Janie's Birth
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Araza Beauty: Code HOMEBIRTH for 15% off
Informed Pregnancy+
Join The Homebirth Collective
Join Happy Hom...
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September 11, 2023 • 67 mins
Making Birth Choices From a Place of Empowerment with Leigh Anne McGiff
How do we respond to the unexpected? We know we can't control all of the circumstances of life, but what do we do when we're faced with new choices that must be made?
This week, we're speaking to my friend and Homebirth Collective student, Leigh Anne. Leigh Anne will be sharing about her two birth experiences and how she and her husband Colton were able to ...
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September 4, 2023 • 53 mins
How did your birth location make you feel during your birthing experience-- confined and imprisoned, or totally set free?
This week, we're speaking to Esmeralda, a mother to 3 children, doula and homebirth shop owner. We'll hear how Esmeralda went from a confined hospital experience to absolute freedom in her homebirths.
If you're looking to prepare for your homebirth and motherhood, and you find yourself aligning with the info...
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August 28, 2023 • 67 mins
The wait is almost over, are you ready for the Fall2023 season of Happy Homebirth?
Join me from your favorite podcast platform on September4 for our first brand new episode and mark your calendars for September 18, when my husband and I will be sitting down to tell all about our most recent birth experience.
It is completely unlike our previous experiences, and you don't want to miss it.
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